May 6, 2023

‘A new king is a celebration’

I was very happy to interview Rabbi YY Schochet in Italy, where we met at a convention. Rabbi Schochet is a powerful voice in the religious world. He is young, very well-spoken, and full of positive energy. Rabbi Schochet is the son of the late Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Schochet – a philosopher, scholar, and proud

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MK illegally tweets picture of murder suspect

MK Ahmed Tibi (Hadash-Ta’al) uploaded a picture of the suspect in the murder at the entrance to the town of Gan Ner, near Haifa, on Saturday evening – contrary to the law that states that a suspect may keep his identity confidential at least until the first extension of the arrest. Tibi tweeted that, “The

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Hamas promises response after murder in northern Israel

A 19-year-old was shot dead Saturday near the entrance of the town of Gan Ner in northern Israel. The teen, a resident of Kafr Sandala, suffered critical injuries from the fire and was evacuated to Ha’emek Medical Center, where his death was declared. Police officers arriving at the scene arrested a 32-year-old resident of Gan

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Coalition officials: ‘Netanyahu no longer pushing reform’

Kan reports that senior officials in the coalition estimate that the judicial reform will no longer be promoted by the Prime Minister. According to the officials, what was decisive for Netanyahu was the political pressure from the White House, including his lack of invitation to Washington. Despite this, Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) does not

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Renowned Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva principal passes away

Rabbi Menashe Hadad, principal of the central Tomchei Temimim yeshivas in Israel and one of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s most prominent businessmen, passed away on Saturday, Kikar Hashabbat reported. Rabbi Hadad was born in Tunis in 1950, and immigrated to Israel with his family when he was eight years old. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel

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NYC: Hebrew language charter school to shutter next month

A charter school in Manhattan that taught Hebrew to a diverse population of students will close at the end of the school year. Families with children enrolled at the school learned in February that Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School would close at the end of the academic year in June, and the school”s board

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King Charles III crowned: ‘Monarch cherishes his warm relationship with British Jews’

King Charles III was formally crowned King of England earlier today at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony officiated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. England declared several celebratory measures for the occasion, including a bank holiday, a special medal for the military and emergency personnel participating, and the publication of educational materials for schoolchildren to help

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The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC

(New York Jewish Week) &mdash After stops in London, Tel Aviv and other locales, the world”s oldest nearly-complete Hebrew Bible will be on view in New York City beginning on Sunday. Known as the Codex Sassoon, the book &mdash which was written by a single Jewish scribe on 400 pages of parchment about 1,100 years

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IDF eliminates terrorists responsible for Samaria shooting attack

Two terrorists who carried out a shooting attack in Samaria this week were eliminated Saturday morning in an IDF operation in Tulkarem. Terrorists Hamza Qaryush and Samar al-Shafi are affiliated with Islamic Jihad, and it is suspected that they were planning to conduct additional terror attacks in the near future. An IDF spokesperson said that

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DeSantis: Decision on presidential bid coming ‘relatively soon’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday that he will make a decision on whether to launch a 2024 presidential bid “relatively soon”, The Hill reported. “I felt very confident going into November “22 we were gonna do very well, but you really had to put up or shut up on that,” DeSantis said at

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