May 23, 2023

A natural blessing is preferable to a revealed miracle

There are some people who mistakenly think that miracles are preferable. In their opinion, the more we describe the Six Day War as a miracle beyond nature, the better. However, truth is the real blessing occurs when Torah and its mitzvot are observed, and then, blessing flows in a natural way. The mitzvah of Yishuv

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UK teen TikTok prankster arrested after harassing Orthodox Jews

A British teenager known for pranks posted to TickTok and YouTube has been arrested after filming himself harassing Orthodox Jews. The 18-year-old Londoner, Bacari Ogarro, was goes by “Mizzy” on social media, was taken into police custody for allegedly causing a public nuisance after he posted videos jumping over Orthodox Jews to social media, the

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“There’s no future, No future No future for you” if you’re a Jew, in Germany.

An exemplary form of Jewish resistance against one of Germany”s leading pro-Iran regimes and anti-Israel politicians unfolded last week at Jewrovision, the international song and dance competition for European Jews aged 10-19. Young German Jews booed the Green Party”s federal culture minister, Claudia Roth, during her speech at the competition in Frankfurt on May 19,

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Russia extends detention of Jewish American journalist by three months

Russia on Tuesday extended the detention by three months of Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, according to Russian news agencies. Gershkovich was ordered by the court to be kept in prison until August 30, the Associated Press reported. The American citizen was arrested in March on charges of collecting “classified information” from a

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Report: US demanding Israel drop judicial reform for Saudi peace talks

The Biden Administration has demanded that the Israeli government drop judicial reform from its agenda in exchange for the normalization of the Jewish State’s relations with Saudi Arabia, Channel 12 News reported this evening (Tuesday). According to the report, the Saudis are demanding the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, while the US

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Netanyahu: We surprise Iran and the opposition all the time

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this evening (Tuesday) convened the 64 MKs and ministers from the coalition in preparation for the approval of the State budget in the Knesset plenum – a marathon of votes that is expected to last for hours and end tomorrow in the morning hours. Netanyahu said that “the government is passing

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UK chief rabbi praises Scottish Jewish-Christian joint glossary

UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis praised a new document on Jewish-Christian interfaith relations written jointly by the Jewish community and the Church of Scotland, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Rabbi Mirvis described the 85-page Jewish and Chrsitian Glossary as an “important step forward” after a previous document from a decade ago released by the Church of

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‘What happens in Israel affects us’

Eric Fingerhut, president of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), is expected to attend the Israel National News Jerusalem Conference in New York on June 4. “This is a conference that reaches a very broad group, and is unique in that it voices the voices of organizations that support and work in Israel, but

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ZOA slams ‘anti-Jewish display’ at Philadelphia area school

The Zionist Organization of America’s Greater Philadelphia chapter mobilized dozens of community members to attend a Philadelphia area school board meeting to make their presence and voices known in opposition to what they described as an “anti-Jewish display filled with lies” in a school in Lower Merion Township. At the May 15 meeting, ZOA National

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‘The Jerusalem Conference is a chance to see facts’

Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of the Major Jewish Organizations in the United States, commented on the upcoming Israel National News Jerusalem Conference in Manhattan: “This conference is very important. There is a lot of confusion about what is happening in Israel, because there is a lot of wrong and

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Bennett holds “marathon” of economic meetins in South Korea

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attended the first annual Korea-Israel Conference in South Korea last week. The Korea-Israel Conference was created in 2022 following the signing of a free trade agreement between Israel and South Korea in 2021 to connect Israeli start-up tech companies with Korean manufacturing companies. The conference was held at the The

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Lawsuit by Arabic newspaper against Jewish ex-Canadian senator dropped

A Jewish former Canadian senator active in the fight against antisemitism has been successful in getting dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against her by a Canadian Arabic-language newspaper that she criticized for supporting Hezbollah. Linda Frum, who retired from the Canadian Senate in August 2022 in order to focus on fighting antisemitism, said that she

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Shin Bet arrests soldier accused of assaulting Arab

Last Sunday, the Shin Bet arrested an IDF soldier on suspicion of committing a nationalist crime. In an unusual move, the Shin Bet has prevented the soldier from meeting a lawyer for over 48 hours. The soldier is suspected of attacking an Arab along with several others in the city of Hadera in an incident

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Jerusalem Conference to come to Manhattan for second year

After two decades in which it was held in the capital of Israel, in about a week the Israel National News Jerusalem Conference will be held in Manhattan on June 4, 2023, with the participation of a delegation of ministers, members of the Knesset, leaders of Jewish communities and other opinion leaders, all with the

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Alan Dershowitz: I will represent Rabbi Leo Dee against CNN pro bono

Professor Alan Dershowitz has announced that he will be representing Rabbi Leo Dee, whose daughters and wife were killed in a shooting attack in the Jordan valley, at no charge in a lawsuit against CNN. In an interview with I24NEWS, Professor Dershowitz denounced the apology given by CNN anchor Christine Amanpour after she stated during

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IDF foils attempt to smuggle NIS 18 million in heroin

This morning (Tuesday), IDF soldiers spotted suspicious activity adjacent to the community of Hamadia. IDF and Israel Police forces were dispatched to the scene and stopped a vehicle carrying the three suspects. During searches on their vehicle, the soldiers found and confiscated a substance suspected of being 35 kg of heroin worth approximately 18 million

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The costs of the treatment are enormous

I always knew that rash and fever could be a symptom of infection. As soon as Sari broke out with a strange rash all over her body, I hurried to take her temperature. She didn”t have fever, and she insisted that she felt fine. I asked her if she”d eaten anything unusual or walked through

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Netanyahu: Our enemies should know: We are way ahead of you

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an IDF intelligence base near Jerusalem this afternoon (Tuesday), together with IDF Military Intelligence Directorate commander Major General Aharon Haliva, National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman, and Military Secretary Avi Gil. Prime Minister Netanyahu received an in-depth review of the efforts being made in the various arenas

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ADL: White supremacists enabling rising antisemitism in Massachusetts

A new report by the ADL Center on Extremism, Hate in the Bay State: Extremism & Antisemitism in Massachusetts 2021-2022, found that over the last two years, extremist activity in Massachusetts has significantly increased. The increase mirrors that of the trend across the US, ADL warned, noting that Massachusetts has “seen white supremacists – including

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Terrorists injure elderly woman in Huwara stone-throwing attack

A 77-year-old woman suffered head injuries when she was struck by stones thrown by terrorists in the village of Huwara in Samaria this afternoon (Tuesday). The attack occurred as the woman was driving through the village. Mage David Adom (MDA) medics and paramedics treated the woman at the scene and evacuated her to the hospital

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The lady behind Codex Sasson

We met at a beautiful hotel in Italy and after hearing her wonderful presentation she had just finished giving in the main hall of the hotel on the Sassoon Codex, I had to have a chat with this wonderful lady, Mrs. Sharon Mintz. I was pleasantly surprised at her soft and sweet voice, and her

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UK report: Majority of Jewish university students fear being targeted

A new British report on antisemitism on university campuses found that Jewish students overwhelmingly have an “underlying fear of being targeted” over their religious identity, the UK Jewish News reported. The report by the British parliament”s Taskforce on Antisemitism in Higher Education also noted that it is common for Jewish students to refrain from wearing

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Mahsa Amini’s grave ransacked by vandals

The grave of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who was killed last year while in the custody of Iran”s morality police, was damaged by vandals on Sunday for the second time in the last few months, BBC News reported. Photos provided by her family showed a smashed glass pane covering the grave and also damage

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