In this week’s intriguing video, we embark on a captivating journey into Parashat Beha’alotecha, where Hashem (G-d) commands Moshe (Moses) to fashion two trumpets for specific purposes. As we delve into the depths of this Divine instruction, we confront thought-provoking questions that challenge our understanding. Why did Am Yisrael (the People of Israel) require trumpets
In an article on judicial reform in the Jerusalem Post several months ago, Michael Star discusses “Law and disorder” in Israel. Starr reminds us that the reform plan on the balance of powers between the Knesset and the Supreme Court of Justice did not commence with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, but commenced with the very
Netanyahu and Gallant will also hold security assessment Sunday, as Jerusalem sharpens threats against Islamic Republic’s nuclear program
Following last week’s poll showing the National Unity and Likud parties winning the same number of seats, a new poll conducted by Panels Politics for Maariv’s weekend paper showed the National Unity party surpassing the Likud in power. According to the new poll, if elections were held today, the National Unity party would win 29
Israelis and American Jews protest outside Manhattan event attended by MK Simcha Rothman.
A soldier for all seasons In January 1776, as the American Revolutionary War was just about getting off the ground, the philosopher Thomas Paine anonymously published the first of a series of pamphlets that would have an enormous impact on the fledgling nation. The pamphlets are known as the Crisis series, and were aimed to
Dermatologist Steve Feldman, a Palestinian rights activist, plans to donate the $500 withheld from him to anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace
Ada Colau, who generated backlash with her move to end twin city agreement, defeated by former mayor she unseated in 2015
Polish-Canadian historian Jan Grabowski was about to deliver a lecture in Warsaw Tuesday related to his battle against efforts by Polish leaders to suppress uncomfortable truths about the history of antisemitism in the country before and during the Holocaust. But before Grabowski could get started, a far-right Polish lawmaker with a record of antisemitic statements
(JNS) What”s the use of the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance? The Biden administration”s U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which was published last week, has drawn outrage from those Jewish groups and commentators who unequivocally back Israel and defend the Jewish people against its enemies. Their central charge against this
Pressure mounts on City University of New York over anti-Zionist commencement address, with lawmakers, Jewish groups and civil rights outfits hitting college system from both sides
At trial for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, survivors of 2018 massacre describe moments of terror, escape as gunman hunted worshippers in building
Monopoly isn’t just a board game for Lobby 99’s director of public policy. This week, we hear how a mere handful of powerful companies control prices in almost every sector
The US Senate voted on Thursday night to pass a bill that would extend the debt ceiling for two years and establish a two-year budget agreement, NBC News reported. The vote was 63-36. Having already cleared the House on Wednesday, the legislation now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it and
The mayor of the Spanish city of Barcelona who caused an uproar after cutting her city”s ties with Israel was unseated the municipal elections which took place this past Sunday, JTA reports. Ada Colau was defeated by Xavier Trias, the right-wing candidate from the Junts party, a former mayor who Colau had previously unseated in
A Lebanese judge on Thursday accused five members of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, only one of whom is in custody, of killing an Irish peacekeeper last December, AFP reported. Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed and three others were injured on December 14 when their UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle was attacked near
Ronen Bar slated to have meetings at CIA and White House, which also hosted top Netanyahu aides Thursday for talks on Iran, Russia and Ukraine, Palestinians
In a chapter from a newly released collection on US Judaism, Jerome Chanes and Shaul Magid argue that the countercultural movement had an outsized impact – but not all agree
Sandstorm blamed for 4 deaths in Egypt, no major injuries reported in Israel, though weather creates hot mess, grounding flights and felling trees; temperatures to climb Friday
US President Joe Biden on Thursday evening commented about the spill he took during the Air Force Academy”s commencement ceremony earlier in the day, The Associated Press reported. Biden was greeting the graduates in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the front of the stage, and turned to jog back toward his seat when he fell. He
The state of Arkansas has paid $500 it had promised to a Jewish doctor, after withholding the payment for months because of the doctor”s refusal to sign a pledge promising not to boycott Israel, JTA reported on Thursday. The payment came after public pressure on the state to process the payment. The doctor, Steve Feldman,
Moldova”s Ambassador to Israel on Thursday sent a sharply worded letter to MK Yinon Azoulay from Shas to protest Azoulay”s referring to Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman as “an ignoramus from Moldova”. The incident took place during a heated discussion at the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, which began when Liberman took the podium and
The Yusef Abad Synagogue in Tehran held a memorial this week for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ahead of the anniversary of his death, on June 3, 1989. The heads of the local Jewish community gave speeches in his memory and pointed out the religious freedom that the Jews in Iran have. Dr. Homayoun Sameyah, the representative
At energetic, lively show to audience of tens of thousands at Yarkon Park, UK pop star touts Jewish wife, kids, Hebrew tattoo, gushes about Israeli duet partner Noga Erez
Assistant secretary of state says there’s been ‘a lot of hyperventilation’ in the media following reports supposedly revealing details of US-led talks between Jerusalem and Riyadh
US President Joe Biden”s National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, on Thursday Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer at the White House to discuss a broad range of global and regional issues of mutual concern. In a statement summarizing the meeting, the White House said, “Following up on the
A Palestinian Arab vehicle arrived on Thursday evening at the southern entrance to the town of Efrat, carrying a resident of the village of Jorat al-Sham’a, located south of Bethlehem, who had collapsed. Within a few minutes, volunteers from around the town arrived at the scene and began to perform CPR on the Arab, with
Politician, protesters disrupt speech in Warsaw by historian Jan Grabowski, a vocal critic of Poland’s efforts to constrain Holocaust discussion
An Israeli man suffered light-to-moderate injuries in a shooting attack on the road between Homesh and Shavei Shomron in northern Samaria overnight Thursday. The man, who is believed to have been hit by shrapnel, is being treated at the scene ahead of evacuation to hospital. IDF forces are conducting searches in the area. The attack
