June 6, 2023

‘Of course there are setbacks, you just need to be determined’

Yishai Fleisher hosted a panel discussion on Aliyah (a Hebrew term for immigration to Israel) at the Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Conference in New York City. Immigration Minister Ofir Sofer and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh Rabbi Yehoshua Fass joined the panel audience. Mari Beza, Israel Fellow of the Jewish Agency for Israel at

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The Holocaust and the growth of Jewish Day Schools in America

Third in a series about the rise of Jewish and Torah education in America after the Holocaust Part One: The Difficult Progress of Jewish Education in America Before the Holocaust Part Two: How a Handful of American Rabbis and Activists Tried To Save Jews During the Holocaust The Shock of the Holocaust The Second World

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Chris Christie files paperwork for presidential run

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday filed to run for president, ahead of the formal announcement of his second bid for the White House, CNN reported. His Tuesday evening announcement will come a day after fellow Republican Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire, opted against running and less than 24 hours before

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June 6, 1944, D-Day: The day that saved the world

June 6, 2023, is the 79th Anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy. The invasion that saved the world from Nazi tyranny. Code named Operation Overlord, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” Hours before the troops hit the beach, over 13,000

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Are these the compromises reached in judicial reform talks?

Drafts of agreements from the negotiations at the President’s Residence over the judicial reforms were revealed this evening (Tuesday). Under the draft agreements, the coalition would agree to allow the opposition to have a representative on the committee for the appointment of judges and that no further judicial legislation would be pushed during this Knesset

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Israeli wounded in terrorist shooting near Huwara

An Israeli was lightly injured in a shooting attack near Huwara in Samaria this evening (Tuesday). The victim drove under his own power to an IDF base where he received medical treatment. A preliminary investigation shows that more than ten bullets were fired at the victim’s car from a passing vehicle and the driver was

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Weekly Tanya video/lecture: The Holy Epistle

Tanya/ Iggeres Ha”Kodesh – The Holy Epistle, Epistle 6, Class 3 tanyaonline.com/?p=1936 This underlies what we say in the prayers: “The King Who is exalted, alone from aforetime.”12 וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: “הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמְרוֹמָם לְבַדּוֹ מֵאָז”, This means that just as aforetime, before the creation, He was alone, and apart from Him nothing existed, פֵּירוּשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁ”מֵּאָז”

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‘We can change the world through this’

Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, spoke to the Israel National News-Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Conference in New York City. Hoenlein began by addressing Israel’s proposed judicial reforms. “I doubt that 1% really know what the issues are involved or what”s happening,” he commented. “It”s a very complicated

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Knesset Speaker Ohana meets Kazakhstani Counterpart

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana met today (Tuesday) with the Chairman of Kazakhstani Senate, Maulen Ashimbayev, along with a group of deputies. The parties discussed the prospects for further strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation between the two countries in various areas. Amir Ohana expressed to his guest, “Kazakhstan holds significant importance as a partner of Israel. We are

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Leading online influencer: ‘Faith and truth are a must’

Nataly Dadon, a social media influencer, model, television personality, and the official representative of the Binyamin Regional Council in Israel spoke to the Israel National News-Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Conference in New York City about her journey to representing Israel. “I”m originally from the San Francisco Bay area,” she reminisces. “When we moved to Israel, we

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A checkpoint that could have saved a life

There was a horrifying footnote to last week”s grisly murder of Meir Tamari, the young Israeli father of two small children who was gunned down by Palestinian Arab terrorists. Tamari was guilty of the crime of driving while Jewish. Just outside his hometown of Hermesh, terrorists raked his car with gunfire. Bleeding heavily from his

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Dagan to Ben-Gvir: Your decision will save lives, prevent terror attacks

Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan thanked National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for the outline he published expanding the right to obtain a firearm license. Under the new regulations, anyone who served in a combat unit in the IDF will be able to obtain a firearm license, even if they received a medical discharge from

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Survey: Less than half of Israelis optimistic about security

A survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that 43% of Israelis are optimistic about the future of Israel’s security. This is a significant increase from the survey published last month in which only 34% expressed optimism on the subject. The public is equally divided on the subject of the government finishing its term:

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Defense Minister: If Hezbollah starts a war, we’ll strike with full force

Today (Tuesday) Defense Minister Yoav Gallant conducted a visit to the IDF”s Northern Command, within the framework of the “Firm Hand” military exercise. During the visit, Minister Gallant held a situation assessment together with senior IDF officials. Minister Gallant said: “Today, I visited the IDF”s Northern Command, which is central to the exercise [taking place

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How not to fight crime

“I will not stand by and let criminals undermine our economy and the livelihood of New Yorkers. We are going to act,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed. After announcing a 44% increase in retail theft in one year, Adams promised a bold new effort called “Second Chance” and “Re-Engaging Store Theft Offenders and

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OU Kosher Receives Jerusalem Award At Arutz Sheva Conference

In recognition of OU Kosher”s tremendous contributions over the past century to global kashrus efforts, the Orthodox Union”s kosher certification agency was conferred the esteemed Jerusalem Award on Sunday, June 4th at Israel National News – Arutz Sheva”s annual Jerusalem Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown. This is the second year that the Jerusalem

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Netanyahu, El-Sisi, discuss shooting attack on Egypt-Israel border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning spoke on the phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi regarding the recent terror attack on the Israel-Egypt border, which left three IDF soldiers dead. Following the attack, the terrorist, an Egyptian policeman, was identified and eliminated. His body was returned to Egypt on Monday. During the

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Smotrich at Hypercasher: Am Yisrael Chai

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich today (Tuesday) visited the Hypercacher supermarket in Paris, the site of a 2015 antisemitic terrorist attack in which four people were murdered. The minister had a short tour with the director of the Jewish Agency’s mission in Europe, Aryeh Abitbul, and lit a candle in memory of the victims. “Immediately after

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Antisemitism panel: ‘Jews can be the worst antisemites’

Joel Finkelstein, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder at Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), an organization that identifies cyber threats and trains university students, many of whom go on to work for the FBI and CIA, and Adam Sohn, Chief Executive Officer at NCRI discussed ways of battling antisemitism in a two-man panel at the Arutz

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30,000 bullets stolen from IDF bunker in southern Israel

Tens of thousands of bullets were stolen Monday night from an IDF bunker in the Tze’elim base in southern Israel. A joint investigation has been opened by Israel Police and the Military Police, an IDF statement said. The discovery was made during searches carried out by the base commanders, who identified the break-in into one

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