Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan met with Yesha Council chairman Shlomo Ne’eman, Yesha Council CEO Shira Livman, and Yesha Council deputy director of public relations Yigal Dimoni at his office in New York City this week. During the meeting, Ambassador Erdan received an overview of the progress of development in the Jewish settlements

Volunteers in joint study with UCLA did 10% better on recall tests, demonstrating how communication between hippocampus and cerebral cortex helps consolidate memories while asleep

Military says serviceman lightly hurt in confrontation, which saw suspect allegedly attempt to snatch soldier’s gun

A Russian man was killed by a tiger shark while swimming at a crowded Egyptian beach on the Red Sea Thursday, Russian media reported. A video circulating on social media shows the moments of the attack. The shark can be seen lunging at the victim and dragging him underwater while terrified onlookers scream in horror.

Behaalotecha: “I was filled with dread and I panicked.” Why? 7 JUNE 2023 I was filled with dread and I panicked. What had happened? I had given an address to a large audience and then I stepped down from the stage without returning my lapel mic back to the organisers. Twenty minutes later, I suddenly

“Bad Actors” appear to relish testing Israel”s resolve to face ever increasing danger zones, most formidable among them being Iran with its oft repeated objectives of “Death to Israel” closely followed by “Death to America,” while labeling the latter, a “Satan Nation.” Its proxy fighting nation Hamas” charter calls for an end to Middle East

About ten years ago a friend of mine and his wife wanted to buy an apartment in Jerusalem. They met with the real estate agent and went to see the place. Everything seemed to be going well. The price was a bit high, but the owner was willing to be somewhat flexible. My friend didn’t

Photo: Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepts Hamas rockets fired from Gaza toward the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Due in part to Iron Dome’s effectiveness, Israel’s leadership has not attempted to neutralize, let alone eliminate, the threat posed from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Middle East Forum has released a policy paper challenging

The National Unity party under the leadership of MK Benny Gantz continues to gain strength and rises to 31 Knesset seats according to a new poll conducted by Panels Politics Institute director Dr. Menachem Lazar for the Maariv newspaper. According to the poll, the current largest Knesset parties, Likud and Yesh Atid, maintain the same

Picking right up where last week’s reading of Beha’alotcha left off, things continue to go from bad to worse for Israel, as what proves to be a poorly planned pilot trip to Canaan goes awry in a big way. Thank G-d for Yehoshua and Calev, who, in the words of Hillel, “are men where there

Miriam”s Skin Disease At the end of this week”s portion in the Diaspora (Behaaloscha), we catch a rare and fascinating glimpse into the interpersonal relationship of Moshe, his brother Aaron, and their sister Miriam. Miriam, speaking to her brother Aaron, was critiquing Moses” marriage. The Torah is decidedly cryptic about what exactly she was criticizing,

Netanyahu tells top US diplomat that ‘Israel would not be bound’ by any new agreement with Tehran, as Washington said to be pursuing talks

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday said that normalization with Israel is in the interest of the kingdom, but reiterated the Saudi position that a solution to the Palestinian Arabs must be found as well, CNN reported. “It”s quite clear that we believe that normalization is in the interest of the region, that

An attempted stabbing attack occurred on Friday morning at the Rantis checkpoint near Ramallah. A terrorist who arrived at the scene tried to steal a weapon from a soldier and stabbed him. Soldiers who were at the scene shot the terrorist and neutralized him. An Israeli was lightly injured. On Tuesday, an Israeli was lightly

Kosovo’s parliament has endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance”s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Ines Demiri, Charg&eacute d”Affaires of Kosovo to the State of Israel, made the announcement in a post to her Twitter account on Thursday. “The Assembly of the Republic of Kosova today unanimously voted and adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance”s (IHRA)

New alliances thread through Mideast as Syria is re-embraced by the Arab League and Iran signs accords with Saudi Arabia, UAE. This week, we hear of additional looming hotspots

Socialist ex-congresswoman Amparo Rubiales quits party over remark about center-right lawmaker Elias Bendodo, says sorry for ‘Jewish’ part but reiterates ‘Nazi’ accusation

US Vice President Kamala Harris hinted at the US opposition to the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reform after she was informed that MK Simcha Rothman, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and one of the architects of the legislation, was in attendance at her speech, Ynet reported on Thursday. Harris spoke on

The United States and Iran on Thursday both denied reports that they were nearing an interim deal under which Tehran would curb its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, Reuters reported. “This report is false and misleading,” said a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, referring to an article on the London-based

MK Ahmed Tibi, from the Ta’al faction of the predominantly Arab Joint List Party, on Thursday called the shooting in Yafa an-Naseriyye in northern Israel, which claimed the lives of five Israeli Arabs, “a massacre” and pointed an accusing finger at the Israeli authorities. In an interview with the Israeli Arab news website Al-Jarmaq, Tibi

Ex- president faces string of inquiries in various states as he campaigns for a second term in the White House

The Sovereignty Movement on Thursday held its 5th Sovereignty Annual Youth Convention, in which close to a thousand youths, together with public figures and influencers, gathered to call for sovereignty over the Jordan Valley as a first and consensual step on the way to sovereignty over the entire Land of Israel. “You have people here

This week”s Jerusalem Lights podcast looks at the enigmatic Generation of the Desert, that generation of Israelites who participated in the Egyptian Exodus, were present at the transformative Sinai experience, and rose to a great level of holiness, yet ultimately failed dismally, as we learn from the sin of the spies. How do we understand

The Capital Jewish Museum, set to open Friday in the historically Jewish Judiciary Square neighborhood, doesn’t shy away from showcasing a warts-and-all local history

Case may upend Republican presidential primary currently dominated by Trump; felony charges raise prospect of yearslong prison sentence

Dana Arschin-Kraslow spoke at the Arutz Sheva Israel Heritage Foundation event which took place in Manhattan. Arschin-Kraslow is a two-time Emmy Award Winning journalist and the first storyteller for the Holocaust Memorial & tolerance center of Nassau County. “I am the granddaughter of a 101-year-old Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, and I have dedicated my life

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrived on Thursday evening at the scene of the mass shooting in the Arab town of Yafa an-Naseriyye in the Lower Galilee, in which five people were murdered and two others moderately injured. “Dozens of years of neglect and lack of governance are exploding in our faces,” said Ben

Israel rejects Commission of Inquiry’s accusation of ‘fundamental’ violations regarding designation of rights organizations as terror outfits for alleged links to PFLP

An appreciation event was held at the home of the family members of Shalom Rotban, who returned home about two weeks ago after being declared missing for two years in May 2021. The Rotban family and the mayor of Kiryat Malachi, Eliyahu Zohar, awarded certificates of appreciation to two medical students, Kamal Div Talkat, and

Former US President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that he has been indicted in the case of the classified documents that were found in his Florida estate. “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, according to Reuters.

Economy minister’s office claims a demonstrator tried to attack, was arrested by local police; protest leaders say activist in hospital after being roughed up by security detail

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday tweeted about his conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today on areas of mutual interest, including Israel”s further integration into the region, the threat posed by Iran, and other issues,” he wrote. In a statement issued after the conversation, State Department