Photo Credit: Jewish Press According to the Midrashic works Chuppas Eliyahu and Pirkei Rabbeinu HaKadosh, there are eight Hebrew words for food: “ochel,” “dagan,” “shever,” “tevuah,” “tenuvah,” “yevul,” “bar,” and “mazon.” As we shall see in this essay, these words are not totally synonymous. 1) “Ochel”/“maachal” is the most general of the words. Indeed, many […]
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Airbnb’s Growing Stature Founded as AirBed & Breakfast by three schoolmates in 2008 to offer affordable, short-term living quarters as an alternative to traditional hotels, Airbnb quickly evolved into much more than that While 2019 turned out to be a rough year for unicorns that went public, 2020 could still see some high-profile IPOs with […]
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[embedded content] “Hunters” is an upcoming American web television 10-episode series, created by David Weil, starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman, and set to premiere on February 21, 2020 on Amazon Video. According to Deadline, the series follows “a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, […]
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shocking pictures of bright orange skies in Queensland and flames ripping through towns captured the world’s attention. The devastating California wildfires of 2018 and last year’s fires in the Amazon rainforest made international headlines and shocked the world, but in terms of size they are far smaller than the current bushfire crisis in Australia, where […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Once Rabi Akiva, while traveling through a wilderness, was startled to hear a voice crying out in such agony. He immediately knew that this was not a human voice, but rather the cry of one who had passed on. Looking about, he beheld an old man, carrying on his back a […]
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Photo Credit: GifterPhotos / YouTube Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels patrol in Brooklyn. Dec. 29, 2019 Curtis Sliwa and his “Guardian Angels” are protecting Jews again.God bless them but as Curtis pleads.”Jews, protect yourselves? Don’t take it anymore. The politicians that you look to for answers cater to their real “base” and it isn’t […]
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Photo Credit: Flash 90 Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) and Knesset Legal Counsel, May 7, 2013. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) and Knesset Legal Counsel, May 7, 2013. The Knesset legal counsel, Eyal Yinon, on Sunday issued his opinion on the authority of Knesset committees to debate interim prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity […]
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Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90 Dozens of Christian families from east Jerusalem have moved to Jewish neighborhoods in the the city because they too no longer feel comfortable living among Muslims. {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was interviewed recently about the Paris attacks and asked about his reaction. […]
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Photo Credit: Joel Rubin’s Facebook page photo Joel Rubin Joel Rubin, co-founder of J Street and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, was picked on Friday by the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign as its liaison to the Jewish community. Rubin tweeted on Friday: “I’m thrilled to join the Bernie Sanders Campaign as […]
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Photo Credit: Wikimedia, Jonathan Rashad Protesters in Egypt’s Tahrir Square celebrate upon hearing of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, February 2011. {Originally posted to the JCPA website} The Disintegration of the Middle East Nation-States In a few weeks, the so-called “Arab Spring” will be entering its tenth year, bringing with it a factionalized Middle East, a […]
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