Photo Credit: Jewish Press Kristallnacht, the anniversary of which we marked just a few weeks ago, was, as Sir Martin Gilbert labeled it, the prelude to the Holocaust. Though “Kristallnacht” translates to “crystal night” in English, German historians eschew the name, which minimizes the terrorists’ pervasive butchery, resulting in yet an additional crime which one […]
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Photo Credit: Flash90 Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman, September 12, 2019. Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman has made it clear now that he does not intend to join a narrow government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, one day after he had promised to do just that. In a Thursday interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, the somewhat indecisive […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Bible uses approximately 15 words for sheep (ovines) and goats (caprines). “Seh” is a gender-neutral term that denotes a young goat or sheep. The Torah often uses it in conjunction with a more specific word that indicates whether the animal is a sheep or a goat (see Exodus 12:5, Numbers […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The events narrated in this week’s parsha – Jacob’s flight to Laban, his stay there, and his escape, pursued by his father-in-law – gave rise to the strangest passage in the Haggadah. Commenting on Devarim 26:5, the passage we expound on Seder night, it says as follows: Arami oved avi. Go […]
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Photo Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-004-09A / Heinrich Hoffmann / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Amin al-Husseini meeting with Adolf Hitler (28 November 1941) {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} In Israel as well as in several Western countries, Holocaust denial is a criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence. In Arab countries, this is far from the […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dating Coach, I am 26 years old and potential shidduchim have started to become scarce. Recently however, a friend of mine suggested that I go out with a guy that she previously dated. I recognized his name because another friend of mine went out with him as well! Should I […]
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Photo Credit: pixabay Bereshit 30;16 has long surprised me, even troubled me a bit. Leah has convinced Rahel to cede her turn with the husband they share, and tells Ya’akov about it in terms forthright enough to verge on brazen: “you will come to me tonight for I bought/rented you with my son’s dudaim.” Hashem’s […]
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Photo Credit: Hillel Meir/TPS Leah Goldin, mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, the Israeli soldier whose remains are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip A delegation of 25 parliamentarians from around the world are expected to arrive in Israel next week for the annual Israel Allies Conference. Among those who will address the gathering […]
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Photo Credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary Mike Pompeo meet in Lisbon for talks on “Iran, Iran, and Iran.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lost no time getting straight down to business on Wednesday night as soon as both had arrived in Lisbon. […]
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Photo Credit: Erfan Kouchari / Tasnim News Agency Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Major-General Qassem Soleimani at the International Day of Mosque, 20 August 2017 A weapons warehouse belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was attacked Wednesday night, according to a report by Al-Arabiya, quoted by Israel’s Kann public broadcasting network. Unidentified aircraft fired […]
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