Daf Yomi

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Kishka – Stuffed Derma‘Intestines Are Not Meat’(Me’ilah 20b) Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Stuffed kishka is an integral part of the Shabbos day meal in many homes. Many, therefore, may be surprised to learn that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said, […]

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Sorry Tale of Two Photos

Photo Credit: Twitter A photo of a 12-year-old Jewish boy in Australia being bullied to kiss the shoes of a Muslim classmate. {Originally posted to the JNS website} As visitors to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem wind their way through the main exhibition, they are confronted by a series of unsettling photographs from […]

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5,000-Year Old City, Largest in Ancient Israel, Exposed in Sharon Valley

Photo Credit: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities AuthorityAssaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority Aerial photograph of the Sharon valleyexcavation site. Widespread excavations at the En Esur (Ein Asawir) archaeological site, located near Wadi Ara, a major artery that stretches from Hadera to Afula in the northern Sharon valley, reveal a planned city from the Bronze Age (end […]

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