Category: Israel

Photo Credit: #WeWantNaama on Facebook Naama Issachar Sometimes sad stories do have happy endings – and if a report in Russian-language media this Thursday turns out to be true, Israelis will be sharing the joy of Naama Issachar’s family sometime next week. Informed sources in government agencies in the Russian Federation allegedly told the Kommersant […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press “Please my L-rd, send through whomever You will send!” (Shemos 4:13). The Baal Chemdas Shlomo, a rav in Warsaw, was extremely devoted to the Chiddushei HaRim (1799-1866), who related a statement of his rebbe, R’ Simcha Bunim of Peshischa. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: Should the congregation say “Amen” after the berachah of “habocher b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah” (right before Shema)? I have seen different shuls do different things. M. Goldman Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Answer: We noted that the congregation shouldn’t say […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In the haftorah for Parshat Shemot, the prophet Yeshaya decries the Kingdom of Israel’s moral decline, saying that its “tzvi tiferet” (splendor of its glory) had withered away (Isaiah 28:1, 28:4). In an earlier prophecy, Yeshaya foretold that after G-d eliminates the wicked, the remnants of the Jewish People will be […]

Photo Credit: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit IED attached to balloon flown to Israel by Gaza terrorists A homemade bomb tied to a collection of pretty balloons that was flown into southern Israel by Gaza terrorists blew up in a community on Thursday before sappers had time to defuse it. The cluster of balloons, tied to […]

Photo Credit: NYPD Crime Stoppers The New York Police Department has released a video of a man plastering a swastika on the wall of a subway station elevator on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Police say the man used the MTA service advisory flyers to create the swastika and post it on an elevator […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press On the words “and G-d saw…our toil” (Devarim 26:7), our Sages comment in the Pesach Haggada: “This means the children.” Bringing up children (and students, who are also called children [Sifre]) constitutes toil and hard work – even if they are naturally obedient and refined. True education, at all levels, requires […]

Photo Credit: Miriam Alster / Flash 90 Jerusalemites waiting to board a bus at a bus stop in the center of Jerusalem. (archive) Israel’s Transportation Ministry has announced a number of additional bus lines that stop service on Friday before the Sabbath will cease their operations earlier in the day. The ministry said the move […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Anti-Semitism is still fresh on our minds here in the tri-state area. Thank G-d the attacks have slowed down, but not completely ceased. The politicians have made their appearances and speeches and can now pat themselves on the back for doing something to combat this evil. It is important for us […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In 1964, Kitty Genovese was stabbed and killed in Kew Gardens, Queens. The New York Times reported that 38 witnesses saw or heard the attack, and nobody did anything to help. This article (which was later shown to be exaggerated) motivated social psychologists John M. Darley and Bibb Latané to attempt […]