Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Tzvi Fishman Rabbi Yoel Schwartz and an IDF soldier. Rabbi Yoel Schwartz has written so many books, he can’t remember exact how many. The Israel National Library has 180 titles registered. The 80-year-old Torah scholar and co-founder of the IDF’s Nachal Haredi Division, believes the number is closer to 200. His interests are […]

Photo Credit: Maggid Press Title: The Oral Law: The Rabbinic Contribution to Torah sheBe’al Peh Publisher: Maggid PressBy Rabbi Chaim H. Schimmel   Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Is there any value in trying to understand the origins and development of the Oral Torah? […]

Photo Credit: GPO YouTube screengrab Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveals Iranian nuclear archives captured by Mossad from Tehran in April 30, 2018 presentation European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and the heads of Britain, France and Germany issued a warning to Iran this week, urging Tehran to comply with the terms of the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Ben Ezra Synagogue in the Coptic section of Old Cairo, one of the only surviving remnants of the once glorious Jewish Egyptian community, stands on the place where, according to local legend, Pharaoh’s daughter retrieved baby Moses from the bulrushes along the Nile River. There are many other legends associated […]

Photo Credit: Leopaltik1242/Wikimedia Commons U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) {Originally posted to The Lid website} Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) lied in her feeble attempt to explain how she could support the anti-Semitic boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS)  against Israel while opposing President Trump’s sanctions on Iran. Maybe her constant rotation of husbands and boyfriends […]

Photo Credit: Shauli Lendner Israeli Formula driver Roy Nissany Roy Nissany will become the official test driver for the Williams Group, making him Israel’s very first Formula One driver, the group’s president Claire Williams and Sylvan Adams announced Wednesday morning at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv. Adams has supported Nissany’s […]

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Photo Credit: https://zeldin.house.gov/ US Rep. Lee Zeldin The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (H.R. 5595), which would combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, was introduced to the US House of Representatives, the latest piece of legislation to target the anti-Israel organization in the US. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) was joined by 60 of his […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay Krakow In my opinion: The main event of the week was not just Netanyahu, but theconference discussing the Pompeo Doctrine regarding the legality of Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria to which I have devoted a large part of this programme. The Scoop: President Trump’s elimination one of Iran’ Major terrorists General […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Saba Max (on right) with the author If anyone thought otherwise, Hebron is a very special place. One of the elements that creates such a distinct atmosphere, is, of course the people. There’s such a wide-ranging population that wherever you are in the city, you can always find someone interesting to speak […]