Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Recap: Last installment we discussed the religious response to Haskalah and its push for education, modernization and acculturation. The Hirschian approach, encapsulated by the phrase “Torah im derech eretz,” allows for progress that can ultimately enhance one’s avodas Hashem as long as it does not contradict the Torah. The Chasam Sofer […]

Photo Credit: Ester Katz Silvers As the Holy Ark was opened the feeling of anticipation in the room was palpable. There wasn’t one person who didn’t feel a connection to the Bar Mitzvah boy who would soon be reading from the Torah. Before the scroll was opened, though, his father cleared his throat and made […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Ron Kobi Minister Ze’ev Elkin decided on Monday that Ron Kobi, the mayor of Tiberias (Tiveria) will be removed from office. Kobi was unable to pass a budget for his city, even with the extension he was provided by the Interior Ministry. The extension expired on September 30, 2019. Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: بوف کر on Twitter Iranian policemen beating a crowd of protesters. November 2019 Iran is continuing its policy of blocking the internet from its citizens in order to stop them from organizing protests against the Islamic regime and to prevent news of the protests from reaching the outside world. The latest location to […]

Photo Credit: Nathalie Balaban and Jiafeng Liu MRSA microscope Every year in the United States, more than 35,000 people die and 2.8 million get sick from antibiotic-resistant infections. Now, a team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Professor Nathalie Balaban and Shaarei Zedek Medical Center’s Dr. Maskit Bar-Meir has shown that resilient bacteria may […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Arab youth shoot fireworks during clashes with Border Guard Police in Shuafat in Jerusalem. (archive photo) The Jerusalem District Court on Monday ordered two terrorists who launched fireworks directly at an Israeli family’s home in the Old City of Jerusalem to compensate the family members for NIS 305,000 and pay the […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Israeli anarchist activist Jonathan Pollak in the Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, January 7, 2020. In response to a request by Judge Dov Pollok of the Jerusalem Magistrate Court, the Ad Kan organization added charges to their complaint against activists from “Anarchists Against the Wall.” The new charges relate to dozens of […]

Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 MK Miki Zohar The Knesset Regulating committee on Monday passed a resolution according to which it, as well as the Knesset committee, can hold meetings on matters under its domain without the approval of the Consents Committee. The meaning of this decision is that both committees could now debate Prime […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS Flags of Hezbollah, Lebanon and the PA on the Lebanese border with Israel. Israeli forces stationed on the northern border with Lebanon are on high alert following mounting tensions in the Middle East, and specifically the showdown between the US and Iran. The US’ assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and […]

[embedded content] Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. unveiled its upgraded SPIKE SR anti-tank missile which features unique capabilities, including increased lethality and a 2,000-meter standoff range and weighs only 10kg. In a recent series of tests in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, Rafael demonstrated the SPIKE SR (Short Range) Precision guided missile and […]