Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Mr. Fleishman had a degree in business management and was job hunting. One day, he met a non-Jewish acquaintance, Thomas, who worked in an international meat corporation. “There is an opening in our company for an import/export manager,” Thomas said. “If you’re interested, I’d be happy to pass on your resume.” […]

Photo Credit: Screenshot of Euronews YouTube videoScreenshot of Euronews YouTube video Hezbollah members watching Nasrallah speech on large TV screen in Beirut, Jan. 5, 2020 Speaking to thousands of Hezbollah supporters at a Sunday rally in southern Beirut – who were viewing him on a television broadcast from his bunker – because Mother Nasrallah didn’t […]

Photo Credit: Panassonic website The Shomrim organization is offering a “shul phone” that cuts short the process of reporting an emergency, the NY Post reported Saturday. The phone, which appears to be a desk phone that comes with a downsized speed-dial list, connects callers to 911, the local Shomrim hotline, or the local Hatzolah hotline. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press According to the Midrashic works Chuppas Eliyahu and Pirkei Rabbeinu HaKadosh, there are eight Hebrew words for food: “ochel,” “dagan,” “shever,” “tevuah,” “tenuvah,” “yevul,” “bar,” and “mazon.” As we shall see in this essay, these words are not totally synonymous. 1) “Ochel”/“maachal” is the most general of the words. Indeed, many […]

[embedded content] “Hunters” is an upcoming American web television 10-episode series, created by David Weil, starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman, and set to premiere on February 21, 2020 on Amazon Video. According to Deadline, the series follows “a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Once Rabi Akiva, while traveling through a wilderness, was startled to hear a voice crying out in such agony. He immediately knew that this was not a human voice, but rather the cry of one who had passed on. Looking about, he beheld an old man, carrying on his back a […]

Photo Credit: GifterPhotos / YouTube Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels patrol in Brooklyn. Dec. 29, 2019 Curtis Sliwa and his “Guardian Angels” are protecting Jews again.God bless them but as Curtis pleads.”Jews, protect yourselves? Don’t take it anymore. The politicians that you look to for answers cater to their real “base” and it isn’t […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) and Knesset Legal Counsel, May 7, 2013. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (L) and Knesset Legal Counsel, May 7, 2013. The Knesset legal counsel, Eyal Yinon, on Sunday issued his opinion on the authority of Knesset committees to debate interim prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity […]

Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90 Dozens of Christian families from east Jerusalem have moved to Jewish neighborhoods in the the city because they too no longer feel comfortable living among Muslims. {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was interviewed recently about the Paris attacks and asked about his reaction. […]

Photo Credit: Joel Rubin’s Facebook page photo Joel Rubin Joel Rubin, co-founder of J Street and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, was picked on Friday by the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign as its liaison to the Jewish community. Rubin tweeted on Friday: “I’m thrilled to join the Bernie Sanders Campaign as […]