Category: Israel

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 […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia, Jonathan Rashad Protesters in Egypt’s Tahrir Square celebrate upon hearing of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, February 2011. {Originally posted to the JCPA website} The Disintegration of the Middle East Nation-States In a few weeks, the so-called “Arab Spring” will be entering its tenth year, bringing with it a factionalized Middle East, a […]

Photo Credit: Leon Charney Resolution Center on YouTube, Screenshot Professor Amiram Goldblum The first petition with Israel’s High Court of Justice in 2020 was filed last week by Im Tirtzu, which calls itself a “Zionist watchdog,” against Hebrew University chemistry professor Amiram Goldblum, who, back in May 2019, called their activists “Nazi dogs.” He also […]

Photo Credit: Amir Levy/Flash90 Saeb Erekat Over 130 “Palestinian NGOs” have refused to sign a grant request from the European Union (EU) which stipulates that beneficiaries must refrain from transferring any aid from the EU to terrorist groups, a demand a top Palestinian Authority official says “directly affect the Palestinian right to self-determination.” Saeb Erekat, […]

Photo Credit: Dimitri Rodriguez via FlickrDimitri Rodriguez via Flickr Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is laboring to position herself at the helm of the anti-war against Iran forces, and this weekend responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to level 52 Iranian sites should the Islamic Republic attack American assets in the Middle […]

Photo Credit: Pinterest Jews like Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (pictured above with the beard) marched with Martin Luther King Jr. on the road to civil rights. Rev.King marched with the Jews on the road to a secure Israel. {Originally posted to The Lid website} Many of the recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New […]

Photo Credit: Flash90 Blue&White chairman Benny Gantz, January 1, 2020. MK Avi Nissenkorn (Blue&White), chairman of the Arrangements Committee, is meeting with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) at noon Wednesday to obtain his consent to form the Knesset Committee, despite the fact that the Knesset was dispersed last month. The move is intended to allow […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I just acquired a pair of extraordinarily rare prayer books published in New York in 1860 that offer insight on the wave of change that overcame American Jewry at this time. Titled Seder Tephilah: The Order of Prayer for Divine Service, and based on Leo Merzbacher’s German siddurim, it was the […]