Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Pixabay / MartinStr Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo announced on Sunday that it will donate burn creams, milk replacers, wound sprays and hydration concentrates to aid animals in Victoria, Australia. The donation comes as massive brush fires rage across Australia, which have resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people since September, as well […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir/TPS Ofra before the eviction Ofra, Feb 28, 2017 Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition against the master plan for the construction of the Israeli community of Ofra, located in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem. Nearby Arab residents and municipalities petitioned the High Court in 2014 to […]

Photo Credit: Majdi Fathi/TPS Hamas international political leader Ismail Haniyeh The funeral for Iranian IRGC Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani’s in Tehran, which was attended by millions who packed the streets, was a massive demonstration of mourning and promises of revenge. The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen channel said that the funeral on Monday was the largest in […]

Photo Credit: Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d’Israël Sarah Halimi, z’l Thousands of French Jews and others rallied on Sunday throughout the country, including Paris, calling for justice for slain Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old retired physician. The rallies followed an appeals court last month upholding a lower court ruling stating […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir / TPS An Israeli bus was attacked by stone-throwing Arab terrorists while traveling through Samaria. The windshield was shattered. Palestinian Authority terrorists attacked Israeli motorists on Monday night as they traveled through Samaria near the community of Azoun. A number of cars and other vehicles, including an Israeli public bus, came […]

Photo Credit: IMP Siyum Hashas in Jerusalem. Jan. 1, 2020 An enthusiastic crowd of some 8,000 men, women and children, spanning the spectrum of English-speakers in Israel, filled all four of Jerusalem’s Binyanei Hauma’s (ICC) halls to capacity on January 1st. The Siyum HaShas for English-speakers was initiated by Harav Mordecai Kornfeld, Rosh Kollel of […]

Photo Credit: Olivier Fitoussi / Flash 90 Israeli and American flags in Jerusalem The United States has taken steps to warn its citizens in Israel to “remain vigilant and take appropriate steps” to increase their security awareness as security incidents, “including rocket fire, often take place without warning.” The alert comes in the wake of […]

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Photo Credit: Pixabay As threats are thrown from both sides of the world at each other, both the USA and Iran have chosen their first targets to hit. Who will hit next, and what will the targets be, whether military or cyber-terror? Tamar Yonah’s guest, Alan Silver, fills us in on everything. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ […]

Photo Credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90 Why are there so many Jewish rituals (mitzvot)? Isn’t faith in G-d enough?How can we better understand rituals and their importance. How can we connect to ritual…especially those that we cannot logically comprehend? Where do ritual and faith in G-d meet and why can’t one stand without the other. Join Rabbi […]