Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Desmond / US Embassy Iraq / Wikimedia Iraqi Army officers increase the number of soldiers during the second day of protests at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2020. Several members of one family were wounded Sunday when a Katyusha rocket struck their home, across the street from the […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush / Flash 90 Sign at entrance to Kiryat Arba in the Mount Hebron area Israeli security forces prevented what could have become a major tragedy Sunday night in the Judean community of Kiryat Arba when they caught a Palestinian Authority terrorist before he was able to carry out his intended attack. […]

Photo Credit: Mohammad Hossein Taghi / Tasnim News Agency Hundreds of thousands of Iranians pack the streets to say goodbye to Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Mashad Iranian state television reported Sunday evening (Jan. 5) local time that Tehran will no longer be held accountable to the restrictions of the JCPOA nuclear deal signed […]

Photo Credit: Elchanan Poupko for JewishPress.com Thousands of marchers head across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan in a Solidarity March against anti-Semitism and hate in New York on Jan. 5 2020 Thousands of Jews and their supporters rallied together Sunday (Jan. 5) in a massive show of solidarity with New York-area victims of anti-Semitism. People […]

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 […]