Category: Israel

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 […]

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, […]