Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Courtesy, Lubavitch.com New York police maintain an emergency response base outside Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY (file) Anti-Semitism continues to rise in New York City, this time with two attacks over the weekend, both taking place in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. A black male in a […]

Photo Credit: Mila Aviv / Flash 90 The sun sets at the Ginosar beach at Lake Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel. The blessing of winter rain has brought with it the welcome relief of replenished waters into Israel’s top water supply. The Water Authority reported Saturday that over the past two days […]

Photo Credit: Courtesy NYC Mayor’s Office Mayor Bill de Blasio meets representatives of the Crown Heights Jewish community, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. The NYPD will increase its watch over synagogues around the city and add officers in Borough Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg, in response to the string of anti-Semitic attacks before and during Chanukah, […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I recently acquired an entertaining invitation to the wedding of one of Rabbi Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg’s children. Rabbi Rosenberg (1859-1935) was the author of many sefarim and is most often remembered for reviving the story of the golem of the Maharal of Prague (He also wrote a sefer defending the use […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Close to 20 years ago, in response to criticism that psychology focused too much on disorders and diagnosis, Dr. Martin Seligman began to develop the field of positive psychology. The goal was to reinvigorate psychology by focusing on strategies that would help people flourish. One of his basic theories was that […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press In the story of Chanukah, the undisputed heroes are the families of devoted kohanim led by Matityahu who stood up to the pagan Hellenes. What is the etymology of “kohen” and how does it differ from “komer” and “galach”? The Bible also uses the word “kohen” in the context of idolatrous […]

Photo Credit: Gili Yaari / Flash 90 The settlement of Yitzhar in Samaria. The State this week informed the High Court of Justice for the first time ever that a Jewish settlement beyond the 1949 armistice line, a.k.a. the green line, is protected under the Land Regulation Act, Makor Rishon reported on Friday. The settlement […]

Photo Credit: Jessica Meir / NASA (((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) Hanukkah is the ultimate Israeli independence holiday. But does Hasmonean-style independence mean xenophobia? Rabbi Yishai ponders the challenge of assimilation in light of Joseph’s dreams. Then, Malkah Fleisher on the Festival of Lights from the deep Negev and on Astronaut Jessica Meir’s Hanukkah socks […]

Photo Credit: Courtesy Bar Ilan University Prof. Yossi Mandel Macular degeneration (AMD) causes blindness in millions of people in the Western world. It is the most common cause of severe vision loss in the Western world among those aged 50 and over, and its prevalence increases with age. Though there is no cure for AMD, […]