Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press When we bought our house nearly 30 years ago, it came with an oven that was as old as I was. Not only was our brown Caloric double wall oven ugly, it was also only 30 inches, creating problems whenever we needed to feed a crowd. Worse yet, it wasn’t self-cleaning, […]

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Photo Credit: Dana Friedman Sign-carrying Neturei Karta men stood at the edge of the anti-anti-Semitism rally in downtown NY, Jan. 5, 2020 My good friend and renowned Lower East Side standup comic Dana Friedman posted these images she took of a group of sign-carrying Neturei Karta men who stood at the edge of Sunday’s anti-anti-Semitism […]

Photo Credit: flickr {Originally posted to the author’s website} If you predicted one year ago that Israel would be forced into a third election within one year; that Naftali Bennett would be defense minister and Amir Ohana justice minister; and that America would recognize the legality of Judea and Samaria settlements – most people would […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I just spent an enjoyable evening listening to a lecture on mindfulness. I don’t usually go for this type of thing. It’s all very trendy. How to laugh, love, get or stay married, raise your kids, be happy… in short, how to live. I think living is an important activity and […]

Photo Credit: Raph_PH via Wikimedia Elizabeth II at her 92nd Birthday Party, April 21, 2018. Two members of the Jewish community in Auckland, New Zealand, were chosen by Queen Elizabeth II to join the United Kingdom’s annual list of New Year Honours, announced last week. Published by the country’s Cabinet Office, it recognizes Britons for […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} If US President Donald Trump has his way, his impeachment trial should begin soon after the new year gets under way. Trump wants this hurdle removed as soon as possible so that he could devote his energies to his re-election campaign. And this may be […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Originally posted to the JNS website} Was the machete attack at Rabbi Chaim Rottenburg’s home in Monsey, N.Y. last Saturday night wake-up call enough? Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Are liberal American Jews ready to accept the truth about anti-Semitism […]

Photo Credit: Mila Aviv / Flash 90 The sun sets at the Ginosar beach at Lake Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel. The stormy weather in Israel this past weekend created some tragedies but there was also a silver lining to the story: the water level at Lake Kinneret — also known as […]

Photo Credit: Tasnim News Agency Iraqi Parliament The Iraqi Parliament voted Sunday to expel US troops from the country, in the wake of the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, and the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi, a Shiite militia […]