Pompeo: US Firmly Opposes ICC Probe Into Alleged Israeli War Crimes

Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his country’s opposition to the International Criminal Court’s announcement it will investigate alleged “war crimes” by Israel against the so-called “State of Palestine.” “The United States is “firmly” opposed to an International Criminal Court probe […]

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The Real Miracle of Chanukah

Photo Credit: Ari Fuld Ari Fuld’s Chanukiah This article about Chanukah has been adapted from the video of Ari Fuld’s Grill and Torah D’var Torah that he gave on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016 https://arifuld.org/2019/12/19/the-real-miracle-of-chanukah-5777/ Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); I want to talk to […]

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Reverence For The Ribnitzer

Photo Credit: Sandy Eller Over the past few years, thousands have made pilgrimages to Eastern Europe, visiting the kevarim of renowned rebbes on auspicious times. Rosh Hashanah in Uman has become a “thing,” as have visits to the burial places of Reb Yeshayale Kerestir in Hungary and the Noam Elimelech in Lizhensk. For those of […]

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Yosef HaTzaddik And The Maccabees

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Shelah (1560-1630) writes that every special date on the Jewish calendar is related to the parashiyos read in close proximity to it. What, then, is the connection between Vayeishev and Chanukah? The following is one answer: When Yosef went to check on his brothers at the bequest of his father, […]

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Parshat VaYeishev

Photo Credit: Jewish Press What do Smokey the Bear, Scared Straight, and red light cameras have in common? Among other things they all seem to have, at some point, generated unintended consequences. The law of unintended consequences simply stated is that all human decisions and actions result in unintended and unanticipated results. While these consequences […]

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Peace Love & Rock n’ Roll in the Middle East

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz That’s what they say:   peace, love & rock n’ roll can save the world. Lately though, I’m beginning to rethink this. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Take peace and love… A lawsuit was filed in November 2019 by KKL-JNF and […]

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