Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Vol. LXIX No. 51                           5780New York CityCANDLE LIGHTING TIMEDecember 20, 2019 – 22 Kislev 57804:13 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Sabbath Ends: 5:18 p.m. NYC E.S.T.Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 5:44 p.m. NYC E.S.T.Weekly Reading: VaYeshevWeekly Haftara: Koh […]

Photo Credit: Baruch Lytle Rabbi Gavriael Moskowitz during a demonstration on Monday evening. In the wake of the Jersey City shootings last week, Rabbi Gavriael (Gary) Moskowitz – who has been training in martial arts for close to 50 years – wants Jews to be prepared. “The Jewish community has had a long history of […]

Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton / Flash 90 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo (left), President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades (second from left), and former Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2019. The US Congress […]

Photo Credit: Thomas photography / Wikimedia Amazon gift cards If you (1) live in Israel, (2) know about Amazon Israel, and (3) still have trouble getting your stuff delivered when you want it, the next few lines should bring tidings of great joy to your heart. Three months after the start of its delivery service […]

Photo Credit: Shimon Roumani Designed By World Renowned Artist Yaacov Agam. The World’s Largest Chanukah menorah will be lit again this year at New York’s most fashionable plaza, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, by Central Park, between the Plaza and the Pierre Hotels. The 36-foot high, gold colored, 4,000 pound steel structure will be lit nightly with […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Pres / 123rf.com Is it okay to enjoy Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells”if one happens to hear them playing in a store or on the street? Rabbi Ben Zion Shafier Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); While listening to and enjoying these […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay Torah scroll (illustrative) Twice in the early verses of Va-Yeshev, Rashi quotes a Midrashic view telling us Yosef looked like Ya’akov. It’s a view I’ve long wondered about, because it makes the brothers’ failure to recognize him all the stranger. Faced with a man who looked like their father, would a beard […]

Photo Credit: IDF IDF soldiers about to pick up a suspect in the murder of Rina Shnerb The Shin Bet in collaboration with the IDF and Israel Police in recent months, exposed a broad and well organized terror infrastructure belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which carried out the bomb […]

Photo Credit: Facebook It is an unpleasant task to sound the alert that there are Jews who seek to destroy the State of Israel and harm its supporters. We brand Jews who try to harm Israel and the Jewish people as FAKE JEWS. They advocate Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions against Israel (BDS) and vilify Israel as […]

Photo Credit: החבלן via Wikimedia Tzitzit tchelet Ptil Tekhelet is running its first ever fundraising campaign. The Jewish Press took this opportunity to speak with the CEO, Dr. Baruch Sterman to learn what Ptil Tekhelet is all about and why they are raising funds. JP: Why have you embarked on this campaign? We thought that […]