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Photo Credit: Jewish Press “No longer will it be said that your name is Yaakov, but Yisrael” (Bereishis 32:25). During majestic eras, when the Jewish nation is faithful to Hashem, the name Yisrael suits it. When the Jewish nation rejects Hashem, however, and says (Iyov 21:14), “Go away from us! We have no desire to […]

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Roots of anti-US Islamic Terrorism

Photo Credit: US Navy / Ed Barker / public domain NASA astronaut candidate Lt. Col. Mark Vande Hei and Lt. Cmdr. Patrick McCaslin, an instructor with Training Squadron (VT) 4, conduct a preflight check of the cockpit of a T-6A Texan II before an instrument training flight at Naval Air Station Pensacola The roots of […]

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On The Wings Of A Dream

Photo Credit: Jewish Press It wasn’t a miracle. Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz emphasized again and again when he taught this parshah that Yaakov moving the massive stone from the well was not a miracle. Yet, it was not a matter of physical strength either. It was a matter of heart and faith. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: […]

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The Rosh Hashanah Of Chassidus?

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Chassidim have celebrated the 19th of Kislev (“Yud Tes Kislev”) ever since the Alter Rebbe (1745-1812) – author of Shulchan Aruch HaRav and Tanya – was released from czarist imprisonment on that date in 1798. It gained even greater significance, however, when 103 years later his great-great-grandson, the Rebbe Rashab (1860-1920), […]

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Corbyn Quits

[embedded content] Early Friday morning, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that he is standing down, following his humiliating defeat: with 596 out 650 districts reporting, Labour lost at least 54 seats in Parliament in Thursday’s elections. The Conservative party, led by PM Boris Johnson, has established its biggest majority in decades. These could be the […]

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Europe No Longer Hides Its Hostility to Israel

Photo Credit: Screenshot Netanyahu and Merkel {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} The European Union has, over the years, become increasingly hostile towards Israel. That attitude was confirmed in early November when the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that food products made in the so-called settlements of East Jerusalem, the West […]

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