Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In Parshas Lech Lecha Hashem changed Avraham’s name from Avram to Avraham. The Gemara in Brachos (13a) says that one who calls Avraham, Avram, has transgressed both a positive and a negative commandment. Yet, we do not find the same halacha regarding others whose names were changed, such as Sarah Imeinu […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / UK Government If the exit polls are right, UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to Number 10 Downing with a huge mandate to “Get Brexit Done” and truly be done with it once and for all. In Britain, Voters Lined Up at Polling Stations Nationwide Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]

Photo Credit: ABC7NY screen grab via YouTube Jersey City Public Safety Director James Shea and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop speak with media on Wednesday morning, Dec. 11 2019 Tuesday’s four-hour attack by two Black Hebrew Israelites on a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey is now being investigated as an act of domestic […]

Photo Credit: Krokodyl / Wikimedia French police (archive) A 17-year-old Madagascar national has been detained as a suspect in the vicious beating of a 31-year-old Israeli man earlier this week on a Paris subway. Israeli Man Beaten Unconscious in Paris Subway for Speaking Hebrew Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay (illustrative) Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a blood test that will ultimately be able to diagnose Parkinson’s disease, based on a study of the protein alpha-synuclein in red blood cells. The study, “α‐Synuclein in blood cells differentiates Parkinson’s disease from healthy controls,” was published in the journal […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: Whenever an activity is prohibited because of kavod hatzibbur (the dignity of the congregation), may a kehilla decide that the activity does not offend them? In my synagogue, for example, many people do not wear jackets during services and would not be offended if the chazzan didn’t either, even if […]

Photo Credit: US Congress / public domain Rashida Tlaib It’s a case of the tweet being faster than the brain. Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tweeted sympathy Thursday morning for the Jewish community in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attack on a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: […]

Photo Credit: The Guardian via YouTube / screen grab Jeremy Corbyn arrives to vote at a north London polling station on 12 Dec 2019 For the second time since 2016 and the third general election since 2015, British voters are streaming to the polls to decide the future of the country, “Brexit” and perhaps the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The past two weeks, we’ve been reflecting upon the terrible rocket attacks against Eretz Yisrael. This week, I’d like to zoom in on two important points. First, how these terrible occurrences are a clear fulfillment of biblical prophecies, and second, what we can do besides prayer to halt such terrorist activity. […]

Photo Credit: Tomer Neuberg / TPS Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he will be quitting all of his ministerial duties by January 1 but will remain prime minister. Besides his role as prime minister, Netanyahu serves as the health minister, social welfare minister, Diaspora minister and agricultural […]