Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press “I need your help,” Rabbi Brecher* told his son, Shlomo. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); It was merely a few days before the wedding of the youngest Brecher girl. The final preparations, which should have been a source of excitement […]

Photo Credit: Naomi Klass Mauer The years pass, but my memories of you – my beloved mother – only get stronger. And in addition to my memories, Hindy and I have little girls named after you who daily bring you to mind. The oldest one is Hindy’s very special granddaughter, Ayelet Yitta. She is such […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Originally posted to the FirstOne Through website} Antisemitism has always been a problem around the world. In the United States, an average Jew is three times more likely to suffer a hate crime than an average black person, and twice as likely to be attacked as an average Muslim person. Yet […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Nancy Pelosi says House will go forward with Trump impeachment inquiry {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} If the House of Representatives were to impeach President Trump on the two grounds now before it, the senate would be presented with a constitutional dilemma. These two grounds— abuse of power and […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screen grab / Fox News President Donald Trump signs the Executive Order US President Donald Trump signed an historic Executive Order on Wednesday recognizing Judaism as a nationality, rather than solely as a religion. Under the new order, Jewish college and university students will now be recognized as a protected class similar […]

[embedded content] New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced Wednesday at a news conference he has instructed security personnel to raise the city’s alert level to “high alert” in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting attack targeting a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey. He added that “hundreds” of NYPD officers have been deployed […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter / TPS Knesset The Israeli parliament formally voted to disperse itself in a unanimous vote of 91 to 0 on Wednesday night. The Knesset plenum approved the bill – which initiates an unprecedented third round of national elections to be held on March 2, 2020 — in its first reading before […]

Photo Credit: CCTV footage, screen grab via Twitter / Christian @Lafvnte Domestic terrorists targeting Jews in JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey on Dec. 10, 2019 Footage from CCTV cameras on the street near the JC Kosher Supermarket showing the domestic terror attack that took place Tuesday (Dec. 10) has gone viral, showing […]

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 Law enforcement sources in Jersey City have named the two shooters who killed Jersey City Detective Joseph Seals in the Bay View Cemetery before calmly driving […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press As society becomes “greener,” a slew of green jobs have begun to emerge, the focus of which is to create a cleaner environment with less pollutants and carbon emissions. Indeed, demand for green jobs has increased exponentially. Here are some of the fastest growing green jobs: Water Quality Scientists and Technicians: […]