Category: Israel

Photo Credit: pixabay American-Israelis celebrate Thanksgiving with their state-side brethren. Ethiopian-Israelis observe Sigd by rededicating themselves to God and Torah. And in a most complex parsha, Jacob and Esau receive very different blessings with everlasting consequences. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 10 });

Photo Credit: pixabay This week Rav Yitzchak and William discuss the weekly Torah portion where we read the story of a supposed deception played out when Rebecca convinces her son to fool his father who is about to give a blessing to Esau. Does this raise any ethical questions, and how does it relate to […]

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Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, November 27, 2019. Likud officials believe that if Israel goes to third elections and Likud holds primaries to pick its next chairman, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein may also join the race, Channel 12 reported on Thursday. According to the report, in recent days, Edelstein has been doing […]

Photo Credit: File Photo Group photo of Lubavitcher emissaries at a recent Shluchim Convention. If there is ever a contest for “World’s Most Misunderstood Photo” the annual class photo of the shluchim (Chabad rabbis) will surely be a finalist. You know the one I’m talking about. About 5,000 shluchim convene in New York every year […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Israelis stand by the Iron Dome battery stationed in Ashkelon, July 14, 2018. While the talks between Israel and Hamas are currently being conducted at a rapid pace, at least the Israeli side is optimistic (see: Al Akhbar: Israel Renews Talks with Hamas about Truce, Returning Soldiers’ Bodies), another initiative is […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Self-criticism can sometimes help us improve ourselves, but feeling greatness and elevation can help even more. Rabbeinu Yonah, who passed away 756 years ago this week, wrote prolifically from the city of Girona, in medieval Spain, about repentance and self-improvement. He explains that if we only remember who we are and […]

Photo Credit: Majdi Fathi/TPS Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza City The majority of Gazans killed in this month’s clash between Israeli forces and Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip were terrorists, the Israeli-based Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) found after an in-depth inquiry into the identities of the Gazan fatalities in […]