Category: Israel

Photo Credit: US Army Spc. DeAndre Pierce A National Guard soldier in an M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle in eastern Syria, Nov. 11, 2019. About one year after President Donald Trump had shocked the Kurds and the rest of America’s allies in the Middle East and Europe announcing he was pulling his troops out of Syria, […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press “And Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to lament her” (Bereishis 23:2). Our Sages ask why the Torah uses a double expression: “eulogize” and “lament.” Moreover, it is usual for one to first cry and then, through one’s tears, to eulogize the departed. If so, why does the Torah use the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Whenever leftists are charged with not loving or even with hating America, they respond angrily, labeling the question absurd, mean-spirited, and an example of right-wing McCarthyism. But there can be little doubt that the left has no love for America, just as there can be little doubt that liberals and conservatives […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Shimon was driving along the highway. Somewhat ahead of him, he recognized the car of his neighbor, Chaim. He watched in horror as Chaim’s car suddenly swerved sideways and hit the barrier with a thud. Glass shattered, and steam erupted from the engine. Shimon pulled over, and immediately ordered an ambulance. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press One of the measures of leadership is what outlives the leader. Many leaders pride themselves as visionary and transformative. Yet no matter how successful they may be at the helm of their organizations, if upon their departure things revert back to what they were before their tenure then, sadly, they were […]

Photo Credit: Chaim Bleicher / TPS Many thousands of Israelis will be spending Shabbat in Hebron in honor of Parshat Chayei Sara, the Torah portion read this weekend which discusses Avraham’s purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs in order to bury Sara. As there isn’t enough bed space within the small section of Hebron […]

Photo Credit: Zoltan Kluger (1896–1977) via Wikimedia Shabbat at Dizengoff Circle, Tel Aviv, circa 1939 After years of fighting, this Shabbat, Cheshvan 25, 5780 – November 22-23, 2019, public buses will be available to transport the residents of Tel Aviv, Ramat Hasharon, Givatayim, and Kiryat Ono, as part of a project dubbed “Pleasant on the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press We are taught, “Maaseh avos siman l’banim – The behaviors of our patriarchs are a sign for how we should behave.” The avos set the standard for all Jews to follow. Thus, when Avraham pitched Sarah’s tent before pitching his own, he set an example for all future Jewish husbands to […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Rav Chaim Brisker once quipped to his students, “I don’t want you to learn and to think the way I learn and think. I want you to develop your own way of thinking and learning.” His disciples include some of the most prominent scholars, including Rav Shimon Shkop zt”l, Rav Baruch […]

Photo Credit: Shannon Blake’s Facebook page Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus (D-Brooklyn) tried to receive $100,000 in funding from the NY State Assembly for a Think Tank that would operate under the auspices of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, the NY Post reported Thursday. She said the group would “retrieve community […]