Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Wikipedia Drawing of Lord George Gordon After Conversion to Judaism. (From a drawing by Polack.) With the prevalence of conversions to Judaism today, some may be surprised to learn that only a few recorded cases of conversion in modern times exist before about 50 years ago. Indeed, probably more halachic responsa on conversions […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Hakofos with the Rebbe on Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah were always a high point of the year. Chassidim thronged from around the globe, sometimes staying in Crown Heights for just those two days to imbibe the unbridled enthusiasm and simcha shel mitzvah and get the burst of super inspiration they […]

Photo Credit: Hassan Jedi/Flash90 A rocket fired at Israel from Gaza. {Originally posted to the JNS website} Once again, Israel and Gaza have briefly traded rocket fire only to quickly deescalate. However, this time Hamas mostly stayed out of the fighting, leaving Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) to fight Israel alone. This shift suggests that the […]

Photo Credit: Edi Israel / Flash 90 An Israeli Apache helicopter shoots a missile over the Gaza Strip, July 9, 2014. The IDF launched a counter attack late Tuesday night in response to rocket fire aimed by Gaza terrorists Tuesday evening at Jewish communities in southern Israel. Arab media in Gaza reported the Israel Defense […]

Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90 Smoke and fire rises following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip (file) Residents in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon were awakened shortly after midnight Tuesday night and forced to make a run for their safe spaces after the Red Alert incoming rocket siren […]

Photo Credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday night in response to the rocket attack fired at southern Israel from Gaza that it was a mistake on the part of the local terrorist organizations to think this is as good […]

Photo Credit: Nati Shohat / Flash 90 Despite the fact that rockets and mortar shells are still being fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, Qatari cash will nevertheless make its way once more across the border through the Erez land crossing on Wednesday for distribution to needy families in the enclave. Qatari envoy Mohammed […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter / TPS Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Some 20,000 protesters gathered Tuesday night at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to express their outrage at Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and the state prosecutors involved in filing indictments against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the […]

Photo Credit: Hana Levi Julian Tnuva kosher mehadrin sweet butter Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon announced Tuesday that Israel will increase imports of butter, for both household and industrial purposes, in order to compensate for the ongoing shortage of the Israeli baking and household dairy necessity. Kahlon signed a directive that raised the household butter imports […]

Photo Credit: Pvt. Alexi Rosenfeld, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit IDF crew chief on elite helicopter mission. The pilot of an IDF Yasur Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday after its motor caught fire, sending the aircraft up in flames. The crew was able to make it out of the helicopter […]