Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Lara Savage / Flash 90 (file photo) Jewish bride and groom stand under the chuppah (this is a canopy traditionally used in Jewish weddings) while the bride drinks wine from the kiddush cup. There are many laws and traditions associated with the wedding itself. A Jewish wedding is one of the cornerstones of […]

Photo Credit: courtesy, Shiraz Stat Telya wedding hall at entrance to Kibbutz Yitzhak “If you live in southern Israel and were supposed to get married this evening, we are going to be at the “Telya” wedding hall (at Kibbutz Yitzhak, near Even Yehuda), and we invite you to move your wedding to our place tonight.” […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressing the Knesset, January 20, 2014. {Originally posted to the author’s website} For Jews everywhere, this has been a depressing year – with antisemitic and anti-Israel activity on the rise. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 […]

Photo Credit: Aviv Hertz/TPS Emergency responders in Sderot. First responders operating around the Gaza Strip and providing emergency services in the area received hundreds of protective vests distributed by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), known as the Keren L’Yedidut in Israel. The campaign was arranged in advance and in coordination with the […]

Photo Credit: Marc Israel Sellem / POOL Minister Naftali Bennett. As Israel battles Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Prime Minister (and now former) Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passed the baton of the Defense Ministry over to Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday, in the presence of Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi and Brigadier General Ofer Vinter […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Israeli firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a factory in Sderot, caused by rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, November 12, 2019. Since the start of Tuesday morning, Gaza terrorists have launched more than 150 rockets and missiles at the State of Israel, according to the IDF. Of those, the […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Chinese visitors to Jerusalem {Originally posted to the BESA website} Through rapid and sustained economic growth and a dramatic increase in international investment, China has become Israel’s second-largest trading partner and a significant foreign investor. It has also taken an active interest in collaboration with Israel on innovation and technology, which inspired […]

Photo Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense (L-R) Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis in a news briefing on Tuesday the IDF hit back at anyone who attempts to attack the State of Israel. Flanked by Nadav Argaman, head of the […]

Photo Credit: Esty Dziubov/TPS Psagot Winery in the Binyamin region. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that Israeli products produced in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights will be required to be labeled as stemming from “Israeli settlements,” eliciting angry responses by Israeli leaders. In a statement, the ECJ declared “foodstuffs originating […]

Photo Credit: Aviv Hertz / TPS Factory in Sderot hit by a rocket. Nov. 12, 2019 Islamic Jihad terrorists on Tuesday fired dozens of rockets from Gaza at Israel’s south and the Tel Aviv region, one of the rockets hit a factory in the town of Sderot and started a major fire at the facility. […]