Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz A few years ago, it would have been unimaginable. And yet here we are. The Democratic Party – the party supported by the overwhelming majority of American Jews and the party that was once home to a long line of pro-Israel figures, including Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay illustrative English-speakers in the Negev “capital” city of Be’er Sheva will finally be able to get some help with their feelings of stress and trauma as they face their challenges under rocket fire. “Get Help Israel,” the Olim Department of Be’er Sheva and AACI South have joined together in a partnership to […]

Photo Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett meet with defense establishment officials at IDF Southern Command headquarters on Nov. 13 2019. Israel is in the midst of a campaign to restore the quiet and security to her residents, and particularly to those living in the south, Prime Minister […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Chaim Green Dov Hikind Hardly a week passes now without a Jew being beaten, harassed, or cursed in Brooklyn. The police and mayor say they’re handling the situation, yet the wave of anti-Jewish attacks continues unabated. Week after week. Incident after incident. Without end in sight. Can the police do nothing? Is […]

Photo Credit: Assorted Arab media tweets. No copyright statement detected. The fifth floor of the Al-Harara office building in the heart of Gaza City was hit by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket It began on Tuesday at 10 AM, when the Islamic Jihad—by then about five hours into its retaliation campaign against Israel for taking […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Until George Gershwin, serious American orchestral composers were predominantly influenced by European schools of music. By composing original musical works based upon the rhythms, melodies, and moods of American popular music, Gershwin proved that the finer elements of jazz could be integrated into music to form the basis of symphonic creations […]

[embedded content] Jews who visit Israel and those who decide to live in the Land are always struck by the amazing fertility bursting around us, despite the fact that just 70-odd years ago, most of this country was essentially a barren wasteland. Rabbi Danny Myers of Kehillat Menorat Hamaor in Ramat Beit Shemesh quotes the […]

Photo Credit: Courtesy IDF IDF hovercraft drone Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials have told Israel’s i24TV News in an exclusive interview that several minutes before the assassination of their commander, Baha Abu al-Ata, an IDF drone entered his apartment to verify his identity and exact location. The news outlet also reported that following a barrage of […]

Photo Credit: Marc israel Sellem / POOL During a conference call with the heads of the regional councils located along the Gaza border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, “We are changing the equation.” The prime minister told the community leaders, “I told you that we would choose the right time. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90 Iron Dome anti-missile defense battery set up in the southern Israeli city of Sderot fires an intercepting missile. Israeli military forces eliminated 22 terrorists and wounded 69 others within the past 36 hours — since the start of the conflict with the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror […]