Category: Israel

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. […]

Photo Credit: Courtesy Im Tirtzu Israelis demand victory, saying ‘Bibi give the order.’ In response to Tuesday morning’s escalation in southern Israel, Im Tirtzu has launched a new campaign calling for victory over Gaza’s terrorists. The campaign, titled “The People Demand Victory,” is calling to restore quiet to the south by green-lighting IDF operations that […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Doug Goldstein What should you think about when making an investment decision? David Stein, host of the Money for the Rest of Us financial podcast, explains what you need to consider when making decisions about your money. Learn how to measure an investment’s performance, and find out how you should react to […]

[embedded content] The unique meaning of Eretz Israel — the Land of Israel — is that it can provide one with meaning and connection, because God is more revealed here than anywhere else in the world, according to Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller of Neve Yerushalayim College in Jerusalem. The Rebbetzin shares her insights on the value […]

Photo Credit: Screenshots Amazon sales and shipping to Israel On Monday, which happens to be Chinese Singles Day, the Chinese equivalent of Black Friday, Amazon launched free international shipping to Israel for orders of selected items over $49. On the same Monday, Amazon also officially launched its Hebrew language website. But wait, there’s more: Amazon […]

Photo Credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90 Jerusalem Almost half of the Israelis live in only 16 cities, and Jerusalem is the largest city in the country, a Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report on the issue shows. The CBS report, released on Monday, showed that there are 1,218 localities, of which 1,090 are Jewish, 137 are non-Jewish, […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press We are indeed lucky to be living in a time where there are so many great kosher cookbooks and new idea-filled volumes popping up every year. Creativity and flexibility are major themes in two new arrivals to the scene with recipes presented in innovative formats that really lend themselves to tailoring […]

Photo Credit: Mark Neiman (GPO) Bnei Akiva Yeshivot and Ulpanot Elchanan Glatt is to President Rivlin’s right; Rabbi Haim Meir Druckman is to his left. President Reuven Rivlin on Monday participated in the first education conference of Bnei Akiva Yeshivot and Ulpanot, together with the newspaper Makor Rishon, where he gave a class entitled “The […]