Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press It’s the middle of the night. I snuggle with my tiny newborn granddaughter, Chayaleh, as she peacefully sleeps on my chest, affording her dear mother a few hours of respite before she resumes the care of Chayaleh and her twin sister, Miriam. The miracle of their births is not lost on […]

Photo Credit: USAF Staff Sgt. Brian J. Valencia F-16 Fighting Falcon (Sufa) (illustrative) Two journalists were killed in an air strike Sunday afternoon (Oct. 13) by Turkey on a civilian convoy traveling in northern Syria. The convoy was carrying local and foreign journalists near the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, a key border town where […]

Photo Credit: Greg Bierer / Pixabay Five members of one family were all injured when they were struck by lightning on the first day of Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Tuesday Oct. 15) at Zikim Beach near the southern Mediterranean coastal city of Ashkelon. There were two unconscious young people on the beach, and one who was […]

Photo Credit: Yad L’Achim photos A team of missionaries hits the streets of Kiryat Malachi. The Yad L’Achim anti-missionary organization this week called on the religious parties in Israel to “everything possible to get a law passed banning missionary activity.” The current law is relatively weak, barring missionary activity among minors or in cases where […]

Photo Credit: #WeWantNaama on Facebook Naama Issachar Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Tuesday, 15 October 2019), sent an official request, on his behalf and that of President Reuven Rivlin, to Russian President Vladimir Putin, for a pardon for Naama Issachar and her return to Israel. Issachar is a dual Israeli-US citizen. Russian President to […]

Photo Credit: US Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Fichtl, 2nd ABCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div. The US’ M1A2 Abrahams main battle tank The Egyptian Army is to become the first in the world to operate hundreds of upgraded T-90 tanks, according to a report published on the Hebrew-language NZIV.net military website. At present, the Egyptian […]

Photo Credit: Avraham Fried Concert THE RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED.WINNERS ARE LISTED BELOW… JewishPress.com is giving away pairs of tickets to the Avraham Fried concert in Rishon L’Tzion.The concert will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at 8:30 PM. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 […]

Photo Credit: Al Sharpton’s Facebook page Al Sharpton in Synagogue with Shofar On Sept. 29, U.S. President Donald Trump set out his nationalist political philosophy in his address before the UN General Assembly. Arguing that the nation-state is the best guarantor of human freedom and liberty, Trump set up a contrast between “patriots” and “globalists.” […]

Photo Credit: Meshoolam Levy Dr. Tovi Comet-Walerstein Science Award for 2019 given to Nobel Prize recipient Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (C) As the 2019 Nobel Prize winners are being announced this week and last in Oslo, Bar-Ilan University is honoring one of Israel’s 12 laureates of the coveted award. The University’s Cancer, AIDS and Immunology Research […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Reposted from that author’s website} It’s still unclear whether Israel’s next election will be in four years or four months. But either way, if the center-right wants a better outcome, it needs to learn the lessons of September’s election. So here are two: First, while center-right voters realize that many things […]