Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Photo: YouTube/Screenshot. Israeli judoka and Olympic Bronze medalist, Ori Sasson’s handshake being rebuffed by Egyptian rival at the Olympics. {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} Arabs who dare to greet Jews in public on the Jewish New Year are being denounced by their fellow Arabs as traitors. Arabs who dare to engage […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / tian2992 from Guatemala Berlin’s Neue Synagogue (New Synagogue) Security personnel guarding the entrance to the Neue Synagogue in central Berlin prevented a major tragedy Friday night, pepper-spraying and then disarming a terrorist with a knife who tried to run into the Jewish house of worship. The guards overpowered the attacker, confiscated […]

Photo Credit: Tomer Neuberg / Flash 90 Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz The State of Israel is reportedly working together with Gulf states on the development of a “non-aggression pact” between them, according to a report broadcast Saturday night by Israel’s Channel 12 television news. If it goes through, the potentially historic agreement – initiated by […]

Photo Credit: pixabay In this show, your hosts share some season’s greetings from various world leaders to the Jewish People on Rosh HaShanah. They discuss a not-so-good review of a secret burger place in Tel Aviv. The good and bad side of marriage is in the news this week from Israel, and the Hula Valley […]

Photo Credit: pixabay So much to do and so little time! Is Yom Kippur a time of bleakness and fear or rife with expectation and happiness? ‘Confession’ and ‘intention’ are the themes we explore, correlating the death of Moshe with Day of Judgement. Advertisement <!– Publisher #16: JewishPress.com Zone #113: Comment Banner / (02) / […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dr. Yael, My husband and I enjoy your column and read it every Friday night. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); I wanted to share an idea about the parsha that ties into psychology. This past week’s parsha was Parshas […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 18b) states that Yeshaya 55:6 – “Seek Hashem when He may be found, call to Him when He is close” – refers to the Ten Days of Repentance. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that “when He may be found” means Hashem becomes available to all Jews during these […]

Photo Credit: Yishai Fleisher (((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) With no coffee because of the slow-fast-day, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for post-Rosh HaShana pre-Yom Kippur schmoozing about the “fun” work of repentance and the good side of humanity’s backsliding. Then Malkah Fleisher on her favorite moment of the new year and deep thoughts […]