Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Koby Gideon (GPO) President Rivlin with Polish Righteous Among the Nations, 16 October 16, 2019 President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday met at the presidential residence with a delegation of Polish veterans and Righteous Among the Nations, headed by Acting Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression Jan Józef Kasprzyk, […]

Photo Credit: Flash90 Ayelet Shaked at a press conference, September 15, 2019. MK Ayelet Shaked (New Right) told Reshet Bet radio on Thursday morning that she refused to sign the new affirmation of loyalty to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); […]

Photo Credit: DOD photo by Sgt. Amber I. Smith via Wikimedia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman al Saud, {Originally posted to the BESA website] To the surprise of many, Saudi Arabia announced recently that it will offer work visas to Arab citizens of Israel. Responses were divided into two main camps: those who see this […]

Photo Credit: Manfred Reinert / Pixabay Miami Two men leaving a Florida synagogue after Sukkot prayers on Monday were attacked on Monday by a homeless man later identified as 66-year-old Larry Greene. The incident took place outside the synagogue on Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, FL. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: […]

Photo Credit: GPO Shimon Peres (2-R) with then IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan (R), Prime Minister David Ben Gurion (2-L), Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kolleck (L), from 1958. Wednesday was the 133rd birthday of David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of the Israeli Government. David Ben […]

Photo Credit: Fire and Rescue Regional Spokesperson Forest fire at Geva’ot in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, November 2016 More than 100 wildfires spread across Lebanon on Tuesday, burning hundreds of thousands of acres of forest land due to the sudden heat wave and strong winds that struck the Middle East. Although there weren’t enough […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Rav Avraham Gershon of Kitov was a scholar in the beis medrash of Brodi. This modest and unassuming man possessed such wondrous qualities that the great Nodah B’Yehudah, in a responsum, referred to him, in part, as, “The complete and all-encompassing scholar, the hallowed pious one, light of Israel, the pillar […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I am a big believer in “sheet pan” meals. These were first made famous by Sarah Lasry, cookbook author and former restaurant owner. Cooking dinner on a baking sheet is easy, all-in one, and involves zero cleanup – Especially if you use a disposable cookie sheet, like I do. The food […]

Photo Credit: courtesy, Ema Glazer via email Ema Glazer with Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire. Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 78, has been endorsed in his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination by three of the four members of The Squad – Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib […]

Photo Credit: US Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl U.S. and Turkish military forces conduct the third ground combined joint patrol inside the security mechanism area in northeast Syria, Oct. 4, 2019. (JNS) Israel has been closely monitoring Turkey’s brutal offensive against the Kurds in northeast Syria in recent days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]