Category: Israel

Photo Credit: #WeWantNaama on Facebook Naama Issachar On Friday morning, Naama Issachar, 25, an Israeli-American tourist, was convicted of smuggling 9.6 grams of Charas (Indian and Jamaican hashish, made from the resin of the cannabis plant) and sentenced by a Russian court to seven and a half years in prison. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Three Hebrew words for gathering are associated with Sukkot: “asifah,” “aggudah,” and “kehillah.” * The holiday is called Chag HaAssif (Exodus 23:16 and 34:22) because, Rashi explains, Sukkot is a person’s last chance to gather (“asifah”) and bring his produce indoors before the rainy season. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press “When I call out the Name of Hashem, attribute greatness to our G-d” (Devarim 32:3). Rashi explains this pasuk as follows: “When I mention Hashem’s name, I will bring greatness to Hashem and bless His Name.” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: In which direction should a person wave the lulav first? Menachem Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Answer: The Torah (Leviticus 23:40) states, “U’lekachtem lachem bayom harishon pri etz hadar, kappot temarim, va’anaf etz avot ve’arvei nachal, u’semachtem lifnei Hashem […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Yom Kippur has passed and we are entering the happy holiday of Sukkot. Do we really feel as though we were given a second chance? Do we actually understand that we were facing some terrible decree and because of the mercy of the Judge, we were let off the hook? Perhaps […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Lawyers For The Whistleblower Have Democratic Connections Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Charles McCullough, one of the attorneys representing the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment movement targeting President Donald Trump, worked for the Obama administration and reported directly […]

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Photo Credit: Dean Reuter Nazi SS General Hans Kammler Many Jews are unfortunately familiar with the names Himmler, Goering, Eichmann, Hoess, and Mengele. Virtually, no one, however, has heard of Hans Kammler even though he oversaw the construction of numerous concentration camps and headed the Nazis’ rocket and nuclear research programs. Historians generally assume Kammler […]

Photo Credit: IDF Spox Eight officers from the Israel Defense Forces traveled to the United States to meet with Birthright Israel North American delegates as part of a program called Mifgash (“meeting” in Hebrew). Here, they visited the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, September 2019. (JNS) Members of an Israel […]