Yearly Archives: 2018
THE MASKS WE WEAR – Pull Up A Chair [audio]
Will South Africa prosper or plotz with the Zuma resignation? How many cigars can Bibi smoke?
Netanyahu and Preparing For The Future Temple – From Jerusalem With Love [audio]
On today show Orly gives us her take on PM Netanyahus ongoing investigation and the incredible challenge he faces.
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Orly brings on Reuven Preger from Beged Ivri
It’s Decision Time – Should Israel Deport Or Absorb The Infiltrators –...
If you want to hear all sides of the argument, to be able to make up your own mind, then this programme is an indispensable aid.
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Poland’s Prime Minister Claims Not Only Polish, German Perpetrators — Jewish Perpetrators of Holocaust,...
Israeli lawmakers are calling for a reduction in the country's level of diplomatic engagement with Poland.
Unknown Activist Painted Arafat Street Sign Black in Southern France
The mayor argued in court that he had named a street after late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin "in the same neighborhood."
4 Soldiers Wounded in Roadside Bomb Detonated at Gaza Strip Border Fence
The IDF clarified that the incident had taken place near the fence, so that there was no terrorist threat to the thousands of visitors who were in the area to celebrate the Red South festival.
Dom Bruno Of Belgium: The Heroic Priest Who Saved 400 Jewish Lives
Dom Bruno was clearly a courageous man, risking his own life to save four hundred Jewish lives, most of them children.
On The Bookshelf
Some of the most famous and important works of literature contain passages and themes that are immodest in nature. May a G-d-fearing Jew read these works for the good they contain, or must he forgo reading them entirely?
Remembering Esterka
Polish history and popular legend credits a beautiful Jewish girl named Esther, or Esterka, with the turn of Jewish fortunes in Poland.
Beyond The Curtain
So long as we are alive, we have the ability to strive for higher and greater levels.
Haifa U Study: Our Handwriting Reveals Our Mood
The goal: to create an objective index of mood independent of the individual’s subjective report.
Coalition Rivals Preparing for Post-Netanyahu Era
Of Netanyahu's three other partners, the only real threat is posed by Bennett. Kahlon is constantly shown by the polls to be losing seats in the next elections, and Liberman cannot rise above his faction's current six seats if his life depended on it.
146,000 Israelis to Vote in Russia’s Presidential Elections
According to the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center, as many as 79.3% of respondents to its survey said they were planning to vote in this year's presidential election.
To Plant. To Believe. To Carry On.
'A Tree Grows in Sinai'--and the Jewish Nation is built.
The Rubashkin Saga – X
While we rejoice at the recent release of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin from prison, the series continues this month and beyond.
Following Goldin Family Petition: Hamas Prisoners’ Visits Suspended
The bodies of fallen Israeli soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul have been held by Hamas in Gaza since the war of the summer of 2014.
100 European Jewish Boys & Girls Celebrate Bar, Bat Mitzvahs at Western Wall
The celebrants were accompanied by rabbis from their respective Jewish communities and a native speaker of their language was attached to each group.
Senior Affordable Housing Project Awarded Millions for Construction
"Increased access to affordable housing for seniors will contribute to the creation of a more equitable, inclusive and vibrant Israeli society as a whole.”
Netanyahu to Share Proof of Iran Involvement in Israel-Syria Skirmish at Munich Security Conference
“I will reiterate our determination to defend ourselves by ourselves - without any restrictions - against any threat.”
Chesed And Rachamim In Our Lives (Part Five)
More eternal wisdom from Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h. This week's column, final installment in a series of 5, considering how to become an agent of chesed (compassion) and rachamim (mercy)-continued from last week.
Tillerson to Hariri: Iran’s Influence ‘Unhelpful to Lebanon’s Long-term Future’ (video)
"We are engaging with the governments of both Lebanon and Israel to ensure Lebanon’s southern border remains calm," Sec'y Tillerson said.
Israeli-Lebanese Peacemaking Thru Energy Dealing in Beirut
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said his country was committed to preserving calm on its southern border with Israel.
Kosher Cheese And Milk (Avodah Zarah 29b)
Yet, notwithstanding all of these arguments, cheese manufactured by non-Jews remains prohibited today by the halacha. Why?
Hamas Outraged by US ‘Human Shields Prevention Act’
"These accusations . . . will ultimately pave the way for targeting the Palestinian legitimate right of resisting an occupying force as stipulated by the international law.”
Flying Circus
They were genuinely thrilled, but tempered their enthusiasm somewhat with a sobering reality check, “You know he’s flying right into a winter blizzard, right?”
Respecting Past Generations
Standing in the morning on a cold winter day at the Cave of Machpelah, watching all of this unfold before me, I realized the profound and enormous responsibility a Jew has to his past in shaping his behavior in the future.
Q & A: Who Was Achashverosh?
Question: We read in Megillat Esther that the name of the king of Persia who ruled a vast empire that extended from India to Ethiopia was Achashverosh. Who was he? Where did he come from?
Fran Hager
Brooklyn, NY