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IDF’s Nahal Forces Destroy Booby-Trapped Building in Northern Gaza
In the destroyed building, a military drone identified explosives hidden in a bag targeting Israeli forces.
Anti-Israel Provocateur at Columbia Tied to Hamas
Federal documents reveal that Bazrouk was "a member of a chat group that received regular updates from Abu Obeida."
Israel Retaliates with Artillery, Air Strikes After Syrian Rocket Fire
Two separate terrorist organizations claimed responsibility for the rocket fire: the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria and the 'Martyr Muhammad Deif Brigades.'
Israel Approves Over 1,000 New Homes in Eli
The expansion will nearly double the size of the town of Eli.
Israeli Researchers Find Immune System Cells Support Spread of Advanced Breast Cancer
"We found that neutrophils — immune system cells recruited into the tumor environment — play a central role in supporting cancer progression."
ICE Detains Family of Colorado Firebomber Mohamed Soliman
He told investigators that he "wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.”
Israel’s Defense Industry Sets New Sales Record for Fourth Consecutive Year: $14.8 Billion
“In a challenging and complex year of war, Israel has set a new all-time record in defense exports."
University of Haifa Study Finds Genetic Imprinting Key to Whether Rare Syndrome Causes Autism
University of Haifa study shows how genetic "imprinting" determines whether rare syndrome leads to autism or psychosis, offering new model for personalized psychiatry.
Ayatollah Khamenei Rejects Trump’s Proposal, Completely Opposed to His ‘We Can’ Doctrine
Clearly, the old man is angry and willing to accept the consequences of rejecting the only U.S. president who has consistently shown a strong aversion to military conflict.
Rabbi Lando Instructs Lithuanian MKs to Help Dissolve the Knesset
Edelstein insists on imposing personal sanctions on yeshiva students who fail to meet recruitment targets—including those whose Torah study is their vocation.
UN Security Council to Vote on Immediate, Unconditional, and Permanent Gaza Ceasefire
The United States has not yet committed to vetoing the resolution at the UNSC.
‘Every Terrorist Has a Name’: Government to Publicize Identities of All Prisoners Freed in Hostage Deal
On July 12, 2023, Kreuzer was elected to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee, vowing to appoint judges with a Zionist outlook.
Israel Eliminationism: A single ideology with multiple tentacles
Protesters seek not only a second Holocaust targeting Israel but the elimination from American society of Jews who believe in its right to exist.
Harvard’s Double Standard on Racism
When will Harvard finally acknowledge other racist stains on its record—such as the friendly relations it pursued with Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
Jewish anti-Zionists and murdering Israeli embassy staffers
Let’s examine the close, even affirming, relationship between the Reconstructionist movement and Jewish Voice for Peace extremists
The Cavalry Isn’t Coming: It’s Time for Jews to Save Themselves
When innocent Jews are murdered for the crime of being Jews, where are the mass rallies? Where are the corporate statements?
Israeli Intelligence Missed Gender-Based Violence as a Strategic Tool on October 7
Hamas used gender-based violence as a deliberate strategy intended to cause severe harm to Israeli civilians, undermine Israelis’ sense of social security, and sow terror within Israeli society.
Iran’s New Espionage Playbook: Recruiting Israelis from within
Tehran's low-cost, high-volume approach is not about sophistication but about saturation, and is "disturbingly effective," says the former head of the Mossad's Counter-terrorism Division.
An Interview with Alan Dershowitz
I think the question that should be asked all the time is 'Why the Jews?' Why is it that the world, particularly the left, has turned so ferociously against the Jews? You can't blame Israel because it happened before Israel. It's going to happen again.
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Prosemitism in a World of Hate
First, Yishai reviews Prime Minister Netanyahu's message in English after the Washington DC double murder of Israeli Embassy workers. Then, Brigadier General Amir Avivi on Israel's vision for control in Gaza. Plus, Fleisher Family goes berry picking! And finally, Ben Bresky on the miraculous story of the Bat Ayin.
Goldstein on Gelt: Tired of Filing Two Tax Returns in Israel?
Investing outside the U.S. can trigger unexpected tax problems if you're not careful.
The Hug – Pull Up a Chair [audio]
What made the relationship between Naomi and her daughters-in-law unique? Do true converts have something to teach those of us born to the tribe?
The Joy of Really Getting It – Soul Talk [audio]
Is there really joy in living a commanded life?
Part of Barter
It’s not my fault that the Chofetz Chaim card was ruined; it’s your loss!
From Genetics to Genesis: Discovering the Divine Signature in Creation
Just as Hashem spoke the world into being, perhaps He wrote His will into our very cells.
Q & A: Ke’chut Hasa’ara – Harsh Punishment (Part II)
Question: I find it very difficult to understand the punishment of death that was meted out to Rabbi Akiva’s students. If he was so great, we can assume that his students were of a superior caliber as well. How did they rate such a harsh punishment?
Zelig Aronson
Queens, N.Y.
Shavuot and the “Pintele Yid”
Shavuot commemorates the day when we all gathered at Har Sinai to receive the Torah, “as one person with one heart", meaning that we stood together in perfect unity. How tragic it is that it takes an attack from our enemies to make us feel unified.
Covenant & Conversation: Bamidbar: The Ever-Repeated Story
But the Torah is not mere history as a sequence of events. The Torah is about the truths that emerge through time.
What is the Deeper Purpose of Shavuos?
We do not simply remember what once occurred, we relive the experience as we tap back into the power of kabbalas haTorah.
Counting Heads & Counting Up
To deserve the name Numbers, this week’s sedra contains numbers galore – starting with a count of the adult male population of each of the 12 tribes, with a total of 603,550 men age 20 and up.
Yeru and Shalem – Yerushalayim
Yerushalayim was and always will be a city of unity — but unity of what? What do “Yeru” and “Shalem” each represent?
The Chronological Imagination
Words can injure and inspire. Words can bless or curse. Words can create new moral facts, such as when we make a promise.
What They’ll Never Understand About the Jews
Our response now must be as it like at Har Sinai, to turn to one another with a sense of oneness, love, and unity and to wish each other chazak
Tuning In
Like in an election, the division of the land among the twelve tribes had to be supervised by officials who made sure that there would be no fraud involved in allocating the land.
Shavuot – Why Is This Night Different?
Pesach and Shavuot...represent the liberation of the body and the liberation of the mind, respectively.
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Bamidbar: The Discipline of Sanctity
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.— Proverb (widely attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux)
A Central Theme of Shavuos
How do Torah scholars make more peace in the world?
The Spiritual Human Being
R’ Elazar states that all agree, though, that on the holiday of Shavuos, we are obligated to eat and drink because it is the day on which the Torah was given. R’ Shimshon Nachmani, the renowned Zera Shimshon, notes that this conclusion seems paradoxical. We would think that the day commemorating the giving of the Torah would be dedicated solely to spirituality, to Torah study.
