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‘Deeply Concerned’ About Message Biden Admin Sending to Hamas, 26 House Democrats Say
The signatories asked for a classified briefing “to better understand how and when the aid that Congress has authorized and appropriated for Israel will be delivered.”
Haim Saban Blasts Blocked US Weapons to Israel: ‘Bad Decision on all Levels’
The Israeli-American donor to the Democratic Party warned that the decision sends a negative signal to Middle East allies.
At UN General Assembly, Palestinian Authority Gets Novel Rights for Non-Member Observer, No Membership
The global body is paving the way for “the establishment of a Palestinian terror state, which will be led by the Hitler of our times,” Israel’s envoy said.
Eighth Field Hospital Established in Gaza, This One in Deir Al-Balah
This eighth hospital is located in the area of Deir al-Balah and will provide humanitarian aid to the Gazan residents temporarily evacuated from the eastern Rafah area.
IDF Urges Gazans to Flee to Safe Zones from Combat in Jabaliya, Eastern Rafah
So far, approximately 300,000 Gazans have moved towards the humanitarian safe zone in Al-Mawasi.
Hezbollah’s 35-Rocket Barrage Ignites Huge Fire in Kiryat Shmona
Israel Defense Forces said its artillery targeted the source of the rocket fire.
Pentagon: Weather Delaying Completed Pier’s Arrival Off Gaza Shore
“Forecasted high winds and high sea swells” have delayed the floating pier, per a U.S. Department of Defense spokeswoman.
Netanyahu: ‘If Necessary, We Will Fight with our Fingernails’
The Jewish state will stand alone if it must, the Israeli prime minister said, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would cut off arms to Israel if it attacks Rafah.
[Watch] ‘Strengthening the Axis of Evil’: Israelis React to Biden’s Arms Threat
Israelis reacted with scorn and disappointment at President Joe Biden, who threatened to halt arms deliveries if Israel invades the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Hamas’s last stronghold.
Three Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Booby-Trapped Rafah Terror Tunnel
In another incident, an “unidentified aerial object” from the Gaza Strip crossed into Israeli airspace.
Rubio: Revoke Visas for Foreign University Students who Support Hamas
The Florida senator called for “expedited deportation proceedings.”
Kirby: Rafah Operation Benefits Hamas’s Negotiating Position
File this under: Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Jews Unsafe in New York: From Manhattan to Syracuse
Our greatest nightmares as Jews are coming true. It is happening again.
Love Letter To The Israeli Teachers Of My Youth
Though Israel in the 1980s was a bit primitive in some ways, I was filled with idealism for the orange groves, and Israeli music, the tourist venues and holy sites that I celebrated every Yom Ha’Atzmaut at school. The transition was pretty seamless, in ways, at the time, I took for granted.
Israel’s Newest Security Threat – Is the US Next?
Is the enemy, already inside Israel's gates, also inside the US?
Yom Ha’atzmaut After October 7: How We Should Celebrate This Year
We must not allow our mourning and pain to overshadow the process we are privileged to be part of.
6 Months Out: U.S. Presidential Election and America’s Jews
Jews vote in exceedingly high numbers. In several critical states, the “Jewish vote” might be particularly significant in determining the outcomes.
Illuminating Tragedy: Speaking to Rabbi Leo Dee a Year After Losing his Wife &...
Rabbi Dee is active in a number of projects which give him energy and hope, and he is grateful to his family and friends, and the love and support demonstrated by the Jewish people in the past year.
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US-Israel Distancing
Yishai and Malkah Fleisher discuss the Biden weapons embargo and hear from Israel-defenders Senator Lindsey Graham and Congressman Brian Mast. Then, Yishai speaks with Knesset Member Ohad Tal, who sits on the Foreign Relations and Defense Committee, about the real war: the fight for Jewish identity! Finally, Ben Bresky on the story of the founding of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus: Table Torah on Parshat Kedoshim.
Emergency Aliayh for Diaspora Jews – The Tamar Yonah Show [audio]
Tamar speaks with Aliyah Activist Josh Wander on a special conference that took place in Jerusalem last week on the subject of 'Emergency Aliyah'. The 'What and Why'.
American society is in deep trouble – The Jay Shapiro Show [audio]
Anti Jewish and antisemitic activities on dozens of American campuses are a sign that American society is in deep trouble
Jews Have No Future in the Diaspora Anymore – Returning Home [audio]
Wake Up Jewish Brothers and Sisters!
Siyum HaRambam Stories (Part III)
I must admit that the simcha and tuv leivov (joy and gladness of heart) do not come that easily, if at all. Nevertheless, the directive of the Rebbe is to continue our mission with joy and with gladness of heart that baruch Hashem we are zoche to do what the Rebbe wants.
Foreign Rituals At Military Ceremonies
While these rituals may evoke strong emotions, they also raise important halachic questions regarding the propriety of adopting non-Jewish rituals.
Daf Takes: Saving Face And Saving Lives
What is not often noted is that the Talmud says that issuers of such insults are among the three categories of sinners who do not rise up from Gehinnom, even though this isn’t explicitly categorized as one of the 613 commandments, positive or negative (though it can be indirectly included in at least one of them).
What We Want
Identification with Hashem’s will affects both the form and scope of our avodat Hashem.
Judaism’s Three Voices
There are holy times and holy places, and each time and place has its own integrity, its own setting in the total scheme of things.
Balancing Values
Wisdom is a broad term that can have numerous interpretations, including knowledge of Torah (Chazon Ish), spiritual ability to fulfill the Divine will (Rabbeinu Yonah), or a social intelligence wisdom (Sforno). Regardless of definition, wisdom needs the supplemental value of fear of G-d.
Kedoshim Tih’yu
Be Holy - It's quite a challenge to achieve, but where should one start?
One Family
This past week in Israel we marked Holocaust Remembrance Day. Only three years following the extermination of one-third of our people, the Jewish nation rose from the ashes of the camps to declare an independent state. Such a revival needs to be our focus at the present time.
Torah And Derech Eretz
The sages teach that derech eretz precedes the study of Torah (see Vayikra Rabba 9:3, among others); this follows from human nature wherein the physical needs must be met before the intellect can be developed.
Rose On A Landfill
Shabbos is not a statute erected to commemorate that G-d created the world in the past, but rather it is an acknowledgment of His involvement in it in the present.
