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Defense Minister ‘Determined to Return Residents to Their Homes’
"We have very significant, very heavy firepower, and we will make sure to activate it if there is a need and a reason."
IDF Attacks 20 Terror Sites in Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Retaliates with Massive Barrage
DM Gallant to IDF fighters: "You have to prepare for what's to come, and this summer may be a hot summer."
Foreign Ministry: 2-State ‘Solution’ = Reward to Hamas for Murder
"Recognizing a Palestinian State after October 7 means rewarding Hamas for murdering over 1,000 Israelis. It means living with the possibility of another Oct 7."
London Mayor Khan Says There Must Be Equally Strong Criticism of Hamas and Netanyahu
Khan suggested the Chief Rabbi's criticisms of him had an Islamophobic motive.
Israeli Farmers Ordered Not to Till Fields Near Gaza Border
The IDF provided no specifics on why it had issued the order.
US Report on Israeli ‘Violations’ Will Not Be Released on Wednesday as Promised
Democrats have been gaining momentum in favor of tying assistance to Israel with the findings of the report.
Israel Succumbs to US Pressure, Reopens Kerem Shalom Crossing Despite Continued Hamas Fire
The crossing was reopened Wednesday morning even though rocket fire continued to target Kerem Shalom on Tuesday.
Bnai Brith Portugal Remembers the Nun Who Recited Kaddish for a Jewish Man
“We dare not ignore the growth of discrimination against Jews . . . antisemitism is a good barometer for the sickness of our societies."
Jerusalem College Offers Safe Haven Programs for US Students Fearing Antisemitism
JCT is offering accelerated enrollment for transfer students completing the current semester and those applying for admission in the Fall, as well as staff opportunities for faculty members.
GOP Jews Celebrate Defeat of Anti-Israel Former Congressman in Indiana Primary
former ADL chief Abe Foxman described Hostettler’s book as "an exceptionally bold display of chutzpah."
Israel Verifies Death of 38 Hostages Who Were Believed to Be Alive
Their families participate in the demonstrations that often turned into riots, demanding the government get out of Gaza for the sake of returning the hostages.
White House Halts Bomb Shipments to Israel to Sabotage Rafah Operation
The choice to postpone the shipment of 3,500 bombs marked the first time since Oct. 7 where Biden has overtly used his authority to restrict arms as a means to shape Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
Why Jewish Schools Must Have A Class On The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
There is a video of a UCLA student Eli Tsives who questions a woman who claims to be a professor at UCLA. He does know how to ask, and the woman is so flummoxed she asks for help.
A Bris On Yom HaZikaron
I remembered the tragic incidents of mothers accidentally suffocating their young so the rest of the family wouldn’t be discovered. That’s when I realized how lucky we are to have babies crying at semachot all over the Jewish state and beyond.
The Death of Light and Truth on the American Campus
Universities and their students once cared about “light and truth”; they don’t anymore.
Yom HaShoah after Oct. 7: How Holocaust Education Failed
A generation of young Americans was taught to universalize the Nazi war on the Jews, leaving them vulnerable to being seduced by antisemitism and woke lies about Israel.
If ‘Never Again is Now,’ We Must Finish the Mission in Gaza
We have severely compromised our autonomy and mobility due to our longtime dependence on others.
Why is Antisemitism on the Rise?
As Jews are fighting a war of self-defense against Hamas, the PLO, and other terrorist organizations, Israel is accused of genocide, war crimes, and perpetrating a Holocaust.
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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Yishai and Malkah Fleisher return to discuss post-Pesach and the pro-Hamas protests on the Columbia campus. Then, Yishai speaks with the father of Omer Wenkert, one of the October 7th abductees. Also, Yishai does a deep dive on how the Narrative War on Twitter (X) is fought. And finally, Ben Bresky on Pinhas Rutenberg and the founding of the Israel Electric Corporation.
Fight for Jewish Survival – The Jay Shapiro Show [audio]
US campuses are now the front-line in the fight for Jewish survival in Western society
Columbia University in Love With Hamas – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie interviews Shira Dicker, a Writer and New Yorker who lives near Columbia University and walks daily through the campus. Shira gives us a description of what's been going on there since before Pesach.
We Will Survive This War – The Jay Shapiro Show [audio]
The Jewish people will survive the present difficult situation as it has done so for more than 3000 years
The Foundation(s) Of Our World
Torah is not the only pillar. Avodah is also important. Study alone is not enough to sustain the world and our existence.
Business And Shlichus In Dallas, Texas
I am back at my showroom working my appointments, it is now 3.00 p.m. and I still have not met anyone whom I could give these publications to. I am now walking the halls for about 5 or 6 minutes and lo and behold I see two women walking towards me.
Q & A: Shir HaShirim on Pesach
Question: Why do we read Shir HaShirim on Passover and more specifically the Sabbath of Passover? Also, being that it is one of the five Megillot, why don’t we recite a blessing over the reading of Shir HaShirim as we do for Megillat Esther?
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Stories About The Siyum HaRambam (Part I)
I was a bit involved in the first siyum. I had a connection with the New York Hilton, where the siyum was held. So I had a little, but not much, involvement.
Ambiguous Loss – A Lesson From Yaakov And Yosef
We might ask, why are these two things – giving up hope and aveilus – connected? After all, the likelihood of whether the loved one has died, which may be the more intuitive factor for beginning aveilus, does not change based on the subjective metric of losing hope, so why should this determine the threshold for commencing aveilus?
Time And Its Transcendent Connection To Pesach
In order to live a spiritual life, one must escape the physical, completely rejecting their physical nature. Therefore, spiritual systems such as Buddhism prescribe meditation, abstinence, and the suppression of physical desire. In such a system, the ideal is to sit isolated on a mountaintop and meditate on our navel.
Linen and Gold – Parshat Acharei Mot
On Yom Kippur, the Cohen Gadol wears linen.
Protected By A Mitzvah
The nurse became very frustrated and told him in no uncertain terms that as long as he continued to wear the tzitzis he would not be taken in for his surgery.
A Share Of The World To Come
All of this ultimately flows from Hashem. Hashem created Adam and Chava in the Garden of Eden, and He placed them there with the serpent so they could resist its charms. Only in that moment and in that place Adam and Chava failed.
Shall These Bones Live?
Hashem tells Yechezkel to inform the bones that they are the house of Israel, fallen so far in exile it is as if they have been dead for untold eons. What seems beyond hope of recognition, let alone of restoration, is not beyond the power of Hashem to redeem.
