Tag: status
Emes Ve-Emunah: Status Quo? Or a Quiet Revolution?
No one is saying there shouldn’t be a cadre of Torah scholars involved in full time Torah study. The only question is whether it should be full time for everyone to the exclusion of everything else.
J Street Recruiting Obama’s Jack Lew to Rob Regavim of Non-Profit Status
Regavim's official mission has nothing to do with Jewish settlements or with the two-state solution.
Leftwing J Street Going After Pro-Israel Regavim’s US Tax-Exempt Status
The president of J Street shared how enraged he is by the fact that groups that work in direct defiance of US foreign policy enjoy a tax-exempt status in the US.
PA Demands Terrorists Receive POW Status
The PA's announcement praised the steadfastness of those hero prisoners, calling on Arab youth to emulate them.
Lost Property The Status of the Shomer Aveidah
Clearly, one’s liability for guarding the lost ring depends on the interpretation of the Talmudic dictum of osek bemitzvah.
Putin to Arab League Summit: ‘Status Quo on Palestine Unacceptable’
The annual Arab League summit's agenda includes combating terrorism and the ongoing civil wars in Libya and Syria.
Communist MK at Committee on the Status of Women: ‘Our Society Lives in Fear’
The committee discussed possible courses of action in light of a recent study that showed Israelis in general have a low sense of personal security.
The Walter Bingham File – What is the True Status of Jerusalem? [audio]
Do you know the true status of Jerusalem? Find out by listening to Walter Bingham on INTR.
The Walter Bingham File – What is the True Status of Jerusalem? [audio]
Walter talks about the status of Jerusalem and you will want to hear this show!
The Walter Bingham File 08May2016 - PODCAST
Israel’s Leftwing Minister Tzipi Livni Needs Special Status to Visit Britain
It's ironic that Britain needs to grant the leftwing Tzipi Livni temporary immunity to ensure she won't face an arrest warrant in the UK.
Book Review: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ‘Jerusalem: The Biography’
This blithely written book presents Jerusalem as the home of all monotheistic faiths, disregarding the unique bond between Jews and their ancient capital.
PA: We Will Fight Israeli Building With Our New UN Status
Now that the Palestinian Authority has been recognized as a non-member observer state at the United Nations, it will now use its new power to ask the Security Council to force Israel to abandon plans to build in the E-1 area near the Jewish city of Maale Adumim.
Rahm Emanuel Blasts Netanyahu for ‘Betraying’ Obama
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu betrayed the Obama administration by announcing a new settlement expansion and the cutoff of...
Israeli Court Allows Country’s Most Celebrated Gay Couple to Divorce
One of the two was the first openly gay man elected to the Knesset.
UN General Assembly Votes in Favor of Palestine
In a symbolic vote the "state" of Palestine was created today, but the vote has no legally binding status.
GOP Senators Set to Punish the Palestinians and the UN
An amendment to S. 3254, the National Defense Authorization Act would punish both the PA and the UN for a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian "observer state."
The Palestinians: We’re in No Hurry to Sue Israel at the Hague
Jerusalem and Washington continue to argue that the Palestinian move is wrong, but both have already capitulated.
Americans for Peace Now Backs Palestinian UN Bid
Americans for Peace Now called on President Obama to support the Palestinians’ bid to upgrade their status in the United Nations to non-member observer...
US Warned Europeans against Supporting Palestinian Statehood
The United States reportedly warned European governments in a memorandum not to support a Palestinian bid for increased status at the United Nations.
The memorandum,...
‘Did You Add Salt to a Wound?’
Just days ago on Yom Kipper, The Day of Judgment, Jews gathered as one in shuls, shteibels and temples and desperately and profusely promised Hashem that we would reform our ways and improve our behaviors and actions towards Him, our Father and Creator, as well as towards our fellow man, who, being made in His image, is deserving of our respect and compassion, and of being treated as an equal, no matter their social or financial status, age or gender.
The Four Most Common Financial Mistakes
As a financial adviser I notice that certain money mistakes are very commonplace. Are you making these kinds of errors that can destroy a fortune? Instead of learning from your own mistakes, try learning from other people’s mistakes. Here is a list of some of the most common mistakes in financial planning.
ZOA Loses Tax Exemption Status, Will Apply for Reinstatement
The Zionist Organization of America has lost its 501(c)3 tax exemption status, due to failure to file tax returns for the last three years.
US State Department Still Refusing to Say Jerusalem Is Capital of Israel
Less than 24 hours after the "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel" language was reinserted, this administration has once again shifted course. In today's State Department's daily press conference, the United States officially refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is after DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz insisted on CNN that the position of President Obama has always been that Jerusalem is and always will remain the capital of Israel.
Eidim Zomimim: Conspiring Witnesses
In this week’s parshah the Torah discusses the halachos of eidim zomimim. The Gemara in Makkos 2a explains that eidim zomimim is when one set of two or more witnesses testifies against someone, and another set of witnesses testifies that the first set of witnesses was with them and therefore could not have known their testimony. The Torah says that the later set of witnesses is believed and the testimony of the first set of witnesses is disqualified.
Palestinians Way Under The Radar During Romney’s Israel Visit
JERUSALEM – Mitt Romney’s policy speech in Israel covered plenty of bases: The presumptive Republican presidential candidate spoke about the status of Jerusalem, the threat of a nuclear Iran, the “tumult” of the Arab Spring and the “enduring shared values” that bedrock the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Fun Video: White House Press Secretary Carney Unable to Utter the Name ‘Jerusalem’
WH Press Secretary James Carney was asked by a reporter which city is recognized by the U.S. as the official capital of Israel.
Ariel University Approved
After years of dispute and roadblocks from within the Israeli academic system, on Tuesday the Ariel University Center was officially granted University status by...
The Gordis Not
Daniel Gordis writes: "To state publicly that what we have in Judea and Samaria is not an occupation might be a legally justifiable claim. But it would also signal that it is time to give up even thinking about how a different reality in the Middle East might be achieved." One might instead ask, why is the President of the Shalem Center recycling and defending the failed ideas of the Left?
Coalition Crisis Brewing
A coalition crisis has been growing the past few days. The crisis resolves around the now disbanded, Plessner Committee and their recommendations on how...
MK Katz: In Two Decades Secular Israelis Will Be the Minority
Speaking at a discussion of the Knesset Education Committee on the changing status-quo of religious and ultra-Orthodox education, committee member and chairman of the...