Tag: Time

Question: Where does the name Elul come from? How can Elul be both the last month of the year and the prequel of the holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) that occur in the following month, Tishrei? Finally, can you please discuss the religious practices of Elul? M. Goldman Miami Beach, FL

Israel may feel it is in its best interest to placate the court, but the ICC as an arm of Western ambitions throughout the region and the developing world does not have Israel’s interest in mind.

The rescuers believe there are four more people under the collapsed structure.

Jacob is so much more than the lighthearted veneer he can project.

For years, Israeli leaders have accused the PA and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, of inciting violence and anti-Semitism. Last year amid increasing terror attacks on Israelis, Abbas called for Jerusalem's holy sites to be cleansed of Jews.

What will it take for the world to be able to say - without lowering their voices - this was the work of Islamic extremism? This was Islamic terror? All Muslims...no. No. NO.

Although Har Hazeitim is traditionally considered one of the holy sites in Judaism, it’s also undeniably a hotbed of violence and vandalism, and consequently one of the most dangerous venues in all of Israel.

El Al says its pilots are to blame, since they are executing labor sanctions that mess with the company's schedule causing those delays.

Wiesel was criticized by some in the Orthodox community for what they viewed as his rejection of faith in God after the Holocaust. But Weisel, who studied Jewish religious texts daily throughout his adult life, resented the allegation.

The obvious problem is that $5,000, which will be pulled out of the war on poverty budgets, is not a lot of money.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has voted against a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

Naomi came back to Bethlehem today after 10 years, marking the final time for about three millennia that a Jew will enter the city without need of an armed escort.

How long does the city have to be reunited for people to stop talking about division, but instead to see how things are better under Israeli rule?

UNESCO's poisonous, fraudulent resolution is not only biased: it is 'negationist' eliminating all traces of Jewish presence in Jerusalem and Judea in ancient times

The Torah is telling us something here: Though we may sometimes act too rashly, there are times when rash action is the only way to prevent a complete catastrophe.

What motivated these early "pioneers"? And what became of them and their efforts?

While we need to continue being vigilant and circumspect, we should also look on the bright side and appreciate why these are great times for Jews.

The strong likelihood that prosecutors violated the plea agreement didn’t matter.

The 7weeks of Sefirat HaOmer have cosmic significance. Our Sages tell us that these days are the root of the year.

The best hasbara campaign to defend Israel and Judaism will never really be enough; there is not the trust and common language needed for such efforts. The gap can be bridged not via hasbara but via joint Jewish-Islamic courts.

A Palestinian state has never existed during any period in human history. Let’s change that.

Many Jews in Persia considered assimilation the way to succeed and an easier life--What has changed?

'Spring forward, fall back' returns to Israel on Thursday night as we move the clocks ahead one hour.

Israel goes on Standard Time, known as "winter time" in Israel, at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, which means the time difference from New York...

TIME Magazine includes Jerusalem in Top 10 World's Best Cities this year.

According to rebel sources in Syria, the number of dead as a result of the chemical gas attack on a suburb of Damascus has topped 1,300, including women and children.

Just recently, two of his staffers were forced to resign over anti NYPD, racist and antisemitic tweets.

A kashrus agency should be concerned with one thing and one thing only: the kosher status of our food.

Do Not Add To Them! ‘Shabbos is not a Time for Tefillin’ (Shabbos 61a)

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Thus begins Jane Austen’s classic marriage-themed novelwork of marriage, Pride and Prejudice.