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NYC Mayor Adams Takes on Serious Mental Illness in the Streets
The mayor also announced new clinical co-response teams to be deployed in the subways and enhanced training for first responders who face those with serious mental illness.
Expanded Terminal 8 Opens at JFK International Airport
The project comes as part of an $18 billion project to redevelop the airport.
Israeli Study: Plastic Additives Contaminate the Sea, Harm Coral
“Climate change, ocean acidification, and ongoing anthropogenic stressors place coral reefs at existential risk."
US Govt to Invest Millions to Improve Water on Long Island
State funding is also aimed at helping to address thousands of substandard or failing septic systems and cesspools that cause significant water quality impairments locally and statewide.
Israel’s UN Mission Documents Jewish Expulsion from Iran, Arab Nations
The exhibition was held Tuesday, one day before the UN’s “Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran”.
Israeli Business Leaders Urged to Join Peers in Dubai
DMCC has opened a representative office in the Israel Diamond Exchange, and Israel has opened a similar office in the Dubai Diamond Exchange.
Israel Faced 38% More Cyber Threats Ahead of Black Friday
Israel had a threat rate that was 19 percent higher than the global average, with the most common threats listed as heuristic and riskware.
Ancient DNA from Medieval Germany Tells Origin Story of Ashkenazi Jews
DNA analysis of 14th-Century German Jews shows the Jewish Community was more genetically diverse than modern day Ashkenazim.
Technion Scientists ‘Learning from the Lotus Flower’
The scientists received a prestigious $1.5 million research grant to develop clean anti-fungal technology inspired by the natural properties of the lotus plant..
Did You Buy Hummus? Check It Before You Eat It
For those with questions, the company’s consumer services center can be reached at: 1-700-70-20-72.
NY Jewish History Center Offers DNA Tests to Help Holocaust Survivors Find Their Families
"There are cases that simply cannot be solved without DNA."
Israeli Navy Completes Successful Test of Sea-Launched LRAD Missile
The missile successfully intercepted “a target that resembled an advanced cruise missile” during the test this month.
Tehran Dangles Samson Option Again
The mullahs played that trick with presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump. In every case, except that of Trump, the trick worked.
Silence=Support
America’s presidents, past AND present, must confront and condemn the antisemites who are spreading Jew-hatred throughout our country now.
What Happened to the 1947 UN Partition Plan?
The 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, which placed that entire area under the governance of Great Britain, for the sole purpose of creating a Jewish state on all of the land.
Druze Show the Way to Winning
DRUZE HAVE NOT ADOPTED WESTERN QUALMS ABOUT WAR, CONFLICT, VICTORY, AND DEFEAT...THIS IS THE SPIRIT THAT ISRAEL MUST RECAPTURE IF IT IS TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF EMERGING VICTORIOUS
Trees Encountered*
In the month leading up to our anniversary, we had two family weddings, one from each side. It was inevitable at each simcha to note the leaves that had fallen off the family trees, the gaps in the branches.
If Only Biden Treated Israel…
As Well As It Treats Jordan, Saudi Arabia and The Palestinian Authority-and just about every other country you can name
‘No Problem with Having a Halachic State’
The elder rabbi of the national religious sector talks about conversions, gay rights, and the states of Israel’s Supreme Court in a no-holds-barred interview.
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The Hard Path to Redemption
After terror returns to the streets of Jerusalem, Yishai and Malkah sit down to plot a course to a strong Israeli future. Then, on Table Torah: How spirituality was reality in the house of Rivka and Yitzchak. Plus: Does it make sense to celebrate American Thanksgiving in Israel?
Jews are the Real Black’s – Lighten Up! [audio]
Lighten Up welcomes our first guest host Lenny Goldberg! Where we discuss everything from Greta Thunberg to Florida man trying to escape America and go back to Cuba!
Where Is The World Heading and Death Penalty For Terrorist Murder – The Walter Bingham File [audio]
Only: The Immediate death penalty for terrorist murder and the punishment of the perpetrators immediate family who brought him or her up, will help to deter continued terror.
Breaking the Bubble – Returning Home [audio]
Natalie meets with Dani Abell, who moved to Israel in 2011 right after finishing college and getting married. We trace Dani's life from learning at Hesder Yeshivah in Shalavim, to Ramot where he has been for the past 5 years with his wife Lea and 4 children
How We Get There
A good friend shares one’s values, goals and sensitivities. A good friendship involves friends who can be trusted with personal information and care about helping one another.
Peace In The Family – Above All Else
The bottom line from these two instances and a host of different statements by our Sages throughout the Talmud is that shalom bayit is essential, and apparently one can lie or even erase the name of G-d to achieve this.
You Are Always G-d’s Child
A confusing thought may enter your mind, but if you stand firm, G-d will send you another thought to encourage you.
Q & A: Lenient Or Stringent Ruling From The Rabbi (Part I)
Question: My rabbi recently ruled leniently in a certain matter relating to the laws of mourning. Am I disrespecting my late mother if I follow this advice?
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The Yom Tov Of Rosh Chodesh Kislev
In the face of the Rebbe’s fortitude and steadfast refusal to go to the hospital, the doctors attending him were unsure what to do.
A Father’s Love
Isaac surely knew that his elder son was a man of mercurial temperament who lived in the emotions of the moment.
How Much Do You Sleep?
The second project is 'A Home for Life.' It was established a little more than a year ago. This is a home for girls with special needs. They integrate into the community as they acquire life skills and learn how to live independently.
Perseverance
Our sages tell us that the daughters of Tzlafchad had a strong love for the Land of Israel. As such, they were not willing to surrender their father’s portion in the Land of Israel, just because he had died without sons. They therefore came to Moshe to demand his portion.
Parshat Toldot – The Israel-Edom Conflict
The subconscious realization that the nation of Israel is ascending to become mankind's dominant moral light compels Western civilization to try limiting the size and strength of the Jewish state.
Torah Shorts: Parshat Toldot: The Spiritual Road to Material Riches
"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures but in the use made of them."-Napoleon Bonaparte
