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Turkish National’s Attack in Jerusalem Draws Attention to ‘Jihad Tourism’ Trend
There is a surge in reports of Turks participating in disturbances on the Temple Mount. It is widely believed that these individuals are backed by the Turkish government and institutions.
‘I Have No Campus to Go Back To’: Israeli Students Denounce US University Demonstrations
Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the campus demonstrations as antisemitic and called on university administrators to take stronger action to protect Jewish students.
Red Cross Official Exposed as Hamas Stooge
ICRC administrator Haythem Abid marches in anti-Israel rallies and posts Hamas propaganda.
State Department: No US-Saudi Defense Pact Without Israel Normalization
“This is a package deal,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said of the components of a Saudi-Israeli agreement. “None go forward without the others.”
$485k Raised for Fraternity that Protected US Flag from Pro-Hamas Mob
The Pi Kappa Phi men at the University of North Carolina faced off pro-Hamas students.
US: Hamas Stole First Humanitarian Aid Convoy Going through Erez Crossing
It’s funny that the State Dept. spokesman is only aware of this one major robbery of humanitarian aid by Hamas.
On Eve of Holocaust Remembrance 7.1 out of 15.7 Million World Jews Live in Israel
In 1939, on the eve of World War 2, the number of Jews in the world was 16.6 million, of which 449,000 (3%) lived in Israel.
Behind Closed Doors, in the Dark, the Team that Gave Us October 7 Appoints Its Successors
Brigadier General Avi Bluth, a graduate of an Eli yeshiva, replaces outgoing Central Command Commander General Yehuda Fox.
US Sanctions Five People, Two Companies Connected to Hezbollah Adviser
"Hezbollah continues to rely on seemingly legitimate business investments and key facilitators to generate revenue for the group’s operations,” stated Brian Nelson, a U.S. Treasury under secretary.
Report: Israel Strikes Hezbollah Security Center near Damascus, 8 Hurt
It was the first Israeli attack since the hit that killed key leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Damascus.
Erdogan Exports Terrorists to Israel, Blocks Commerce Exports
"Israel will emerge with a strong and daring economy. We Win and They Lose."
Report: Qatar Pulling Strings on US Campuses, While Muslim Brotherhood Funds SJP, JVP, University Riots
"The Qatari regime's goal and the Muslim Brotherhood's goal is to remove and isolate, distance Israel from the West and from the United States, to destroy it."
Thomas Friedman’s Misguided Trade of Crushing Hamas for Saudi relations
The columnist is a master of the journalistic technique of interviewing people who agree with him and then quoting them to “prove” his views are correct.
The Charedi Draft Crisis: How To Move Things Forward
The Hamas attack and subsequent war have generated two military needs. In the immediate short term, the army must replace thousands of soldiers. In addition, the military needs to increase the size of its forces.
Yom HaShoah – May Our Enemies’ Names Be Erased
After the attack, the police packed the contents of their car into boxes and delivered them to our home. This included the girls’ phones, jewelry, luggage, and other items that were in the glove compartment or trunk of the vehicle. One such item was a small book of Tehillim that belonged to Rina. This would not have been remarkable except for one thing. It seemed to want me to open it at a particular page, because it was slightly propped open.
U.S. Campuses: Grooming Terrorists
If the US and other Western countries do not wake up to the fact that Jihad has come to their universities, they will wake up to October 7-style massacres on the streets of New York, London, and Paris.
Where Sesame and Arab Streets Meet
Something has gone terribly wrong when kids, raised the world over on Sesame Street, have forsaken Bert and Ernie, and their colorful Muppet cohorts, for murderous jihadis far grouchier than Oscar.
Diversity Of Viewpoint Not Welcome At Cardozo Law School
Students are afraid to express these contrary views for fear of reprisals.
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.
