Faith Rewarded – Are We Taking Advantage?
Considering the news, it's not for nothing the Midrash calls Jerusalem the world's umbilical center
Czechs Restore Jerusalem As Jewish Capital
Stunningly, power exerted by the hate-filled propaganda of the Palestinian Authority easily overcame simple historic truths and traditional ties of friendship between Israel and other countries.
PA Sheds Crocodile Tears
Arabs who live in eastern Jerusalem will not be allowed to set the stage for a PA state that includes Israel's capital.
Jerusalem Scores Media Victory, PA Keeps Lying
A big week for Jerusalem: Britain's Press Complaints Commission ruled that newspapers may not refer to Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital, and Palestinian Media Watch publicized five recent examples of the Palestinian Authority's ongoing attempts to erase Jewish history in Yerushalayim.
Jerusalem Continues To Set Records
Arab attacks on Jews must be stopped and Jewish construction in Jerusalem must proceed without hindrance.
Whose Jerusalem?
Nearly eighty percent of Americans believe the Bible is either absolutely accurate or at least the "inspired word of God," surveys have shown. Around the world, Christianity and Islam comprise an estimated eighty-four percent of the world's population – demonstrating that the Bible clearly has an extraordinary influence over humanity.
It is puzzling, then, that the concept of "exclusive Jewish rights" to Jerusalem has not yet caught on internationally.
Peace Talks: One Word Explains All
If peace talks are such a good thing, why is there so much pessimism regarding the chances of success for the Israel-PA talks? This is not a rhetorical question; it has a very concrete, specific, one-word answer:
Incitement.
Herzog Would Divide The City
A unified Jerusalem's most threatened by a leading Prime Minister candidate: Labor's Yitzchak Herzog
Shifting Sands Of Temple Mount ‘Status Quo’
Rav Goren: "At the request of the Jews, Omar built the Dome of the Rock as a Jewish house of prayer"
Behind The Facade: Muhammed El-Kurd’s Fake News
The Arabs who refuse to leave or to pay rent for the Jewish properties parrot the idea that the area in which they illegally reside is the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Untrue: the neighborhood in which they have squatted is the 150-year-old Jewish neighborhood of Shimon HaTzaddik.
Regards From The Past: Royal Gardens In Jerusalem
Reach out and touch the kingdom of King David; transcend time and jump headlong into the biblical accounts of King Solomon and those who succeeded him as Kings of Judea.
Reclaiming The Land
Editor's Note: This installment of Keeping Jerusalem was written by Hillel Fendel, who interviewed Chaim Silberstein, the usual co-author of the column.
The Jerusalem Law: More Relevant Than Ever
Negotiations with the PA raises fears that some of Jerusalem will be handed over to foreign control
Jerusalem And The Elections: Always In The Center
Despite its name, the Muslim Quarter was home to many Jews and 6 yeshivot in the 19th century
New Strategic National Park in Eastern Jerusalem
National park status is, unfortunately, not an ironclad guarantee against Arab encroachment.
Jerusalem And The Three Weeks
Mourning, repentance – and love of the Land of Israel. These are arguably the major themes of these Three Weeks of Mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple.
The first two are well known and require little elaboration. But how does love and concern for Eretz Yisrael fit in to the picture?
Illuminating Jeremiah’s Dungeon – And The Temple Mount Myth
The Municipality of Jerusalem and Mayor Nir Barkat are trying to stay on everyone's good side. On the one hand, the city is working together with the Ir Amim organization – a group that promotes dividing Yerushalayim along Arab-Jewish lines – jointly sponsoring a seminar on the controversial topic of urban planning for eastern Jerusalem.
Let’s Just Get This Done!
What better time than now to make a proud, pro-Israel and anti-terrorism decision to move the Embassy to Jerusalem?
Little-Known Jerusalem Items – For Better Or Worse
Nearly 1/4 million Jews live in areas of Jerusalem previously ruled illegally by Jordan ('48-'67)
Does Netanyahu Want To Keep Jerusalem United?
As Minister Bennett explained, "The bill is a way to prevent a future situation in which a temporary majority such as existed under Olmert or Barak would bring about the division of Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish Nation." Is this threat not reason enough to support the bill?
An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
Under the plan, a person who was not a citizen of either the Jewish or Arab state was to be appointed governor to administer Jerusalem and to conduct external affairs...
From Kidnapped Yemenite Children To Renewed Yemenite Village In Jerusalem
Arabs claim Silwan as a historically Palestinian Arab neighborhood, yet it was practically empty when the first Yemenite Jews arrived in the 1880s; the Turks and British themselves recognized it as a Jewish neighborhood.
Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov: 90-Year-Old ‘Settlement’
Is it not ironic that the renewal of a decades-old Jewish town is considered an "illegal settlement" on "occupied territory"?
Helping Romney Support Jewish Jerusalem
In the heat of the American election campaign, it's fascinating to note the large part being played by Israel's capital, Jerusalem – at least in the Mitt Romney campaign.
Post-Election Construction: Will It Happen?
Gilo, Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo – among the Jerusalem neighborhoods liberated from Jordanian control during the Six-Day War – are scheduled to gain hundreds of apartments.
Canadian Ministerial Visit to Jerusalem: A Geneva Convention Lesson
Rather than ask why Minister Baird met with Minister Livny in the eastern Jerusalem office, why not ask why Minister Livny agreed to meet there with Minister Baird?
Release of Murderers Leads To Important Consolation Prize
Yes, Israel made a sickening decision to release high-profile terrorist murderers in exchange for the PA's consent to sit at a table and insist that Israel's generous concessions do not suffice. However, it seems to have come together with a consolation prize of sorts: The announcement by Housing Minister Uri Ariel of tenders for the construction of nearly 400 new housing units in Judea and Samaria, and another close to 800 in three of Jerusalem's post-'67 neighborhoods.
Our Journey Home Won’t Be Stopped
There is a slowly growing trend of Jews returning to their historic homes in presently Arab-majority neighborhoods. Let the trend grow
Int’l Jerusalem Alliance To UN: Don’t Touch Jerusalem!
An international non-Jewish pro-Israel organization has declared: The UN must "reject any resolutions and actions that would violate Israel's legitimate sovereignty over all of Jerusalem."