What Apartheid?
Last week, I woke up one morning in my Nazareth home and was astonished to discover I was living under a racist, apartheid regime whose only purpose is “the promotion and perpetuation of the superiority of one group of people—the Jews.”
A United Hatzalah EMT Talks About His Experience As A First Responder in NYC...
One of the thousands of people who were first responders on 9/11 is a resident of Efrat and a United Hatzalah volunteer. His name is Eric Andron.
Grandfather Of Murdered Newborn: ‘Terrorist Should Never Again See The Light Of Day’
With a few Kalachnikov bullets, this despicable terrorist cut off the life of my precious and pure grandson, Amiad Yisrael, Hy"d.
The Trenton Trial: Was It Kidnapping To Free An Agunah?
FBI’s undercover agents contacted ORA (Org. for the Resolution of Agunot) pretending to be an agunah
When Water Came Out Instead of Gas: A Child’s Memories of Surviving the Holocaust
Eliyahu has rarely spoken about his experience of a child during the Holocaust, but after witnessing the world’s fading memor and after the advent of Holocaust denial he has changed his mind.
80th Anniversary Of Kristallnacht
This Friday, November 9, marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. To commemorate this tragic date – the beginning of European Jewry’s destruction – The...
Yom Hazikaron: Remembering Ari Fuld and Yehoshua Friedberg HY’D
The year was 1992, Ari Fuld and I had just been drafted into the IDF as lone soldiers...
Ari Fuld on Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg [video]
I don't want to go to a memorial service, I can't stand military funerals and I can't forget. I hate this! Too many thoughts...
This Is What It Takes?
He could be hit by a bus in Toronto, or die because he is a Jew in Israel. One death is meaningless; the other has infinite meaning.
Three Doors Down From The Friday Night Massacre in Halamish
We sat down, ate, drank, sang, ate dessert, started singing some more – and in the middle of our Shabbat song the commander's military phone started ringing...
My Friend Ari Fuld, a Hero of Israel
Ari was larger than life. His deeds matched his words. His family, defending the Jewish people, teaching Torah and supporting IDF soldiers – that was his world.
Diary from the Ukrainian Border: Flight and Arrival
The JewishPress.com has sent Hana Levi Julian to the Ukrainian border with a United Hatzalah mission, to report on the refugees, the Jewish aid efforts and the situation in Ukraine. This is the first report in a series of diary entries of was Hana is witnessing.
“Tell Your Children the Story”
Telling the story – the miracle story of the Six Day War – is my duty.
Ari Fuld on Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg [video]
I don't want to go to a memorial service, I can't stand military funerals and I can't forget. I hate this! Too many thoughts...
4th of July in Riga, Latvia: Memory, Distorted Behind Recognition
Latvia, July 4, 1941 they forced many Jews in the shul putting it on fire; everyone was burned alive
When the Arabs Surrendered Hebron: Rabbi Goren Recalls How He Reclaimed the Cave of...
Rav Goren, a general and the Chief Rabbi of the Israeli army, recalls the excitement of and hurdles to being the first Jew to open the gates of the Cave of the Patriarchs in more than a thousand years
Attacked at Jaffa Gate
I decided that I’m not going to let terror keep me away from what I love to do, and all the more so, Jerusalem and guiding throughout Israel.
Diary from the Ukrainian Border: Inside a Refugee Camp [Photo Essay]
Photos from inside a refugee camp in Kishinev, Moldova
Concentric Circles
Each circle is crucial. Each circle reinforces and enables the others, and each contributes to the extraordinary effort that we must collectively make.
Diary from the Ukrainian Border: The Rescue Team, The Refugees & Their Stories
After bringing her grandchildren to safety, one woman drove back to Ukraine, unwilling to leave her home and family in Odessa.
The Photo On The Wall
Today (10 Nissan – April 18) is the 21st yahrzeit of my daughter Alisa Flatow, Hy”d. I’d like to share with readers of The Jewish Press some personal reflections on the events of 1995 and what has happened since.
Saved From Hitler, Nearly Drowned In Palestine, Shipped To Mauritius
At dawn on November 25, the first couple of hundred passengers from the Atlantic, including my parents, started boarding the Patria.... At 9:00 a.m., the bomb exploded.
International Farhud Day: An Insider’s Eyewitness Account
The Farhud occurred June 1&2 1941 in Iraq, effectively ending 2,600 yrs of Jewish life in Arab lands
The Agricultural Settlement on the Sand Dunes Near Tel Aviv
I was there! I was in Bnei Brak. Not on Thursday evening, not at the raucous, red-shirted, “progressive” women’s demonstration. I was in Bnei Brak on the Sunday before...
Torah And Terror: A Tale Of A Resilient Nation
We are in this together and we will win this, no matter how long it takes. We have no choice. As a nation, we’ve gotten through much harder times. They hurt. We lost so many. But we are here and we are not going anywhere.
Diary from the Ukrainian Border: Refugee Stories
Hana hears first hand, stories from Ukrainian refugees.
Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg HY”D [video]
I don't want to go to a memorial service, I can't stand military funerals and I can't forget. I hate this! Too many thoughts...
A Tribute to Irving Yitzchak Moskowitz z”l
The True Builder of United Jerusalem in Our Times
Diary from the Ukraine Border: A Flying Purim Party
United Hatzalah emergency medical personnel and other volunteers distributed kosher meals, snacks, cookies and candies to all the passengers in the flying Purim party.
Diary from the Ukrainian Border: The Hotel
A glimpse inside a Soviet-era style hotel.