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Blessed Times In Israel: Reflections Upon My Return From The Holy Land

First Person Naomi Klass Mauer

Pesach in Israel is extraordinarily special. You can actually feel the chag in the air. For days beforehand, everyone is busy cleaning and preparing for the holiday.

Ayala Shapira: Giving Through Receiving

First Person Elie Pieprz

In Ayala's case, the art of receiving can have an even bigger impact than the art of giving.

I know My Son in Nepal is OK because VISA Israel Told Me So

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A ‘good news’ story from the Nepal avalanche disaster to warm your heart. Take out your Kleenex.

Shurat HaDin’s Letter Threatening to Sue Coca-Cola for Supporting BDS

First Person Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Coke, the "Real Thing," may be in REAL trouble.

International Farhud Day: An Insider’s Eyewitness Account

First Person Edwin Black

The Farhud occurred June 1&2 1941 in Iraq, effectively ending 2,600 yrs of Jewish life in Arab lands

Diary from the Ukrainian Border: Inside a Refugee Camp [Photo Essay]

Diary from the Ukraine Border Hana Levi Julian

Photos from inside a refugee camp in Kishinev, Moldova

Ari Fuld on Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg [video]

First Person Ari Fuld HY"D

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...

“Home Again” by Shalev Ben Yaakov: A Remarkable Account of a Conversion to Judaism:

First Person David Herman

During my spiritual journey I discovered G-d spoke to man only once, to the Jewish people at Sinai

The Kaddish

First Person Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich

I was entranced by Kaddish, a song of sorrow of the whole of Israel for the 1000s of years of exile

“Tell Your Children the Story”

First Person Faigie Heiman

Telling the story – the miracle story of the Six Day War – is my duty.

My Friend Ari Fuld, a Hero of Israel

First Person Stephen Leavitt

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.

Kidnapping Saga: Wells Empty of Water but Full of Snakes and Scorpions

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"They took him and cast him into the pit. (Gen. 37:24). Rashi: “There was no water; there were snakes and scorpions."

20 Combat Officers of Israel Defense Forces Urge An End of Funding to Organizations...

First Person Guest Author

An appeal to American Jews to stop funding organizations that harm Israel's Defense Forces

I Witnessed a Miracle Last Night [video]

First Person Ari Fuld HY"D

My family was at the Western Wall in Jerusalem along with tens of thousands of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends...

Attacked at Jaffa Gate

First Person Leah Bowman

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.

Yes, There are Rightist Artists – Me!

First Person Tzvi Fishman

To boost aliya, Israel will encourage Marshall’s, Costco, K Mart & Entenmann’s Bakeries to open here

A Tribute to Irving Yitzchak Moskowitz z”l

First Person Daniel Luria

The True Builder of United Jerusalem in Our Times

From Segregation to Confrontation – No Nostalgia for Baltimore

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Ravens' Ray Lewis screamed that violence is never the answer." Unfortunately, he is wrong.

The Diapora’s Dilemma in Sydney

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The decision to not publicly light the Menorah in Sydney, epitomizes the eternal dilemma of Judaism and Jews in the Diaspora.

Yom HaShoah Narrative

First Person Beth Perkel

The arm of my grandmother had a scar, a branding of the Holocaust that was her young adulthood amidst the fires of Auschwitz.

Saved From Hitler, Nearly Drowned In Palestine, Shipped To Mauritius

First Person Deborah Katz

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.

My Very First AIPAC Policy Conference

First Person Jason Ciment

All I could think of as a first-timer drinking the Cool-Aid, was where do I sign up for next year.

My Query of an Israeli Arab MK Visiting London and the Torrent of Abuse

First Person Richard Millett

Def. of Chutzpah: 2 super successful Israeli Arabs told the crowd Israel oppresses its Arab citizens

In Appreciation of Jewish Women Role Models

First Person Ronn Torossian

“I hold the woman’s place over that of men in every fundamental aspect of public and private life."

Yad Vashem Visit

First Person Neil Weissberg

The same anti-Semitic hatred I saw in Yad Vashem is exists day after day, especially in Jerusalem

‘America And Israel Are More Than Friends…We’re Mishpacha’ – Remarks By Vice President Pence...

First Person Vice President Mike Pence

We will continue to oppose Iran’s malign influence. And under this president, America will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.

Thank you, Jewish Press Readers

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu has some final words for JewishPress.com readers before he moves on to his next phase in life...

Is Obama a State Sponsor of Terrorism?

First Person Daniel Greenfield

If the Iran deal passes, Obama's WH becomes world's leading financier of terrorism against Americans

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.”

When Water Came Out Instead of Gas: A Child’s Memories of Surviving the Holocaust

First Person Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

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.