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Apologists for Hamas Hitch a Ride on Terror

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"I'm an old hitchhiker, I wonder what's a waitin' ‘round the bend" - John Denver.

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...

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.

The Trenton Trial: Was It Kidnapping To Free An Agunah?

First Person Nathan Lewin

FBI’s undercover agents contacted ORA (Org. for the Resolution of Agunot) pretending to be an agunah

Australian Rabbi: Love Muslims and Everything Will Be OK

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is Woodstock still leading the world to destruction?

Israel Guilty of Disproportionate Attacks by not Wiping Out Hamas

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The only thing disproportionate is the world’s hatred of Israel.

The Pain Never Eases

First Person Yehudit Tayar

Yehudit's backstory and her poems related to the Yom Kippur War are a MUST read

Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg HY”D [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...

Beyond Politics: Shabbos with Mr. Cruz

First Person Jeff Ballabon

Ted Cruz is a true Oheiv Yisroel and the kind of unyielding moral warrior we need in the White House.

Humiliated on the Temple Mount

First Person Rabbi Alan Haber

Told to conceal Jewish symbols- kippa/tzitzit-I despaired having to hide my Jewishness in Jerusalem

My War Diary: War is Hell but National Suicide is Worse

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

We mourn the dead, wish a speedy recovery to the wounded, and pray that God guides the government.

The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization on the passing of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

First Person Guest Author

"Rav Lichtenstein's vision and inspiration served to guide the development of Tzohar."

My Encounter with Rav Lichtenstein

First Person Stephen Leavitt

What was supposed to have been a 15 minute interview, turned into an intense learning session and intellectual battle, the likes of which I had never experienced in my entire life.

Moving Back the Clocks Gives Bibi and Abbas Perfect Excuse Not to Meet

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel and the Palestinian Authority cannot even agree to move their clocks back on the same day.

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

Six Million Excuses NOT to Make Aliyah

First Person Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The one reason to make Aliyah outweighs all the arguments not to move to Israel.

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.

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

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

Pittsburgh Massacre: Personal Accounts

First Person Jewish Press Staff

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.

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.

‘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.

4th of July in Riga, Latvia: Memory, Distorted Behind Recognition

First Person Sarra Liskovets

Latvia, July 4, 1941 they forced many Jews in the shul putting it on fire; everyone was burned alive

What Apartheid?

First Person Yoseph Haddad

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.”