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National Service Authority Discourages Religious Girls from IDF Service

National Service Authority Discourages Religious Girls from IDF Service

Female, haredi soldiers have in the past been ridiculed for their decision to enlist in the army.   Lawmakers on the Left and Right expressed… Read More ›

Holocaust education in Moldova is about to get (slightly) better

Holocaust education in Moldova is about to get (slightly) better

While the world’s worst genocide currently occupies a page and a half in textbooks, a new initiative would significantly expand the coverage   CHISINAU, Moldova… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – My Message For Tisha Ba’v: Judge Ruchie Freier: Reflections From The Bench On Judging Our Children

Brooklyn, NY – My Message For Tisha Ba’v: Judge Ruchie Freier: Reflections From The Bench On Judging Our Children

  Brooklyn, NY –  I remember seven years ago when I first met 14 year old Malky Klein a”h.  She was sitting across me in… Read More ›

Jaffa Residents Say Weekend Police Shooting was Excessive Force

Jaffa Residents Say Weekend Police Shooting was Excessive Force

“They didn’t have to kill him,” says Jewish man who knew Mahdi al-Saadi.   The intersection of Jaffa’s Yefet Street and Haj Kahil junction, where… Read More ›

Israelis gather in Jerusalem’s Old City after weeks of tensions over Temple Mount

Israelis gather in Jerusalem’s Old City after weeks of tensions over Temple Mount

Thousands pray at Western Wall to mark start of Tisha B’Av fasting and memorial day, commemorating destruction of ancient temples   Thousands of Jews attended… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Audio: In Tearful Interview, Father Of Chasidic Overdose Victim Says Jewish Educational System Is Failing Weaker Students

Brooklyn, NY – Audio: In Tearful Interview, Father Of Chasidic Overdose Victim Says Jewish Educational System Is Failing Weaker Students

  Brooklyn, NY – With Tisha B’av just hours away, many of us have difficulty relating to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash hundreds of… Read More ›

Zaka Priests Unit to Deal With Temple Mount Incidents

Zaka Priests Unit to Deal With Temple Mount Incidents

ZAKA is the responsible organization in the country for recovering bodies and other remains of people killed during terrorist attacks, accidents and natural disasters.  … Read More ›

Rabbis Call on Jews to Visit Temple Mt ‘To Strengthen Our Claim To This Holy Place’

Rabbis Call on Jews to Visit Temple Mt ‘To Strengthen Our Claim To This Holy Place’

The Temple Mount is the holiest place in Judaism, and is believed to be the site of the Biblical accounts of the Binding of Isaac;… Read More ›

Settlers Hopeful Netanyahu Will Let Them Stay in Hebron

Settlers Hopeful Netanyahu Will Let Them Stay in Hebron

15 families are currently illegally occupying a home in the controversial city.   Settlers implored Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow them to remain in… Read More ›

They came to Israel to enlist in the military: ‘Israel is home’

They came to Israel to enlist in the military: ‘Israel is home’

Last month, a ‘Fun Day’ was held for some 6,000 lone soldiers serving in the IDF. In a conversation with Ynet, they talk about their… Read More ›

Temple Mount is ‘For Muslims and Palestinians Only’

Temple Mount is ‘For Muslims and Palestinians Only’

“This place is holy to Muslims alone, no one else,” insisted one of the worshipers.   In the heat of the midday sun outside the… Read More ›

New Jersey – Monsey Rabbi Speaks Out; As Mahwah Police Chief Says Town Officials Knew About Eruv Two Months Ago

New Jersey – Monsey Rabbi Speaks Out; As Mahwah Police Chief Says Town Officials Knew About Eruv Two Months Ago

  Mahwah, NJ – While Mahwah residents say they were blindsided by the eruv that was erected in their township, at least some village officials… Read More ›

Israeli cabinet decides to remove metal detectors from Temple Mount

Israeli cabinet decides to remove metal detectors from Temple Mount

Move comes hours after Israel, Jordan end tense stand-off, agree on safe passage of Israeli guard wounded in stabbing incident at Amman embassy that saw… Read More ›

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Shame terrorist wasn’t killed

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Shame terrorist wasn’t killed

In weekly Torah lesson dedicated to Salomon family members slain in Halamish terror attack, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says ‘If we know a terrorist came to… Read More ›

Bronx, NY – Shuttered Bronx Synagogue Becomes A Dumping Ground

Bronx, NY – Shuttered Bronx Synagogue Becomes A Dumping Ground

  Bronx, NY – Neighbors of a shuttered synagogue in the Bronx want its apparent owners to clean up the trash that is accumulating on… Read More ›

Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them

Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them

Highlighting rare chilly reception, community leaders ask why Israeli PM focused speech at Budapest JCC on bilateral ties instead of addressing their concerns about anti-Semitism,… Read More ›

Soros and Hungarian anti-Semites: Almost one and the same

Soros and Hungarian anti-Semites: Almost one and the same

Op-ed: As far as George Soros is concerned, anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism have become one ideology—hatred for Israel. George Soros is right, because Hungarian Prime Minister… Read More ›

The first medic to respond to the Temple Mount terror attack was Muslim. Here’s his story

The first medic to respond to the Temple Mount terror attack was Muslim. Here’s his story

When Nedal Sader first heard the crackle of machine-gun fire just outside his apartment on Friday, he couldn’t believe it was coming from the holy… Read More ›

Old City Terrorism Deters Tourism, Hurts Shops

Old City Terrorism Deters Tourism, Hurts Shops

Attacks like those on Friday have a major impact on the number of tourists that pass through both stores and the Old City.   Passing… Read More ›

Incitement leads to action

Incitement leads to action

Op-ed: Sheikh Raed Salah is following in Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini’s footsteps with the ‘Al-Aqsa is in danger’ libel, which asserts that the Jews are… Read More ›