Quote of the Week
“The Hebrew language will go from the synagogue to the house of study, and from the house of study to the school, and from the school it will come into the home and… become a living language.”—-Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Get Out: Jews & Elite American Universities
By Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine— When I immigrated to America, 20 years ago this fall, I had just over $2,000 in my pocket that I’d saved working as a night watchman at a factory back home in Israel. I also had an inflatable mattress on the floor of a friend’s one-bedroom in White Plains, New…
Religious Freedom in Israel
Our favorite YouTuber, Hananya Naftali, took us on an eye-opening weekend visit to a Muslim village in Israel. Much of the mainstream media portrays life for Muslims in Israel as oppressive. Some go so far as to suggest that Muslims cannot even worship freely in the Jewish state. Of course, media is a business, and…
Part of ‘Deal of Century’ To be Released on June 25 in Bahrain
By Omri Nahmias, JPost— The economic part of the US peace plan will be revealed on June 25 in Bahrain during an international conference, the White House announced Sunday. It is unclear when the political part of the plan will be released. According to a senior administration official, representatives from the EU, Asia and the…
Does Mesha Stele Reading on Moabite Stone Shake Up Biblical History?
By Steve Law, Patterns of Evidence— The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is one of the oldest and most remarkable artifacts connecting biblical history to the ancient world. The stele erected by King Mesha of Moab (modern-day Jordan, east of the Dead Sea) in his 9th century BC capital city of Dibon,…
Peaceful-Coexistence in the Middle East?
By Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report— “The Middle East and North Africa have a well-deserved reputation for being a region plagued by war and conflict. Every decade since the end of WW2 has seen at least one interstate conflict; it has also witnessed 25 types of intrastate war, including insurgencies, civil wars and protracted terrorism.…
Washington Man Threatens Jews With Shooting Attack
By Clarion Project— Dakota Reed, a young man from Washington state pleaded guilty to making online threats to kill dozens of Jews and carry out a school shooting, among other acts of terrorism. Police were tipped off to Reed, 20, by the Anti-Defamation League’s Centre on Extremism in the fall of 2018 after the organization…
The Third Gulf War has Already Begun
By Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Breaking Israel News— On Monday morning, May 12, 2019, four oil tankers sailing in international waters were attacked as they made their way out of the Straits of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean. The details of the sabotage are still unclear as these words are being written: who attacked, where they…
Incendiary balloons are back: Wave of fires in Gaza envelope
By Arutz Sheva— In Israel, it was assumed that the transfer of Qatari money to Gaza would, at least temporarily, calm the terrorist organizations. In the meantime, the firing of balloons at the Gaza perimeter is only increasing. At least three fires have broken out since the morning hours in the Gaza perimeter – in…
Trump Plan Finished, But Not Sealed, and Still Being Tweaked
By Herb Keinon, JPost— The Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, while written, is not a closed and sealed document – and is being tweaked as new information comes in, according to diplomatic sources. According to the sources, the drafters of the document – Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner; Jason Greenblatt, special representative for…