The very beginning of this video is unmistakable. The word “Holocaust” with a star of David beneath it is as explicit as Iran can be. Iran’s sick dream? If you know Persian you can really hear all the gory detail. If not it’s horrifying enough. What modern-day country creates videos about how they will destroy…
By JTA— Education Secretary Betsy DeVos praised Orthodox Jewish schools as a model for publicly funded education. “I applaud Agudath Israel for their leadership and commitment to providing their community with access to educational options that meet the academic and religious needs of their families,” she said Wednesday after meeting with leaders of the Haredi…
By Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— On Tuesday, Christians for Israel International presented a “Jerusalem Declaration” to President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The Declaration states that Christians acknowledge that the city of Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people as part of God’s covenant promise and expresses unconditional support for the governance…
By Isi Leibler, JPost— Political correctness still seems to impel us to continue chanting the mantra that we are prohibited from relating to antisemitism as a cause for settling in Israel and insisting that the only motivation for aliya today is to enable a committed Jew to lead a truly Jewish life in his homeland.…
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:11, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kiseh Moshe” (the seat of Moses … )
By Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— Palestinians should not look to the United Nations for a solution to its conflict with Israel, US Ambassador Nikki Haley warned in her first meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the UN on Tuesday. Haley, who in her short tenure has already made clear at the UN that…
By Earl Cox, Israel Always— As immigration protest surge at airports and cities across the United States and in other places around the world, President Donald Trump continues to stand by his Jan. 27 executive order, with some adjustments, restricting immigration and his pledge to safeguard the citizens of the United States. Acknowledging America as…
By Mark Borman, Washington Post— A new wave of threats were made late Monday and Tuesday to Jewish schools and institutions, including the New York and Washington offices of the Anti-Defamation League, according to that group and other officials. These latest bomb threats came as a letter signed by every U.S. senator was sent to…
By Julia Schmidt, Aish— “You know it is not always wise to tell people that you are Jewish,” my son’s Hebrew school teacher told me. We belonged to a synagogue in Bonn, Germany. “Sometimes it can be dangerous and it is better to keep quiet.” I cringed when I heard him say this, something he…