By Yori Yalon, Efrat Forsher, Shlomi Diaz, Lilach Shoval, Dan Lavie, Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff Thousands of Jewish worshippers visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday night, for the culmination of Selichot penitential prayers ahead of Yom Kippur. Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Western Wall…
DetailsBy Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” More on Yom Kippur and other Jewish holidays: http://bit.ly/137Er6J 1. Yom Kippur is one of the six main annual Jewish fasting days: (a) The 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei is Yom Kippur, an annual day of repentance for one’s misconduct toward fellow human-beings – in…
DetailsBy Eliana Rudee, Breaking Israel News— In response to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) efforts to undermine Israel’s legitimacy through their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Act of 2017, the U.S. Congress and Senate have introduced a bipartisan bill, the “Israel Anti-Boycott Act,” that would protect U.S. companies targeted by the international boycotts and…
DetailsTorah: Leviticus 16:1 – 34, “Becarvatone” (Profane fire … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 57:14 – 58:14 New Testament: Hebrews 7:11 – 28 Gospel: John 17:6 – 12, “Giliti shemcha” (I have manifested your name …)
DetailsBy Lilach Shoval, Israel Hayom— Three Arab Israelis from the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm were arrested in early September on suspicion of planning a shooting attack inside the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Thursday. Said Ghasoub Mahmoud Jabareen, 26, and Firas Saleh Mahmoud Muhajanah, 24, who identify…
DetailsBy Israel Today— North Korea has responded to Israel’s siding with the United States against Pyongyang’s nuclear arms program by threatening to destroy the Jewish state. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized North Korea, the hermit regime issued the following statement: “This is an unpardonable insult and provocation to the dignity and social system in…
DetailsJesus, the helper of the poor, the friend of the sinner, the brother of every fellow=sufferer, the comforter of every sorrow-laden, the healer of the sick, the up-lifter of the fallen, the lover of man, the redeemer of woman, won the heart of mankind by storm. Jesus, the meekest of men, the most despised of…
DetailsThink on this: And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was 200 million. I heard their number. (Revelation 9:15-16) Pray like this: Gracious Father, be pleased to give grace to your people that they…
DetailsBy JNS— The IDF Tuesday intercepted and destroyed an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah that entered the demilitarized zone of the Golan Heights near Israel’s border with Syria. An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fired a single Patriot missile at the UAV – an intelligence collection drone –…
DetailsBy Barney Breen-Portnoy, Algemeiner— Israel’s goal is to “prevent Iran from becoming the North Korea” of the Middle East, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot said in a Rosh Hashanah interview published by the Hebrew news site Walla on Wednesday. “This is an effort of the State of Israel, the moderate Sunni states…
DetailsBY Times of Israel Staff— US senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders called for Washington to adopt a friendlier approach to Iran, and said he would consider supporting slashing US aid to Israel over the Jewish state’s policies towards the Palestinians. In an interview Thursday with The Intercept, the Jewish senator said the US…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, JPost— The same cannot be said for the Jews of the Diaspora. In Western Europe, Jewish communities that just a generation ago were considered safe and prosperous are now besieged. Synagogues and Jewish schools look like army barracks. And the severe security cordons Jews need to pass through to pray and study…
DetailsBY SHOSHANA KRANISH, JPost— Valerie Plame Wilson, a former covert CIA operative, caused a controversy on Thursday when she tweeted several antisemitic messages to her nearly 50,000 followers. ”American Jews are driving America’s Wars,” the rampage began. The tweet linked to an article from UNZ.com, a site that claims “a collection of interesting, important, and…
DetailsBY Earl Cox, JPost— President Donald Trump blocked a recent State Department effort to force Israel to return $75 million in military aid, the department’s most recent attempt to erode the U.S.-Israel military alliance. State’s demand was shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. Rex Tillerson’s State Department has been embroiled in a power struggle with…
DetailsBy Dr. H. Sacks, Arutz 7— A fine and honorable Rabbi I heard on the East Coast recently is very worried about Nazis in America. He and many other Jewish clergy and lay people, particularly in the Reform and Conservative movement see them as a clear and present danger in America and associate them with…
DetailsBy Zoe Strimpel, Telegraph— A friend of mine, a (non-Jewish) supporter of Israel, performed an experiment once. Cloaking herself in a giant Israeli flag, she set out from her home in Oxford, wending her way into the town centre. The goal was to see how far she could get before trouble started. It wasn’t long.…
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