By Times of Israel— Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, died Saturday morning. Sacks, 72, was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced in October. Sacks was among…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi © Rain, rain, rain, the rain of tears Unwalled tears know no ceiling. Rain, rain, rain, the rain of sighs Bottomless sighs filling the air. O soul of Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh, You left the body of Jonathan Sacks On the early morning of Shabbes. It is a privilege that…
DetailsBy Ilan Berman, Newsweek— How will a Biden administration handle the Middle East? Now that the results of the hotly contested U.S. election are (mostly) known, foreign policy experts and officials alike are turning their attention to that question. Over the coming weeks and months more particulars will emerge, as will the personalities who will…
DetailsBy Joshua Washington, Times of Israel—- In the early 1980s, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Clayborne Carson published a paper called “BLACKS and JEWS in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: The CASE of SNCC.” In this paper, Carson gives much needed clarity…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels— We are living in an up-side-down world. In Isaiah 5:20, the brilliant prophet describes our culture today, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness…” Propaganda is an ugly word that most Americans avoid using but it’s time to abandon…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN— Is it possible that overlooking one of Jesus’ most profound declarations could have been a leading cause of the cancerous spread of anti-Semitism in churches and communities throughout the world? This cancer has endured for centuries, and the diagnosis is clear: It’s a malignant melanoma. Left untreated, this cancer is…
DetailsBy International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)— The IHRA is the only intergovernmental organization mandated to focus solely on Holocaust-related issues, so with evidence that the scourge of antisemitism is once again on the rise, we resolved to take a leading role in combatting it. IHRA experts determined that in order to begin to address the…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat spent the past two decades calling for the boycott and isolation of Israel. In the past few months, Erekat, a PLO leader who previously headed the Palestinian negotiating team with Israel, came out against the agreements to normalize relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates…
DetailsBy ICEJ— The road to reach Jerusalem for the remainder of Ethiopia’s Jewish community has been a long and hard-fought effort. As God brought Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea so we are able to live in this exciting time as God, once again, clears every obstacle to bring His people back to…
DetailsBy JNS— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday expressed the Jewish state’s strong support for Austria in the wake of the terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday. “Israel condemns the brutal attack in Vienna and stands in total solidarity with Austria. Civilized peoples everywhere must unite to defeat the savagery…
DetailsBy Gill Hoffman, JPost— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has understood American politics since his teen years living in the swing state of Pennsylvania. True, he clashed with Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republican politicians in the US have said they see Netanyahu as a mentor. But Likud officials said the prime minister…
DetailsOn October 24, 2020, Amy Zewe was a guest on Aaron Fruh’s radio show Israel and You: Bringing the Jewish people and Israel into Focus. This aired on American Family Radio (AFR.net) and local stations nationwide. The goal of this discussion was to focus on the increase in antisemitism, particularly among young people aged 18-40,…
DetailsBy Hezki Baruch, Israel National News— MK Gideon Sa’ar of the Likud party visited the communities of Amichai and Shilo, in the Binyamin region, on Sunday. The focus of his visit was on ongoing attempts by the Palestinian Authority to seize control over open areas near Israeli settlements. Following his tour, Sa’ar told his hosts,…
DetailsBy Yochanan Visser, Israel Today— Yossi Cohen, the current director of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, has earned himself a reputation as an out-of-the-box thinker and a highly intelligent man who has restored the agency’s allure. The Mossad was responsible for the spectacular operation in Tehran in which much of Iran’s secret classified nuclear…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Jpost—- The Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision to award the prize to the World Food Program this year assuaged the fears of elitists from New York to Paris and Berlin. The Abraham Accords, which include bilateral peace treaties between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and most recently Sudan, and Israel have fundamentally…
DetailsBy Erik Strandness, Patheos— Dave Rubin is one of the bright lights of the intellectual dark web. He occupies that unique niche inhabited by the likes of Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray, where the sacred and secular rub shoulders. Tired of living in a contentious world of non-overlapping magisteria, these men seek a parley. They…
DetailsBy JNS News Service The Israeli Cabinet has approved the extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency by 60 days, from Nov. 5 until Jan. 3, 2021. The measure was approved Thursday via conference call and will take effect upon approval by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, according to a joint statement of…
DetailsBy Palestinian Media Watch— Today, on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the PA portrayed Arthur Balfour as a devil with horns, fangs, and large red ears. In 1917, Arthur Balfour, then British Foreign Secretary, wrote the letter stating that Britain was in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the…
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