By RABBI TULY WEISZ, ISRAEL 365— Having made “aliyah” to Israel one year ago, my family and I have now celebrated all three major pilgrimage festivals as residents of Israel. There are too many differences between the way Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is celebrated in Israel and back home in Ohio to even count. Driving…
Details“The booth is designed to teach us not to put our trust in the size or strength or improvements of a house, nor in the help of any man, even the lord of the land, but in the Creator, for He alone is mighty, His promises alone are sure.”—Samuel Aboab, 14th century
*Every year at Ben Gurion University of the Negev they have a day called Yom Hastudent (Student Day). Student Day is a glorious event when classes are canceled and the students take over the university lawn. There are concerts, water slides, games, vendors of all varieties, contests, and tons of free food. Inevitably, the snack…
DetailsBy MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— With the Palestinian Authority teetering on the brink of financial ruin, an unlikely deliverer has stepped in seeking to save the day. The would-be rescuer is neither a wealthy Gulf Arab sheikh nor a playboy Saudi prince with money to burn, nor even a misguided European government looking to curry favor…
DetailsBy ISI LEIBLER, ISRAEL HAYOM— The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the U.S. presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the Jewish state has assumed surrealistic levels. Overall, Israel’s standing in the U.S. today is at an all-time high. Yet, the Democratic convention spotlighted the…
DetailsBy ILAN BERMAN, WASHINGTON POST— Recent revelations from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran has both continued and expanded its uranium enrichment activities have focused attention anew on U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic — and what more can be done to stop Iran’s march toward the bomb. This is, necessarily, a conversation about…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— In his much-anticipated address before the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a new world order that does not operate in service to “the devil,” which he rather clearly identified as the “Zionist entity.” After complaining about escalating Western sanctions against Iran…
DetailsBy BILLY HALLOWELL, THE BLAZE— This afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly, spending the bulk of his time warning the world against a nuclear-equipped Iran. He challenged global powers to draw a “red line…before Iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment to make a nuclear bomb,” and…
DetailsAmerica is a relatively safe place. However, a regime halfway around the world could destroy our way of life. From the beginning, the current Iranian regime made it clear that America is public enemy #1. One way to seriously damage America would be a nuke, and one terrifying scenario is a nuclear bomb detonated at…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— “Call me Ishmael”, this famous quote is the opening sentence that opens the novel “Moby Dick” authored by Herman Melville. Ishmael, who is telling the story of Moby Dick, recounts that he is sailing to sea out of a sense of alienation and cultural inadequacy. Ishmael describes the behavior of Captain Ahab…
DetailsWhat is Sukkot? Sukkot—also known as the Feast of Tabernacles—is a Jewish festival to remember the forty years the Hebrews wandered in the desert. The years of wandering came after they were freed from slavery in Egypt and before they were allowed to enter the land God promised them. Even though the Hebrews were stuck…
DetailsBy YNET-— The special police alertness level which was put into effect ahead of the Rosh Hashanah holiday will continue during Yom Kippur and will only be terminated after the Simchat Torah holiday in 10 days time. Security forces will be standing by on Tuesday and Wednesday at cemeteries, synagogues and prayer sites and thousands…
DetailsOn May 1942, a well-dressed woman came to the Ten Boom door with a suitcase in hand. She told the Ten Booms that she was a Jew and that her husband had been arrested several months before, and her son had gone into hiding. Occupation authorities had recently visited her, and she was too fearful…
DetailsO Yahweh, our eternal God, Yours is surpassing greatness, unspeakable goodness, superabundant grace; I can as soon count the sands of the ocean’s ‘lip’ as number your favors toward me; I know but a part, but that part exceeds all praise. I thank you for personal mercies, Measure of health, preservation of body, Comforts of…
DetailsThis video with Rabbi Avraham Goldhar provides a fascinating overview on the meaning and customs of the holiest day of the year.
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1 – 52, “Ha’azinu” (Give Ear …) Haftorah: II Samuel 22:1 – 51 New Testament: Romans 10:14 – 11:12 Gospel: Luke 10:1 – 12, “Meena HaAdone” (The Lord appointed … )
DetailsThe candid interview that has shocked Democrats across the USA. Democrat politician from New York warns Jewish voters.
By CLIFFORD D. MAY, JWREVIEW— Iran or Israel: Which is more deserving of censure? On the one hand, as the French news agency Agence France-Presse reported last week, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling Israel “a cancerous tumor” that, he threatened, will “soon be excised.” He added: “The nations of the region will soon finish…
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