BY MICHAEL BARBARO, NY TIMES— The two young men had woefully little in common: one was a wealthy Mormon from Michigan, the other a middle-class Jew from Israel. But in 1976, the lives of Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu intersected, briefly but indelibly, in the 16th-floor offices of the Boston Consulting Group, where both had…
The lyrics to traditional passover song Dayenu, meaning “It would have been sufficient…” If He had brought us out from Egypt, and had not carried out judgments against them Dayenu, it would have sufficed us! If He had carried out judgments against them, and not against their idols Dayenu, it would have sufficed us! If…
BY HAARETZ— No country would dare attack Iran, a top officer in the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Monday, adding that Iranian forces planned to engage in more military drills in order to preserve their combat vigilance. The comments by Mohammad Pakpour, the head of the IRGC’s ground forces, came as Cmdr. Amy…
BY HELEN GRAY, KANSAS CITY STAR— This Friday, members of two religions will commemorate events from their faiths at the same time and the same place. St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Overland Park will observe Good Friday at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary, where Jesus’ suffering on the cross will be remembered. And…
BY SAMARA GREENBERG, inCONTEXT— The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, honored former White House correspondent Helen Thomas in an award ceremony on Sunday. Maen Erekat, the PLO representative in Washington, hosted a dinner at his residence in an event that recognized Thomas for her “stand against the occupation” and “long…
BY JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY— The campaign of administration leaks aimed at undermining Israel’s position on Iran has been widely noted. But according to Robert Satloff, the respected head of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the White House isn’t satisfied with blaming Israel for the chance that Americans might be killed in the event…
BY RYAN JONES, TRAVELUJAH— More and more Christians are celebrating Passover and the other biblical feasts as they become increasingly aware of their own faith’s Jewish background. And more and more of those Christians are choosing to celebrate Passover in the Holy Land. Doing so is significant for two reasons. First, Passover is a pilgrimage…
Shadow Performance At a Passover event in Cancun, dancers perform the most unique performance. They reinact the entire story of Passover by using only their shadows. You’ll see all the miracles and plagues all played out through the shadows they create. You won’t believe what they can do. This is an official video of the…
South Africa Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein, and Jewish recording artist Yaakov Shwekey have created a YouTube Sensation that has spread to every corner of the Jewish world. In a few short minutes, the video shows the miraculous sweep of Jewish destiny, from ancient Egypt to nuclear Iran, helping us to understand our world today.
BY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— The heads of Israel’s defense system estimate that if Israel is targeted by missiles from neighboring countries during a theoretical war in 2012, 300 people will be killed in a three week period, according to a Channel 10 News report on Monday. The report said that the ministers in the…