By Michael Freund, JPost— Over the years, as I take part in the annual festive celebration of Yom Ha’atzma’ut and the Divine restoration of Jewish sovereignty that Independence Day embodies, I have found myself increasingly troubled by a question that may be simple yet is anything but simplistic. To put it bluntly: why are so…
By Michael Freund, Jewish Journal— Around the world, an unprecedented awakening is taking place. Descendants of Jews from all walks of life are looking to return to their roots and embrace their heritage. For the past 15 years, through Shavei Israel, the organization I chair, I have come to discern that there are multitudes of…
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…
By Rivkah Lambert Adler, Breaking Israel News— Lori Palatnik, a leader in the American Jewish community, has just released a video in which she calls for American Jews to move to Israel, in fulfillment of the Biblical prophecy about the ingathering of the exiles. At the End of Days, Palatnik teaches, “Ultimately, the Jews are all…
By Benjamin Weinthal, Jpost— The spokesman for Hamburg’s Jewish community, Daniel Killy, said deteriorating security in Germany has led to a highly dangerous situation for Jews. “No, we are no longer safe here,” Killy told the news outlet tagesschau.de on Tuesday. He said the disintegration of state power, excesses of the extreme right-wing, the loss…
By Julie Stahl, Charisma-– Cultural differences and leaving family behind can make immigrating to Israel difficult. But more and more Jewish Americans are making Israel their permanent home. Seeing Jewish people return to Israel is like watching Bible prophecy unfold before your eyes. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel all speak of the Jewish return to the…
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Times of Israel— In their central Jerusalem apartment, Natan and Avital Sharansky can hear their new upstairs neighbors chatting in French on their patio. The young family moved into the penthouse earlier this month, shortly after immigrating to Israel with the help of the Jewish Agency for Israel — the semi-official organization…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading authority in mainstream Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, has been giving clear and unequivocal messages recently that the coming of the Messiah is imminent. He is urging Jews to make Aliyah as soon as possible. Aliyah, the Hebrew verb for “going up”, refers to immigrating to…
By VICTOR SHARPE— April 15th this year was not just the day to pay our taxes to an all-powerful and intrusive government. No, this year April 15th marked Holocaust Remembrance Day which should remind us of the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its European allies against the stateless and hapless Jews a mere 70…
By ADL— Below is a partial listing of anti-Semitic incidences in France since the time when the Second Intifada spread to France. This is the continuing story of the uprising which began in Africa in the 1950 and today continues with the uprising led by the Islamic State. We need to bring 1,000 French Jews…