Friday, November 22, 2024 from Forward.com – All
The separation of church and state is a foundational American value. But what that means in practice can be blurry — as shown by the debate over a controversial new Texas public school curriculum, which was approved Friday, after a...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
It was a remark attributed to Boulos by Al-Jadeed TV that sparked the most intrigue: the suggestion that he would personally lead US efforts to mediate the Israel–Lebanon crisis once Trump returned to office.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Forward.com – All
It started in the spring of 2023, when veteran documentary film director and producer Alex Gibney received a message on Signal containing a sample of Israeli police interrogation footage. Whoever sent the footage to Gibney, who has made...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Four explosives laboratories and dozens of explosives that were planted under routes in order to attack IDF soldiers were dismantled as well.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Halachically, there is typically a requirement that a tradition of kashrut exists for a species, even if such a tradition is upheld by a community on the other side of the world.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
“A siyum is not only about the past, about a person completing a masechta. Rather,” HaGaon HaRav Aryeh Malkiel Kotler exclaimed, “a siyum is about the future, about the foundation that he built by completing the...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Do some angels have feet like calves?Friday, November 22, 2024 from Forward.com – All
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ latest book, The Message, seems to have left half the world outraged — and the other half elated. In both cases, it’s because of what he has to say about Israel and Palestine. That’s fair: This topic takes up more than...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
True chesed is the ability to intuit when another person is in need and to be sensitive to his deprivation.Friday, November 22, 2024 from Forward.com – All
(JTA) — A couple hours before Shabbat one week ago, Sam Salz was in the parking lot of the Texas A&M Chabad, running practice football plays by himself. Salz, the 5-foot-6 Orthodox player who made headlines in 2022 for walking onto...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
Senator Rand Paul, a longtime ally of President-elect Donald Trump, voiced strong opposition on Tuesday to Trump’s proposal to use the military for mass deportations. Speaking on Newsmax, Paul criticized the plan as both unnecessary and...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Florida Jewish Journal - Sun Sentinel
The head of Jewish Federations of North America is doubling down on nonpartisanship after one of his executives upset colleagues last week by signaling excitement about Jewish settlement in Gaza.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
The harsh reality of war forces many new immigrant women to bear the heavy burden of managing households, caring for children, and keeping their families together as their husbands are called to reserve duty.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Torah learning and mitzvah fulfillment are life's purpose and essential content. Though we need food and water to survive, mitzvah observance and Torah learning are why we are here and what give our lives meaning. A life without Torah...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Baltimore Jewish Times
Earlier this month, Qatar announced an end to its role as mediator between Israel and Hamas in efforts to achieve a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal. Reports indicated that U.S. pressure on Qatar to deliver results or banish...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Forward.com – All
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif. All three have been charged with war crimes and crimes...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
Even though sales of electric vehicles aren’t growing as fast as in past years and President-elect Donald Trump may ditch tax credits for EV buyers, automakers are moving ahead with new models that should appeal to mainstream...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from The Jewish Press
IDF Maj. (res.) Ze'ev Erlich was a renowned scholar of the Land of Israel.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
On the same day that the ICC carried out a travesty of justice by issuing arrest warrants to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for committing “war crimes,” the leftist judicial system...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
We feel insincere and shallow during the Days of Repentance, and therein lies the problem. Do we really believe we can change? Do we even know what we are looking for?Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Forward.com – All
The International Criminal Court has made history by issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant — the first such action, ever, against the heads of a true democracy. And...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
The indictment was filed this week with the military court.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Zionist Organization of America
Dear Friends, Tomorrow morning, would-be synagogue attacker Christopher Brown, 23, will be sentenced for possessing a firearm and planning to use it in a terrorist attack on the New York Jewish community in 2022. He is expected to...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
There are apocryphal sources that describe a period of separation between Adam and Chava during which time they took other partners. Avraham and Sarah, on the other hand never deviate from their commitment to one another, even when it...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
J Street, a group claiming to be friends of Israel, was practically giddy about the contingent of 19 Senators who no longer support Israel.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
Achiezer has emerged as a true pillar of community support in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. Around the clock, Achiezer offers relief in moments of crisis and solace in times of grief, embodying the spirit of its name through every act...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
President Isaac Herzog: “This is a dark day for justice. A dark day for humanity. Taken in bad faith, the outrageous decision at the ICC has turned universal justice into a universal laughing stock. It makes a mockery of the sacrifice of...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
The Prime Minister’s Office, today (Thursday, 21 November 2024) [translated from Hebrew]: The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is a modern Dreyfus trial – and will end the same way. Israel utterly rejects...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from The Jewish Press
The Arabs can wait.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Debunking myths and tackling big questions like, "Will I still get my Social Security?" or "What happens to my investments?"Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Jewish News, Israel news - Latest Breaking News
On Monday, it was reported that Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel. US envoy Amos Hochstein landed… Read More ›Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
At this point, the nuclear watchdog agency has no access to data on Iranian nuclear development activity.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Forward.com – All
At a Chicago park that served as the official protest venue earlier this year for the Democratic National Convention, it looked like trouble when marchers carrying Israeli flags headed toward the overwhelmingly Gaza-sympathetic crowd....Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Revenue nearly...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
Israeli soldiers from the Armored Brigade operating in a village in southern Lebanon.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
“Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match … ”Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Forward.com – All
The Kids Guide to Israel, one of Mike Huckabee’s children’s books from a company he co-founded, tells a simplified story of courageous Jews standing up against Arabs and antisemites to found a country that is “central to the world’s...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Florida Jewish Journal - Sun Sentinel
Dozens of Canadian authors announced they were withdrawing their books for consideration from the Giller prize in protest of its ties to companies that do business with Israel.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Baltimore Jewish Times
By Jamie Geller In the wake of Oct. 7 and the subsequent surge of antisemitism worldwide, many have asked how we should respond to this darkness. The answer, I believe, lies in one of our most powerful traditions: Shabbat. The great...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
“Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and charges against it by the International Criminal Court, which is a biased and discriminatory political body," Netanyahu stated.Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
“While justice has been served, this case serves as a stark reminder of the persistent threats our community faces.”Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
Former minister Ayelet Shaked said on Thursday that Australia denied her a visa to enter the country. The reason? Shaked’s opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state, a fact that might “incite discord.”...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Daily News Alert from Israel - COP/JCPA
(New York Times) Hiba Yazbek - UNRWA, the main UN agency that helps Palestinians, said on Monday that a convoy of 109 trucks carrying food had been driving from the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Gaza when it was looted on...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from The Jewish Press
The Gemara tells us that if one should encounter the pillar of salt which Lot’s wife turned into, he should make two blessings: Baruch Dayan HaEmes, Blessed is the true Judge [Who punished Lot’s wife], and Baruch Zocheir tzaddikim,...Saturday, November 23, 2024 from ynet - Jewish Scene
President faces criticism for denying tenure to Yiddish scholar Prof. Shaul Zaritt, despite unanimous departmental support; colleagues cite 'deviations from usual procedures,' warning it threatens Jewish cultural studies and academic...Friday, November 22, 2024 from Forward.com – All
Over the last 13 months, Noa Fay has met Matisyahu, Valerie Jarrett, Tiffany Haddish, the entertainment mogul Scooter Braun and the marketing guru Scott Galloway. She’s chatted on the phone with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, attended a...Friday, November 22, 2024 from Forward.com – All
(JTA) — For decades a museum of Jewish art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, held the remains of several unidentified Holocaust victims in its collection. But last week the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art took steps to give those remains a proper...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Yeshiva World News
The leader of Canada’s most populous province said Wednesday that all of the country’s provincial and territorial governments want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal...