by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) A Torah was given to a new Jewish residence and synagogue on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple Mount last week. Arutz-7 takes you there. Jews have purchased and moved into two large apartment buildings at the top of the Mount of Olives. Last week, Uri Hirsch, father-in-law of former […]

Film on Jewish Refugees from Arab/Islamic countries wins “Best Documentary” at Marbella Film Festival The Forgotten Refugees, a documentary that explores the history and destruction of Middle Eastern Jewish communities, has just won first prize at the Marbella Film Festival in Marbella, Spain. The film, produced by the Boston based David Project Center for Jewish […]

by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook – October 9, 2007 The Palestinian Authority (Fatah) daily newspaper’s political cartoon today illustrated a prayer for the killing of Americans. A Muslim is shown kneeling in prayer facing a US B-2 Stealth Bomber. The words of his prayer are encased in missiles aimed at Americans: “Allah, scatter them!” […]

[Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA: “The finds [AL: AFTER BEING SMASHED BY HEAVY EQUIPMENT BEING OPERATED BY PALESTINIANS] include fragments of bowl rims, bases and body sherds; the base of a juglet used for the ladling of oil; the handle of a small juglet and the rim of a storage jar. The bowl sherds were […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) A historic first: Last week, during a special visit to the Temple Mount, the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26) was recited there, for arguably the first time since the 1st-century destruction. The Blessing is recited daily in synagogues in Israel by descendants of Aaron the Priest, and only on festivals in the […]

By Dr. Charles Jacobs Friday – October 12, 2007 There is no let up in the rhetorical attacks on the Jewish state: Israel, which stole Palestinian land, destroyed the civilian infrastructure of Lebanon last summer, using secret new uranium bombs. Meanwhile, the Israel Lobby keeps everyone from criticizing the Jewish state. Etcetera. As currently practiced, […]

Fact 218: “National Public Radio is an american leftist radio network. NPR’s Ombudsman, Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, wrote an article in which he rationalizes the use of the word ‘militant’ instead of ‘terrorist’ to describe the vicious killings of Israeli civilians. By choosing not to use the word ‘terrorist’, NPR is doing exactly what it wishes […]

Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 New York — The ZOA has placed a full-page ad in the New York Times appearing on Thursday, October 18, 2007 on page A-19. Other similar ads will follow in Israel and elsewhere in the US. The headline is: Secretary Rice: Don’t Promote A State For Palestinians While Their 10 […]

[Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA: You have to hand it to the Palestinians for their sense of humor: What better day job for terrorists than life guards?] IAF strike kills two Islamic Jihad men off Gaza coast By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies Last update – 21:48 20/10/2007 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914922.html Israel Air Force aircraft […]

By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent Last update – 07:58 19/10/2007 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914844.html If the division of Jerusalem is even mentioned at the regional peace summit in Annapolis next month, Shas will leave the government coalition, party chairman Minister Eli Yishai told Haaretz on Thursday. Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu earlier this week threatened to quit the coalition […]