Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Returning To Chomesh The following is Menora Hazani’s July 15 address at the screening of her film, “Hitna’ari”(Awaken). The film explores the ramifications of the 2005 expulsion as per the relationship of the national religious public to Israeli society and the State of Israel. My dear parents, honored guests, dear residents […]

by Paula R. Stern Israeli journalists are losing their way. According to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, “Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader… and never to permit the serving of special interests.” When journalists make and shape news, rather than report it, they lose their right to claim a place in this profession, and the […]

April 19, 2007 “Diaspora Jews concerned for Israel’s welfare’ Have the obligation to state their views, and if Necessary, criticize Israeli policies.” Morton Klein The Great Diaspora Dilemma: To Criticize Or Not To Criticize By Morton Klein (As printed in The Jewish Tribune) PHILADELPHIA — Some argue that Diaspora Jews may debate and criticize a […]

By: Michael Medved Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Recently in Jerusalem, I participated in a moving religious service to honor one of Israel’s most celebrated heroes from last summer’s war against the Hizbullah terrorists. Lieutenant Eli Kahn, 23, led a unit of elite paratrooper commandos advancing against heavily defended Hizbullah positions in the Lebanese town of […]

by Atty. Elyakim Haetzni Why would a captain willfully run a ship aground? The American-Israel Strategic Planning Group, with leading members such as Bennett Zimmerman and Yoram Ettinger, has again publicized data contradicting the chilling picture that serves as the Left’s rationalization of and excuse for the policy of withdrawals. In general, the picture is […]

David Wilder August 08, 2007 The eternal flame in the Rinat Shalhevet Beit Midrash/Shul http://www.hebron.com/english/gallery.php?id=209 http://www.hebron.com/english/gallery.php?id=208 Beginning early Monday night the Hebron Jewish Community switched gears, moving into full-speed expulsion mode. The community had been gearing up for the planned expulsion for a few weeks, while at the same time conducting talks with various political […]

IDF destroys Jewish homes, clothes torn off Jewish women New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), in a letter signed by ZOA National President Morton A. Klein, Chairman of the Board Dr. Michael Goldblatt, Chairman of Executive Committee Dr. Alan Mazurek, and Treasurer Henry Schwartz, has expressed its deep concern and opposition to […]

by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, the head of the hesder yeshiva in Elon Moreh, called Tuesday for a public discussion of what constitutes an illegal, and therefore refusable, order. “Everyone agrees that refusing orders is an awful thing,” he said, “and everyone agrees that there are certain orders that a soldier is required […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) A chartered flight of 210 new immigrants from North America landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport Tuesday morning. The immigrants, Jews who are making Aliyah (moving to Israel), were greeted by throngs of friends, family, VIPs and Aliyah enthusiasts. Among the current arrivals are 21 young people preparing to join the IDF. […]

Rocket lands in schoolyard, damaging nearby buildings, including other adjacent schools. Kindergarten empty due to summer vacation; no casualties Shmulik Hadad YNET Published: 08.06.07, 18:18 / Israel News www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3434446,00.html A rocket launched from northern Gaza landed in a kindergarten schoolyard in Sderot, moments after the completion of a Monday afternoon meeting between Prime Minister Ehud […]