Aharon Karov, who made impossible recovery from critical shrapnel wounds, becomes a lieutenant Hanan Greenberg Saturday’s Paratroopers’ Brigade training graduation ceremony, for soldiers who enlisted in March 2008, was an especially heartwarming sight. Miraculous Recovery Paratrooper critically wounded in Gaza recovers / Meital Yasur Beit-Or 2nd Lt. Aharon Karov was called up for service in […]

Yoram Ettinger, March 6, 2009 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. THE TIMING – THE JEWISH MONTH OF ADAR. Adar is the root of the Hebrew adjective “Adir” (glorious, awesome, exalted, magnificent) and the Hebrew verb “Le’Ha’adir” (to glorify), which are frequently employed in the Old Testament (e.g. the Hymn of the Sea following the […]

By: Louis René Beres Israel has elected a new prime minister. From the start – and even before he begins to consider assorted specific issues for negotiation with other governments and organizations – he will have to determine whether any form of diplomacy is actually indicated. Although, on the surface, such advice may appear distinctly […]

by Maayana Miskin (IsraelNN.com) The Arab terrorist who attacked police officers and civilians in Jerusalem with his bulldozer on Thursday was a resident of the city, police have announced. He was identified as 26-year-old Mir’i Redeideh. Redeideh was married, police said, and had one child. He lived with his family in the neighborhood of Beit […]

March 5, 2009 MOSHE DANN, THE JERUSALEM POST The economy, terrorism and national defense are priorities for every country. But Israel adds an essential factor: historical memory. Egypt has its pyramids; Rome has its Colosseum; Athens has its Acropolis – but, citizens of a modern state, the native populations feel little or no connection to […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting Wednesday with top PA officials in Ramallah, after meeting with top Israeli officials on Tuesday. Her trip to Ramallah was protected by anti-terrorism checkpoints – of the same type that the U.S. opposes when they are put up for the protection of Jews […]

By Dana Weiler-Polak Haaretz 4 March 2009 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068530.html A 19-year-old woman from Georgia here on Birthright Israel underwent an expedited naturalization process in order to be eligible for a life-saving emergency liver transplant. A few days after Miriam Kishishvili came to Israel with the Birthright trip for Jewish young adults, she began complaining of pains […]

March 4, 2009 DAVID MATAS, THE JERUSALEM POST Two urban legends about the yellow star are commonly told. In one, French Vichy officials during World War II gave Moroccan authorities yellow stars for the Jews of Morocco to wear. King Mohammad V asked for a dozen more, explaining that he wanted them so that he […]

Jews barred as U.S. helps Arabs fortify their presence in holy city By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily Sign in Kfar Akeb boasting of ‘American gift’ to Palestinian Authority JERUSALEM – Sections of Jerusalem have essentially been forfeited on the ground to the Palestinian Authority, while Jews, including local landowners, are barred from entering parts of Israel’s […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Israel Air Force planes bombed six terrorist smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza Tuesday afternoon, shortly after United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni completed their first official face-to-face discussion since Clinton took office. Arab sources said seven men were wounded. Secretary Clinton said after her […]