Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative” December 1, 2010 1. George Washington first learned of Chanukkah while at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1778: “Perhaps we are not as lost as our enemies would have us believe. I rejoice in the Maccabees’ success, though it is long past…It pleases me to think that miracles still happen.” 2. […]

by Shavei Israel This article by Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was published in the Kulanu newsletter Earlier this year, a momentous event took place in the history of Iberian Jewry. For the first time since the Spanish Inquisition, a descendant of forcibly converted Jews returned to Spain to conduct outreach work among his fellow […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) “We assume that if Israel resumes negotiations with the Palestinians, there will be more attempted shooting attacks. When [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu was in Washington there were two shootings. Fortunately all the terror cells were caught,” Colonel Guy Hazot said Tuesday, following the capture of a terrorist cell. IDF commanders have […]