Charles Winters, who died in the 1980s in Florida, was convicted of violating the Neutrality Act for using his planes to transport arms to Palestine. Spielberg: There are probably many unsung heroes of America and of Israel, but Winters is surely one of them Associated Press Published: 12.23.08, 22:40 / Israel News Before leaving for […]

Yoram Ettinger, December 23, 2008 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. THE HASMONEAN DYNASTY: *Mattityahu son of Yochanan, the priest-led rebellion – 166/7BC *Yehuda son of Mattityahu – 166-161BC *Yonatan son of Mattityahu – 161-143BC *Shimon son of Mattityahu – 143-135BC *Yochanan Hyrcanus son of Shimon – 135-104BC *… *Mattityahu Antigonus – 40-37BC 2. HISTORICAL […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 23 December 2008 IMRA is sponsoring a Golan Hasbarah Video Competition in memory of the founder of IMRA, Dr. Joseph Lerner. The video should address the security ramifications of leaving the Golan with a preference for simulations of post withdrawal scenarios. A prize of NIS 1,000 will be rewarded to the […]

By Nadav Shragai A British tourist working in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem on Sunday unearthed a treasure of 264 gold coins from 1,300 ago. Archaeologists called the find “one of the most impressive deposits ever found in the capital.” The coins were found by Nadine Ross, who came to Israel for one month to […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) In a year-end report on aliyah (immigration to Israel) for 2008, the Jewish Agency reported an increase in immigration from English-speaking countries, even though there was a 16 percent drop in aliyah overall. A major factor in the decrease, the Agency said, was the change in government policy regarding the Falash […]

Dec. 22, 2008 Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST If additional proof is needed that Israel is in desperate need of a new government, one needs to look no further than the situation in the South. After the Olmert-Livni government failed to defeat Hizbullah in the 2006 war, the public demanded that Prime Minister Ehud […]

Nurit Peled-Elhanan is one of the most openly pro-terrorism faculty members at the Hebrew University, where she teaches education of all things. She may be best known for blaming Israel when her own daughter was murdered on a bus by a Palestinian suicide bomber. As reward for her lobbying on behalf of terrorists, including those […]

Dear Friends, Below please find reports of two events that took place last week; 1) Caroline Glick’s speech in Shdema on December 19th 2) The anti Jihad conference on December 14th The message of both events is clear: Now more than ever we must increase the struggle against Islamic Jihad. Now more than ever we […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA 11 December 2008 Column # 1 Telephone poll of a representative sample of adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) aparently carried out by Teleseker on 18 December 2009 and published in Maariv on 19 December. Column # 2 Telephone poll of a representative sample of adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) carried […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Gaza terrorists fired more rockets on the Negev, with a direct hit on a kibbutz, and Arab sympathizers near Tel Aviv threw rocks at Jewish drivers. Gaza terrorists, including those from a group led by Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party, pummeled the western Negev on the Sabbath with at least 14 […]