By:Gary Spruch Wednesday, December 19, 2007 More than 140,000 people in the past month have clicked their way to a dramatic YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZihm6VlYjo) about a historic Jewish religious service led by a Brooklyn-born U.S. Army chaplain. The video tells how, on October 29, 1944, as artillery shells exploded in the distance, Chaplain Sidney Lefkowitz […]

By Ben Frank Published: 12/17/2007 PAPEETE, Tahiti (JTA) – Bright morning sunlight illuminates the synagogue floor as Francois Yonah Poul sits alone in a dark corner wrapped in a tallit and tefillin. Praying in the Quarter Fariipiti of the bustling port city of Papeete, the 48-year-old Poul is among those Font size: Change Font Size […]

by Dr. Steve Carol Much of Israel is still in denial. As the Olmert government continues its obsession to basically ignore continued Arab rocket attacks on Israeli towns and citizens, to surrender additional territory, including Jerusalem, and to do the work of previous Arab and Muslim conquerors and uproot Jews from the Land of Israel, […]

Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 17, 2007 Sunday the British military in Iraq transferred security authority over Basra to the Iraqi Army. Although the transfer took place in an orderly fashion, the British leave behind one of the worst security nightmares in that troubled land. As one senior Iraqi military officer told ABC […]

Herbert Zweibon After years of negotiations and careful legal process, the Jewish community of Hebron closed on the purchase of Beit HaShalom, a large four story building between Kiryat Arba and Hebron, and families began moving in at the end of March. Eight families, including many children (the youngest at this writing a few days […]

Dan Kosky www.ngo-monitor.org December 26, 2007 |For annotated item including illustration: www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?operation=print&id=1739 ] There is something predictable about Christmas time – Fairy lights in the high street, seasonal music in the shops, and the arrival of a small envelope in your letter box, asking for a donation, often to Christian based charities such as War […]

How the IDF Focused Exclusively on COIN and Lost the Ability to Fight Manuever War CAPTAIN JONATHAN D. ZAGDANSKI Israel has defeated larger Arab armies repeatedly since its creation in1948. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) enjoyed a reputation of invincibility among its Arab neighbors until last year. Israel got bloodied and bogged down in Lebanon […]

Foreign Minister Livni can befriend Condi Rice if she wishes, but not at Israel’s expense Uzi Landau Published: 12.13.07, 00:39 / Israel Opinion Every time I encounter a media report about the wonderful friendship between our Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, I recall a conversation between the leaders of […]

Forum to mull description of prisoner ‘with blood on hands’ JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 23, 2007 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847413482&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold a special session on Monday with a team of ministers to examine the option of modifying criteria for the release of prisoners “with blood on their hands.” The […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Ten Iranian Jewish families – 40 Iranian Jews in all — began new lives Tuesday night when they came home to Israel. “How they were brought to Israel and information about who they are is classified information,” Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelovitch said in an exclusive interview with Israel National […]