The Jewish Agency has launched an initiative which will allocate subsistence grants to members of the Israeli Olympic Team to Athens who have recently immigrated to Israel from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia. The purpose of the grant is to allow new immigrant athletes to fully concentrate on training for the Athens Olympics instead […]

It’s being called a “historic declaration,” but many Israelis can’t understand what’s so historic about it. U.S. President Bush provided a letter with rehashed promises and words, while Israel is to expel Jews and expose itself to increasing terrorism – which Palestinian terrorists immediately promised. It’s being called a “historic declaration,” but many Israelis can’t […]

A day after Israeli troops killed its second leader within a single month, the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas put on a brave face. The Israelis “are dreaming” if they think this would weaken Hamas, announced Ismail Haniyeh to a crowd of over 70,000 mourners at the funeral for Abdel Aziz Rantisi. “Every time a martyr […]

The Jews of Gaza, who have stood up to well over 4,000 rockets during the course of the Oslo War, have faced, since last night, one of the heaviest onslaughts to date. One rocket hit the car of the already-stricken Cohen family of Kfar Darom. The Jews of Gaza, who have stood up to well […]

Preparations are underway and anticipation is high as many thousands of residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, and other places in Israel, begin their house-to-house campaign to “save Israel from the disengagement/evacuation/expulsion plan.” Some 500 Beit El residents gathered in the Central Synagogue last night for last-minute coaching and encouragement. Similar events were held in […]

On March 22, 2004 Sheikh ‘Atiyyah Saqr, former head of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee who in the past issued a Fatwa declaring Jews “apes and pigs,” [1] was asked the following question this week in an online chat room: “What, according to the Qur’an, are the Jews’ main characteristics and qualities?” The following is his […]

Holocaust Remembrance Day will begin with an official state ceremony at 8 PM this evening in Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. The large families built by many who were the only survivors of their original families place in bold relief the national catastrophe of the Holocaust. Holocaust Remembrance Day will begin with an official state ceremony […]

I took a trip to Gush Katif in Gaza Tuesday. You should, too. You’ll be amazed! Many buses are available through YESHA, although this was a media tour with 3 international film crews. I wanted to see it again before Prime Minister Sharon gives it away to the international terrorists. I wanted to give chizuk […]

When Colin Primost joined Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi, little greenery could be seen from the windows of the dining room. Some 52 years later, the northern Israel farming cooperative is enveloped by hundreds of trees. But despite decades of development enabling the kibbutz to add an industrial valve manufacturing plant and a bed-and-breakfast, Kfar Hanassi is […]

Generations of school children in Austria used to learn that Siegfried Marcus, the master mechanic born in Northern Germany who later came to live Austria, was one of the pioneers of the motor car. He made the first automobile, in which he – to the horror of the neighbors of his workshop – went on […]