Sukkot is a 7-day holiday. We build a temporary booth called a “Sukkah” where we eat, sleep and shmuze for the entire week. Each day we also wave the Four Species of plants, in celebration of God’s gift of bounty. During the first day (or first two days outside of Israel) no creative activity is […]

How many bombings make a war? It depends upon whom you ask. But one thing is clear: Never in recorded history has any sovereign nation sustained such a steady and large onslaught of attacks and not declared war. In the case of World War I, all it took was one small bomb to throw the […]

The Associated Press (AP) has coined a new term for attacks by Palestinian terrorists: “revenge bombings.” Israeli counter-terror strikes are said to ” lead to” or “trigger” “revenge bombings” or “revenge attacks.” Characterizing as “revenge” the deliberate terrorist targeting of Israeli civilians – on buses or in their homes and public spaces – mangles the […]

The northern border was quiet today (Tuesday), following the killing late yesterday afternoon of First Sgt. David Solomonov, 21, of Kfar Saba. No escalation is expected, according to Israeli officials. The northern border was quiet today, following the killing late yesterday afternoon of First Sgt. David Solomonov, 21, of Kfar Saba. A sniper assumed to […]

There are Diasporas and then there are Diasporas. We Jews in the American Diaspora are fortunate to be exiled in the freest country in the world, with full religious freedom and the benefits of an affluent society. Our Torah communities are strong, healthy and growing in the midst of the majority of Jews who still […]

MTRE Advanced Technologies At Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, surgeons will not begin a 10-hour liver operation until the patient has been wrapped in a ThermoWrap. The disposable wrap, which was designed by Israeli company MTRE Advanced Technologies, helps stabilize and control the temperature of a patient through surgery. It ensures that, despite […]

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | The critics — and there are many across the world — of the fence Israel is in the process of erecting as a defense against invading murderers do not seem to understand the basic difference between a sword and a shield. Bing Crosby explained it nearly fifty years ago. On July 25, 1944 […]

NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the FBI to cancel its plans to give an award to an official of an Arab-American group that has praised killers of Americans and accused America of committing “genocide” in Iraq. FBI Director Robert Mueller is scheduled to give the FBI’s “Exceptional Public Service […]

Recently, a weekly television program that focuses on Israel featured a debate between a young woman from an Arab-American organization and the show’s host, who in real life is a prominent attorney and real estate developer. A second guest, a reporter from a local Jewish newspaper, joined the host in attempting to rebut the young […]

Entire families were decimated in yesterday’s devastating terrorist massacre in Haifa, with the bloodshed spanning three generations in two different families. Among the 19 victims were five members of each of two different families, three husband-and-wife pairs, three children, a baby, and four Christian Arabs. Five members of the Zer-Aviv family of Kibbutz Yagur, southeast […]