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100 American Jewish mothers visit Israel as part of emotional trip with Momentum
A group of 100 women from eight American cities visited Israel from Nov. 4-11 as part of an eight-day trip organized by the global Jewish organization Momentum, which aims to inspire Jewish women to...
‘Hell to pay’ if hostages not released by inauguration day, Trump says
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed consequences for Hamas on Monday if the terror group did not release its hostages before inauguration day.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that there had been “all...
First military rabbi killed in combat since Yom Kippur War
Hearing that Rabbi Avi Goldberg was killed shook me up a bit more than usual, though I did not know him. Somehow, it’s different when you share the same last name, even if we’re...
IDF: Officer believed to be alive in Gaza was killed on Oct. 7
An Israeli soldier previously believed to be among the living hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body taken by the terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces...
Israel has 20,000 traumatized troops and not enough rehab staff
Israel’s ongoing war has produced about 20,000 soldiers and security forces personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder and a shortage of social workers to treat them, a defense official said on Sunday.
Channel 12 revealed the data in an...
‘I believe in the justice system,’ Biden says, as he pardons his son Hunter
U.S. President Joe Biden stated on Sunday night that he hopes Americans will understand why he, as "a father and a president," decided to pardon his son Hunter Biden.
"Today, I signed a pardon for...
Thousands of Chabad rabbis pose for ‘massive display of Jewish pride’
The thousands of Chabad rabbis who posed for a group photograph on Sunday during the international conference of shluchim ("emissaries") in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., created an image that "is not only a...
Trump names Boulos as senior Arab, Middle East adviser
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stated on Sunday morning that Massad Boulos, a Lebanese-born billionaire whose son Michael is married to Trump's daughter Tiffany, will be his senior adviser on Arab and Middle East affairs.
"Massad...
Lebanon ceasefire opens path to Hamas hostage deal, Hochstein says
The Hezbollah ceasefire agreement in Lebanon could pave the way to a deal to release the hostages held by Hamas, Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, said in a Wednesday...
6 Time-Tested Turkey Cooking Methods for Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving turkey is the largest food item many American Jews will ever cook. Often weighing 20 pounds or more, a turkey is bigger than an untrimmed brisket and almost quadruple the size of a...