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Braiding in the New Year
I always love the dramatic reveal when pulling the cover off the challah on Shabbat and holidays—anticipatory eyes lighting up around the room as the beautiful bread appears in all its shiny glory in...
The media race for debasement
Once respected for their journalistic integrity, The New York Times and The Washington Post have appeared since Oct. 7 locked in a race to lower standards. Both have printed misinformation and biased narratives under the guise of reporting. The...
Iran and Israel lead off vice-presidential debate
The U.S. vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, kicked off with a question about Iran’s ballistic-missile attack on Israel earlier that day.
The moderator,...
Israel’s response to Iranian attack will be ‘precise and surprising’
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday night following Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel that the IDF would respond with “precise and surprising offensive capabilities.”
The Islamic Republic fired more...
Ben-Gurion Airport operating normally following Iranian attack
Israel’s main international airport was up and running Wednesday after briefly being closed Tuesday night during a massive Iranian missile attack as airlines scrambled to divert flights throughout the region.
The speedy reopening of Ben-Gurion...
Biden opposes Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites
U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he opposes an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Speaking on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of a trip to states affected...
Israel declares Guterres persona non grata on Rosh Hashanah eve
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, persona non grata in the Jewish state on Wednesday morning, hours before Rosh Hashanah begins.
“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on...
‘There is no king without a people’: The mystic secret of Rosh Hashanah
Nowhere in the Five Books of Moses is the holiday of Rosh Hashanah referred to with this name by which it is commonly known today. The term “Rosh Hashanah” originated in the Talmudic period,...
Israeli PM on New Year’s eve: ‘Days of historic achievements’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Monday’s Cabinet meeting that Israel was witnessing “days of historic achievements.”
Israel has scored a series of military successes in recent week’s against Hezbollah in Lebanon, starting with...
US naval destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles, Sullivan says
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the U.S. military assisted Israel in shooting down ballistic missiles during Iran’s attack on the Jewish state on Tuesday.
Speaking at the White House press briefing, Sullivan...