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Pope Francis presides over Mass on Easter Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Altar of the Chair. Source: YouTube

The Vatican is risking its relationship with the Jewish world

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Relations between Israel and the Vatican have become tense in recent weeks. In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, an ecumenical group of...
More than 290,000 people attended the March for Israel rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14, 2023. Photo by Shay Shohat/Flash90. *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חרבות ברזל הפגנה מפגינים הפגנות אמריקה

At 290,000-strong, ‘March for Israel’ is ‘largest pro-Israel gathering in history’

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“We have indeed made history today with over 290,000 of us gathered here on the National Mall. This is the largest pro-Israel gathering in history," William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of...

Initiated by KKL-JNF Mexico: 25 teenage boys and girls who were evacuated from their...

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Following the attack on October 7, which led to the evacuation of the Gaza Envelope residents from their homes, they were temporarily accommodated in hotels and guest houses across Israel. These individuals, especially the...

Terry Wunder: Rejoicing in a Jewish Identity

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Editor’s Note: This is the 8th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.”  All three books as well as others written by Harrison...
American Israel Tolchinsky (right) and another volunteer with IDF soldiers. Photo: Courtesy.

The indomitable spirit of volunteerism in wartime

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When the war with Hamas broke out last month, 25-year-old Israel Tolchinsky from Queens, New York, had been in Israel for less than six weeks on an educational program aimed at immersing Diaspora Jews...
Moshe Ridler celebrates his 90th birthday with family. Courtesy.

Survived the Holocaust, killed by Hamas

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The messages kept coming in to Kibbutz Holit's emergency WhatsApp group. “Save us, save us,” “Where is the army?” “They are trying to burn down the houses” and “There's gunfire.” A 7-year-old girl reported that she...

Bela Mark Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 100

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CHULA VISTA, California — Holocaust survivor Bela Mark died Sunday, Oct. 29.  Born January 6, 1923, in Spermezeu, Romania, a region of Transylvania, Bela lost his father soon after World War l.  His twin...

Our Divine Defense System

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Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller (1579–1654), in his classic commentary on the Mishnah, Tosfot Yom Tov (Pirkei Avot, 5:3), offers profound insight into the title bestowed upon our forefather Avraham, known as “Avinu” (our...
An Israeli soldier during morning prayers near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

US Jews supply thousands of tzitzit to Israeli soldiers

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As the Israel Defense Forces prepare to move into Gaza to destroy the Hamas terrorist group, an American rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement has launched a campaign to supply Israeli soldiers with tzitzit,...
Immigrants from Russia and Ukraine pack food at an Israeli army base. Photo by Shishi Shabbat Yisrael.

Olim who fled Ukraine volunteering in Israel’s war effort

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The 300 volunteers arrive on buses from Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Beersheva at army bases around Israel to work in 12-hour shifts sorting and packing medical equipment and field rations. They all fled...