Daily Archives: December 12, 2017
Funeral for ultra-Orthodox spiritual leader draws hundreds of thousands
Hundreds of thousands of mourners attended the Tuesday funeral of the leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel, Rabbi Aharon Yehudah Leib Steinman, who died earlier in the day.
Police closed several major...
To be Jewish in America
Our country recently saw violent anti-Semitism on display in Charlottesville, Virginia. Nazi flags, Nazi salutes, shouts of “Sieg Heil” and a banner with the words, “Jews are Satan’s children” have frightened Jews across the...
Viktor Orbán wishes Hungary’s Jewish community a Happy Hanukkah
“The increasingly cold days and increasingly long nights instil in all of us the desire for light and celebration. The candlelight that burns with increasing brightness day-by-day not only reinforces family and community togetherness,...
Hannukah Starts Tonight So Here’s 18 Differences Between Chanukah & Christmas
Tuesday night December 12th is the first night of the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah and twelve days later is Christmas Eve. America is supposed to be a “melting pot,” however a sad thing about the...
Theresa May’s Chanukah message to the British Jewish community
I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating Chanukah in our Jewish communities here in the UK and all around the world.
It marks the triumph of freedom over hatred. And it...
Thousands mourn death of Rabbi Aharon Steinman at 104
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman, the influential leader of the Lithuanian (non-Hassidic) ultra-Orthodox community, died on Monday at the age of 104.
Steinman was hospitalized several times over the past year with various health issues....
Un enfant délivre le sermon du vendredi à Gaza : Nous, descendants de Saladin,...
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Dans un sermon prononcé à la mosquée Al-Ameen de Gaza, un élève d’école primaire, Ubeida Abou Kmeil, a déclaré que la Palestine était « visée par les pillards juifs...
Parashat Miketz מִקֵּץ
Our Parasha starts with a statement “at the end of two years” ("וַיְהִי, מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים"), alluding to specific two years. Yosef was punished with ten years of prison while he was 18, one...
Slogans antisémites et appels à une nouvelle Intifada lors d’une manifestation à Times Square...
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Lors d’une manifestation contre la Déclaration de Trump reconnaissant Jérusalem comme la capitale d’Israël, le 8 décembre 2017 à Times Square, à New York, l’imam Mohammed Qatanani, du...
The Kidnapped Goddess, The Hidden Light, and Hanukkah
Persephone was a unique goddess in Greek mythology. She lived an idyllic and lonely life in communion with Nature, far from the other gods and the endless intrigues of Zeus’ gang. The most eligible...