Daily Archives: December 28, 2017
Parashat Vayechi וַיְחִי
The numerical value of the opening word “Vayechi” (“וַיְחִי”) is 34. This number alludes to two sets of seventeen years in Yaakov’s life. The first seventeen years represent the number of years Yosef lived...
Palestinians clash with IDF troops securing holy site for Jewish worshipers
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and IDF troops outside the tomb of Yehoshua bin Nun in the northern West Bank early Thursday morning.
The army was securing the holy site in the village of Kifl...
World Jewish Congress committed to China’s relationship with Israel and Jewish people, says WJC...
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - The Israel Council on Foreign Relations, which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, co-hosted Tuesday a symposium on the growing role that China is playing on the world...
Jerusalem: Israel plans ‘Trump station’ near Western Wall
Yisrael Katz said he wanted to honour the US president for his decision to recognise the city as Israel's capital.
The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray.
The proposed new railway...
Synagogues vandalized as Iran declares Jerusalem ‘capital of Palestine’
Shiraz Jewish community says has no leads vandals' identities, believes attack related to Trump Jerusalem move
A second synagogue in southern Iran was reported vandalized on Wednesday, with attackers damaging Torah scrolls, prayer books, and...
D’éminents éditorialistes jordaniens avertissent de l’annulation du traité de paix avec Israël
La déclaration par le président américain Donald Trump, le 6 décembre 2017, de la reconnaissance par les Etats-Unis de Jérusalem comme la capitale d’Israël et son projet d’y transférer l’ambassade américaine ont déclenché une...
Houston mosque leader accused of anti-Semitic sermon, expresses remorse
The Anti-Defamation League expressed "deep concern" Tuesday over a sermon by a Houston imam that included references to killing Jews, but in a statement, the imam expressed remorse for the language he used. He...
Now online: Never-before seen footage of 1900s Jewish Britain
The images tumble from the screen, in glorious Technicolor or flickering black-and-white. The quality is highly variable and so is the subject matter, ranging from the utterly banal to the high-flown.
And yet, there is...
Sermon sur Jérusalem à Ontario, Canada : Nasser a dit que « tout ce qui...
Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV
Dans un sermon du vendredi prononcé le 15 décembre 2017 au Centre islamique du sud-ouest de l’Ontario (ICSWO) à London, Ontario, au Canada, l’imam Jamal Taleb a déclaré,...
Des auteurs saoudiens : Pourquoi l’Arabie saoudite devrait-elle payer le prix des erreurs des...
Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV
Dans une récente interview télévisée, l’auteur saoudien Mohammed Al-Saed a déclaré qu’au cours du siècle passé, des groupes, régimes et partis politiques arabes ont « colporté la cause palestinienne...