Daily Archives: August 16, 2018
How the Media Turn Against Israel & How to Respond
With a new round of fighting around the corner, at the threshold of the Jewish New Year, the time has come to reconsider ways to welcome the media who will arrive in droves once...
Israeli men just miss making the podium at flag-football world championships in Panama
The American Football in Israel (AFI) men’s and women’s national teams returned home this week, proudly representing their country halfway around the globe at the 2018 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football...
Former Jordanian minister proposes alternative to Trump peace plan: ‘The Jews return to countries...
In an article titled “An Alternative Deal” in the Jordanian government daily Al-Rai, Salah Jarrar, Jordan’s former minister of culture and former vice president of the University of Jordan, came out against the Middle East peace plan...
Plate size won’t help you lose weight, divulges Israeli study
If you’re still struggling to fit into a swimsuit, using smaller plate size to eat less and shed some weight is not going to help, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of...
The essence of kindness: Wise words from ancient Jewish sages and a Detroit-area rabbi
Twenty years ago, Detroit-area Rabbi Tzvi Muller, at the time a yeshivah student in Israel, had a chance encounter on a Jerusalem street that shook up his Jewish conceptions—and forever altered the course of his life.
This...
Reports circulate of possible ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has negotiated with the Hamas terror organization responsible for the recent upsurge in attacks against Israelis along the Gaza border, agreeing to a ceasefire in which Hamas promises...
Magen David Adom reports almost 50 drownings this swim season
The Magen David Adom emergency ambulance service reported that a staggering 49 people have drowned since the beginning of the swimming season, urging everyone to maintain extreme vigilance and safety around all bodies of...
Latest lone soldiers: Group of North Americans fly to Israel, their new home
Fifty-seven future lone soldiers were among the 239 people from North America who made aliyah to Israel on Tuesday on a special flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization.
Many tears were shed, by both family members...
August 12 and After
In August 1941, just months after the start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, leaders of the Soviet intelligentsia gathered in Moscow to form the Jewish Antifascist Committee. Among them...
No Small Change program enables teens to invest in their community
High school students who are eager to change the world have the opportunity to do so by applying for No Small Change, a collaborative project between the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County and...