Daily Archives: August 8, 2019
David Bedein addresses the UK Zionist Federation on the subject of “The UK and...
David Bedein is an MSW community organizer and an investigative journalist. In 1987, Bedein established the Israel Resource News Agency at Beit Agron to accompany foreign journalists in their coverage of Israel, to balance...
Tisha B’Av has a message for a divided, troubled America
It’s the important date in the Jewish calendar that most American Jews ignore. Tisha B’Av is the annual fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It’s also...
The social geography of the BDS movement and anti-Semitism
Hillel Frisch’s highly original analysis of the popularity of BDS raises important questions about the character of this global “movement.” In brief, by examining the geography of Google queries on BDS and Israel’s legitimacy, Frisch concludes...
Hamas and Islamic Jihad praise ‘heroic fighters’ who murdered Israeli student
Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both praised the stabbing death of an Israeli yeshivah student on Thursday.
In a statement, Hamas said that “our people’s heroic fighters who carried out the heroic operation that killed...
104-year-old matriarch celebrates birthday at Kotel with 400 descendants
A 104 year-old Holocaust survivor went viral on Thursday when a photo was publicized showing her and her 400 descendants gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
According to Yeshiva World News, the family of centarian...
Yeshivah student, 19, stabbed to death in apparent terror attack in Gush Etzion
A 19-year-old yeshivah student and Israel Defense Forces’ recruit was found dead by the side of a road on Thursday morning near Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, apparently the victim of a terrorist attack.
Dvir Sorek,...
Herzl’s lost ‘parochet’ found in warehouse in Tel Aviv
After 70 years of searches, the mystery of the fate of the parochet—the ornamental curtain that covers the ark (aron kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue—that was placed over Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl’s coffin when...
Netanyahu meets with delegation of US lawmakers in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Wednesday with a delegation of 41 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), a longtime Israel ally, is leading...
Arson balloon attacks on southern Israel resume
A fire that broke out on Wednesday in the Gaza-adjacent Simhoni forest was the result of an arson balloon flown over the Gaza border fence, an arson investigator from the Ashkelon Fire and Rescue...
Wine and vines: The vibrant, drinkable Israeli culture the Diaspora needs
Philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Adam Bellos cares deeply about the current direction of the Jewish future outside of Israel. As he describes what he sees as the Jewish community and philanthropic base “disappearing” in...