Monthly Archives: October 2022
Monumental synagogue emerges from ancient ruins in Turkey
MANISA, Turkey — A museum in western Turkey will soon exhibit artifacts from the largest known synagogue of the ancient world, uncovered fully after six decades of American-led excavations at what was once the seat of...
Surfside, site of deadly condo collapse, approves twin city pact with Samaria Regional Council
The heavily Jewish town of Surfside, Florida, passed a resolution last week establishing a twin city relationship with the Samaria Regional Council.
Passed by a 5-0 margin, the partnership encompasses some three dozen Jewish communities and will...
Parashat Ha’azinu: Personal Accountability and Responsibility
SAN DIEGO — How’s your hearing lately? Are you listening?
Ha’azinu is one of the seven songs in Tanakh and is one of the shortest parshiot in the Torah with just 52 verses, filled with a treasure of information and striking imagery....
Babi Yar: Erev Yom Kippur September 1941
On September 29-30, 1941, the eve of Yom Kippur, the Germans murdered 33,771 Jewish men, women and children in Babi Yar, almost four miles from the center of Kiev, the capital of the Soviet...
Ben-Gvir: I am ‘anti-racist’
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzmah Yehudit (“Jewish Strength”) party, issued a statement on Tuesday responding to reports that U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) recently warned that his inclusion in a future Israeli government...
Sukkot is Made to Be Celebrated in Israel
Sukkot is one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish people. As we spend time in our sukkot booths here in Israel, remembering our fragility and the temporary nature of our worldly...
The Tel Aviv beach musician discovered by Maroon 5
When Maroon 5 performed in Israel in May, lead vocalist Adam Levine brought an unknown artist up on stage to sing the band’s hit “Sunday Mornings” with him at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park to...
Over 2,000 Christians heading to Jerusalem for ‘Feast of Tabernacles’
More than 2,000 Christians from over 70 nations will arrive in Jerusalem in the coming days to participate in the 43rd annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
The week-long...
Lapid rejects Lebanese ‘amendments’ to maritime border deal
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has rejected proposed changes by the Lebanese government to a maritime border and gas extraction agreement, a senior Israeli political source said on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Beirut nixed the draft...
PA security forces rescue Israeli family from Nablus, Jewish tourists from Hebron
Palestinian police extracted three Jewish tourists from Hebron on Wednesday, after their vehicle was stopped and surrounded by a mob, according to Israeli media reports.
The tourists, whose identity has not yet been made public,...