Daily Archives: July 10, 2023
‘A powerful advocate for the Land of Israel’: Rabbi Gold dead at 88
Rabbi Shalom Gold, the Brooklyn-born founder of Congregation Zichron Yosef in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood, was buried at the capital's Har Hamenuchot cemetery on Sunday afternoon.
Rabbi Gold was hospitalized on Friday after contracting an...
Moroccan teens join JCC Maccabi Games in Israel
Seven Jewish teenagers from Morocco are participating in the JCC Maccabi Games now underway in Haifa, the first delegation from the North African country to take part in the international sports competition.
The annual event, which is...
The lessons of Israel’s 1956 war
As the modern State of Israel celebrates its 75th year, it is always important to review aspects of the past to learn lessons for the future.
Israel has never wanted to go to war. The...
Nazism and the Palestinians
In 1921, Herbert Samuel, the British high commissioner of Mandatory Palestine, appointed Haj Amin al-Husseini grand mufti of Jerusalem. It would prove to be a mistake. Husseini would spend his career fomenting violence against...
Philanthropic teens feel more passion for Judaism, survey says
Young people who take part in charity programs feel more connections to Judaism. That’s according to a new survey from Honeycomb, a Jewish youth philanthropy resource.
“By creating space to blend these passions with Jewish learning and...
Any deal with Iran requires congressional approval
Iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state, having enriched enough uranium to build multiple nuclear bombs within a few weeks while hard at work weaponizing them in a timeframe that is so far...
3 arrested in Nazareth for planning Hamas-inspired attacks
Israel has arrested three suspects in the Nazareth area for plotting to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli authorities announced on Monday.
Indictments were due to be filed on Monday in the Nazareth District Court.
An investigation...
Knesset set to vote on judicial reform bill
The Knesset will vote Monday evening on a bill to restrict the use of the "reasonableness" standard by the Supreme Court.
The Knesset debate on the amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary is scheduled for...
Anti-BDS bill advances in House of Commons
Britain's House of Commons passed in its second reading a bill that would bar public bodies from boycotting foreign states that the UK government hasn’t sanctioned.
The measure passed by 268 votes to 70 in the 650-member...
Herzog compares political turmoil to Roman destruction of Jerusalem
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday compared Israel’s current political conflict to those that the Jewish people went through in the period leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70...