Monthly Archives: October 2024
Biden offers sympathy to Herzog on Oct. 7, ‘deep sadness’ for ‘loss of innocent...
In a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 that left 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage into the...
Hamas started the war, ‘Israel is going to finish it,’ Vance says at pro-Israel...
J.D. Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, headlined a “Remembering Oct. 7” event on a sun-drenched afternoon in Washington, D.C., which brought hundreds of attendees to the National Mall.
“The best way to end the...
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi declared dead
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi, previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity, was murdered during the terror group’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body taken to Gaza, Channel 12 reported on Monday, the first...
Former President Trump marks Oct. 7 with prayer visit to Ohel in New York
Marking one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump paid a personal prayer visit on Monday afternoon to the Ohel in...
Israel marks a year since Oct. 7 with official state ceremony
The state ceremony marking one year since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 infiltration and assault in Israel aired on television on Monday night, with pre-recorded speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.
The...
Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492-1900. By Simon Schama
“SOMETIME, somewhere, between Africa and Hindustan, lay a river so Jewish it observed the Sabbath.” “Belonging”, the second volume of Simon Schama’s story of the Jews, begins with this pious waterway, and continues with...
Braiding in the New Year
I always love the dramatic reveal when pulling the cover off the challah on Shabbat and holidays—anticipatory eyes lighting up around the room as the beautiful bread appears in all its shiny glory in...
The media race for debasement
Once respected for their journalistic integrity, The New York Times and The Washington Post have appeared since Oct. 7 locked in a race to lower standards. Both have printed misinformation and biased narratives under the guise of reporting. The...
Iran and Israel lead off vice-presidential debate
The U.S. vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, kicked off with a question about Iran’s ballistic-missile attack on Israel earlier that day.
The moderator,...
Israel’s response to Iranian attack will be ‘precise and surprising’
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday night following Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel that the IDF would respond with “precise and surprising offensive capabilities.”
The Islamic Republic fired more...