Daily Archives: January 2, 2025
Who calls the shots?
I think it’s incredible how the weekly Torah portion can often give us the most powerful lessons for life.
One of the most dramatic, emotionally moving biblical stories occurs this week in Vayigash when Joseph and his...
Most will remember Jimmy Carter well, ‘but maybe not by Jewish community’
In a Dec. 29 statement, U.S. President Joe Biden referred to former President Jimmy Carter, who had just died at 100, as an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” who had “compassion and moral clarity”...
After The Syrian Collapse: Terrorism, Ecstasy And “Metaphysical Fear”
ABSTRACT: Following Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall, a changing configuration of jihadi terror groups will seek power and influence. Wittingly or unwittingly, these coalescing groups could act as Tehran’s fighting surrogate against Israel...
Netanyahu released from hospital following surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Karem Medical Center on Thursday, four days after he underwent a successful prostate surgery, his office announced.
Hadassah Medical Center confirmed in a statement...
Jewish Olympic legend Ágnes Keleti dies at 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest living Olympic champion and later shaped Israel's gymnastics program, died Thursday in Budapest at age 103.
The legendary Jewish athlete, who captured 10 Olympic medals—the...
MK: Trump’s call for hostage release vital for pressure on Hamas
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's call for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza plays an important role in maintaining international pressure on Hamas, Knesset member Shelly Tal Meron (Yesh Atid) told JNS on Wednesday.
Tal...
Herzog lights eighth Chanukah candle with freed hostages
Israel's President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog lit the eighth Chanukah candle in Kibbutz Hatzerim, west of Beersheva, on Wednesday evening together with former Hamas captives Shoshan Haran, Shiri Weiss, Raaya Rotem...
Israel sending delegation to Guatemala to help with Lev Tahor cult
Israel's Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs is sending a delegation this week to Guatemala to help local authorities counter the Lev Tahor (“Pure Heart”) cult.
The delegation, which includes senior professionals, will share knowledge...
At anti-Israel rally, Erdoğan’s son says Gaza will win
“Gaza will emerge victorious,” the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told tens of thousands of attendees at an anti-Israel rally in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Businessman Bilal Erdoğan, 43, said in his speech on...