Monthly Archives: January 2025
President Trump’s first week bodes well for America
The new Trump administration has only been in power for a few days but is already moving in the right direction for the Jews and the country.
As expected, there is a wide segment of...
IDF indictments for online terror incitement rise over 300% in 2024
The Israel Defense Forces filed 303 indictments for online terror incitement in Judea and Samaria in 2024, compared to 60 to 70 per year before Oct. 7, 2023, according to Hebrew media.
In 2015, during...
Deri predicts new elections if Haredi draft law not passed by March
Shas Party chairman Aryeh Deri said on Tuesday that if legislation exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service is not passed in the next two months, Israel will head to new elections.
Speaking to the ultra-Orthodox Kol...
Witkoff in Israel to push implementation of Hamas ceasefire
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump's special Middle East envoy, is currently meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials in Jerusalem to discuss the implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
Witkoff landed...
Bibas family fears for lives of hostages Shiri, Yarden, Ariel and baby Kfir
“The information we received is not good. The army is afraid about the state in which they will be returned, but nothing is proven yet," Jimmy Miller, the cousin of Hamas hostage Shiri Bibas, told...
Rubio to Mideast counterparts: Hamas must be held accountable
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday stressed to Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani the need to hold the Hamas terrorist group responsible for its actions.
Rubio...
Dangerous ‘day after’ delusions
Speaking at an Atlantic Council event on Jan. 14, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented the Biden administration’s plan for post-war Gaza, describing it as “part of a pathway to an independent...
Yiddish Word of the Week – Verter fun der Vokh: די קינסטלעכע אינטעליגענץ /...
די טעכנאָלאָגיע פֿון פּנים־דערקענונג, אַ הויפּט־אַפּליקאַציע פֿון דער קינסטלעכער אינטעליגענץ, ניצט אויס אַלגאָריטעמס פֿון מאַשין־לערנען כּדי אַקוראַט צו אידענטיפֿיצירן יחידים באַזירט אויף די שטריכן פֿון זייערע פּנימער. דאָס דערלאָזט אַז סיסטעמען זאָלן זיך לערנען...
Edmund Landau, Mathematician Hounded by Nazis
Edmund Georg Hermann (Yehezkel) Landau was born on February 14, 1877 into the family of a successful Berlin Jewish gynecologist, Professor Leopold Landau. His mother Johanna came from the famous Jacobi banking house. Until the age...
Herzog gets a ‘wake-up’ call, but the rest of the left are sound asleep
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is backing away from his previous support for Palestinian statehood, saying that the Hamas-led assault in his country on Oct. 7, 2023, changed his thinking.
Speaking on Jan. 21 at the annual...