The Message from Jerusalem, by Eric Cohen (Mosaic magazine)
Jan. 6, 2020 American society faces a deep crisis of meaning to which the city, and the idea, of Jerusalem has an answer. It is needed by Jews, and as much or more by Christians. Click here for full article
Read More →In first, Saudi envoy in Washington sends Rosh Hashanah greeting to US Jews
Oct. 2, 2019 Click here for article
Read More →Israeli birth rate reaches all-time high as population tops 9 million, by Zeev Klein (JNS via Israel Hayom)
Sept. 27, 2019 Jewish population in Israel hits 6.74 million, or 74.2% of the country’s population. 43% of the population describes itself as secular, 10% as haredi, and the rest fall somewhere in between. Shanah tovah! Click here for full article
Read More →First Temple Seal Impression Found with Name of Bible-Era Royal Steward – Amanda Borschel-Dan (TOI via Daily Alert)
Sept. 10, 2019 First Temple Seal Impression Found with Name of Bible-Era Royal Steward – Amanda Borschel-Dan (Times of Israel) A 7th century BCE clay seal reading “Belonging to Adoniyahu, the Royal Steward” was discovered in the City of David in Jerusalem three weeks ago by national service volunteer Batya Ofan, who was sifting earth excavated […]
Read More →Must Read: Nobody hijacked Israel. It’s just not what its pioneers thought they’d created, by David Horovitz (TOI)….an interview with Matti Friedman
July 29, 2019 It’s not European. And it doesn’t divide into right and left, religious and secular. Matti Friedman, author of a new book about Mizrahi spies, on why Israel baffles and infuriates Israel is in the Middle East. That may sound like one of the more banal opening sentences to an article, but it’s […]
Read More →Me Among the Believers, by Liel Leibovitz (Tablet)
July 2, 2019 A parade of diverse people—poets and politicians, generals and physicians, God-fearing and disbelievers—turned to the Lubavitcher Rebbe for guidance. Why? Click here for article
Read More →2,000-Year-Old Pilgrimage Road Opens in Jerusalem’s City of David – Yaakov Katz (J. Post via Daily Alert) & summary of 2nd, related article
July 1, 2019 2,000-Year-Old Pilgrimage Road Opens in Jerusalem’s City of David – Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post) Archeologists in Jerusalem have identified the “Pilgrimage Road,” the path millions of Jews took three times a year when performing the commandment to go up to the holy city during Judaism’s three key holidays: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The […]
Read More →The well-financed war on Birthright Israel, by Becca Wertman (JNS)
Apr. 12, 2019 The intensity of the attacks against this proven program suggests that these groups actually lack a market for their politically charged campaign or support for their own trips. Click here for full articlehttps://www.jns.org/opinion/the-well-financed-war-on-birthright-israel/
Read More →Alan Dershowitz on peace through strength (brilliant!) (Israel Unwired)
Mar. 13, 2019 You can skip the article, but click here for brilliant 1 min. video
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