There is a 65% increase in the number of chareidim employed in Jerusalem’s high-tech industry over the past four years, representing 2,600 workers in 250 factories, which represent 64% of the factories in the capital.According to Ron Tutnauer, who heads the Jerusalem District of the Israel Manufacturers Association in honor of Israel’s 60th anniversary. He […]
“I realized that the first Holocaust pictures I saw, as one who grew up here, were of naked women,” said Ari Libsker, whose documentary film “Stalags: Holocaust and Pornography in Israel” had its premiere at the Jerusalem Film Festival in July and is to be broadcast in October and shown in movie theaters. “We were […]
The tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel in Kifl, south of Baghdad, used to be a pilgrimage site for Jews. It is one of few traces that remain of a once-vibrant Jewish community in Iraq. A pogrom in 1941 and other traumas led to a sharp decline in the Jewish population.
“Most of his other relatives departed […]
A religious educational program funded by a billionaire and banned twice by the Education Ministry is still being taught in more than 70 Israeli schools.The program, called “Zman Masa,” or “Journey Time,” is paid for by the foundation of Lev Leviev, a Russian-born Israeli real estate and diamond magnate, who says he hirrified by what […]
The weapons were purchased with the help of funds from Iran and Syria. In 2007 alone, Hezbollah is believed to have received anti-tank weapons and rocket launchers worth $800 million (€516 million) from Tehran. The weapons were delivered overland through Syria. Spiegel.de
“Germany: Our responsibility for Holocaust commits us to Israel” haAretz
As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This enlightening volume reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature that flourished vigorously without legitimacy. Significant examples discussed include ethnically ambiguous fiction of […]
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef : “Conversion Courts are too stringent”
“The Talmud (Sanhedrin 99-100) relates that the patriarch Abraham rejected Timna, who wished to become his concubine. Instead, Timna married Eliphaz, Abraham’s great-grandson through Esau, and gave birth to Amalek, the Jewish people’s archenemy.” Jpost
The controversy surrounding the giyur beis din headed by Rav Chaim Druckman […]
McCain issued a statement after audio surfaced in which Hagee said “God sent Adolf Hitler-imah shmoi- to help Jews reach the promised land.”McCain said in a statement: “Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee’s endorsement, and I feel […]
“Or Yehuda, a small town near Tel Aviv, did what bigger places should have already done a long time ago. Inhabitants collected Christian missionary material and burned everything publicly. Thus, several hundred New Testaments were burned.I just wish that other places would follow this example.As soon as I see a pile of New Testaments laid […]
A New York state judge has declined to recognize an Israeli divorce judgment that was based on a “get,” or decree of divorce, issued by a Brooklyn rabbi.”If this court were to sanction the utilization of a ‘Get’ to circumvent the constitutional requirement that only the Supreme Court can grant a civil divorce, then a […]
“Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition” and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday”.
“In it, the renowned scientist, who declined an invitation to become Israel’s second president, rejected the idea that the Jews are God’s chosen people” “And […]
