Hashem Has Other Plans – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
admin | January 24, 2020
Photo Credit: Jewish Press Behold, Bnei Yisrael have not listened to me, so how will Pharaoh listen to me? And I have blocked lips (Shemos 6:12).
Holocaust remembrance beyond the photo opportunity – The Jerusalem Post
admin | January 24, 2020
The correct Hebrew verb for traveling to Jerusalem is laalot to ascend. It is physically and spiritually a journey that requires going up. Nonetheless, this week, the words descended on Jerusalem were more appropriate.
Of Herzl, Einstein, Chagall and George Kennan: Memories of working with YIVOs librarians – Forward
admin | January 24, 2020
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is the worlds preeminent center for the study of Yiddish language and culture.
The Official Guide to Jewish Pickles | The Nosher – My Jewish Learning
admin | January 24, 2020
Id always considered pickles, particularly pickled cucumbers, a Jewish food. They were ever-present on my grandmothers Shabbat table alongside chopped liver and egg and onion, a permanent chaperone to the pastrami sandwich at Jewish delis, and packed into self-serve containers at falafel and sabich shops in Israel. I could never resist going to town, filling myself on their sharp crunch until my stomach began to hurt
Report: Blue & White considering rejecting Trump’s invitation to the White House – Arutz Sheva
admin | January 24, 2020
Benny Gantz (left) and Moshe Yaalon (right) Elad Malka The Blue and White party is considering rejecting President Donald Trumps invitation to Blue and White chief Benny Gantz to visit the White House next week, Israeli media outlets reported Friday afternoon. According to reports by Amit Segal on Channel 12 and Barak Ravid on Channel 13, the center-left Blue and White party has not yet decided whether it will accept President Trumps invitation to the White House, during which the much-anticipated Middle East peace plan is expected to be presented to party chairman Benny Gantz. The partys four leaders Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Moshe Yaalon, and Gabi Ashkenazi are reportedly debating whether to accept or reject the invitation, and are planning to announce their decision at 7:30 p.m.
Is it permitted to punch a Nazi? Consult the internet Talmud. – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | January 23, 2020
In the midst of President Donald Trumps inauguration three years ago, well-groomed white supremacist spokesman and coiner of the term alt-right Richard Spencer was standing on a street corner explaining to a skeptical detractor that he is not a Nazi when an anonymous hero ran up and punched Spencer in the face. Video of the incident went viral after it was shared on Twitter, and a still-ongoing debate between delighted leftists and scandalized centrists was born: Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the face
Two ultra-Orthodox young women jump to their deaths in Jerusalem – The Jerusalem Post
admin | January 23, 2020
One of the two young cousins who jumped to their deaths from the top of a Jerusalem building overnight Sunday may have been sexually abused by a relative, Channel 12 reported Tuesday.Hani Solish, 19, from Netanya, and Sarah Klapman, 24, from Jerusalem, jumped from the top of the Mercaz Sapir building in Givat Shaul. The young women, both members of the Chabad movement, were found by Magen David Adom paramedics.They left behind a suicide note explaining why they wanted to die.Channel 12 said that the relative who had abused one of the girls was arrested and convicted for abuse, and sentenced to service.
The four words of redemption Rabbi Berel Wein – Arutz Sheva
admin | January 23, 2020
Rabbi Berel Wein Rabbi Berel Wein is a noted scholar, historian, speaker and educator, admired the world over for his audio tapes/CDs, videos and books, particularly on Jewish history. This weeks Torah reading contains the four famous words of redemption that signal the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. Much has been made over the centuries as to the meaning and implication of each of these four Hebrew verbs.
The BroadsheetDAILY ~ News of Lower Manhattan ~ 1/23/20 – ebroadsheet.com
admin | January 23, 2020
Asking for the Millennium City Announces Agreement to Expand FiDis Millennium High School City Council member Margaret Chin (center), Community Board 1s Youth and Education chair Tricia Joyce (center left) and Millennium High School principal Colin McEvoy (right) look on as the Citys Schools Chancellor, Richard Carranza, announces that the school will expand to an additional floor (now under construction). On January 15, jubilant elected officials, community leaders, and education officials toured the new space into which the Financial Districts Millennium High School (MHS) will expand over the next two years.
Which are the oldest cities in the world? – Telegraph.co.uk
admin | January 23, 2020
Of all the sorts of travel available these days - slow, fast, staycation, voluntourism, and the rest - there remains one format all but out of reach. Time travel
