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Category Archives: Israel
Israeli Racism
In follow-up to this blog post, I want you to read this by Steven Plaut on JewishPress.com: Allow us to introduce you to young Kochav Segal Halevi. The 26-year-old Israeli is receiving death threats. In fact, he had to go … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged arab neighborhood, fact jews, israeli racism, jewish racism, steven plaut, upper nazareth
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Renting To Non-Jews
I think the Torah tradition would be solidly behind the banning rabbis on this one, even though it does not sound democratic. Much of Arab Israel will not rent to Jews. Most traditional Jews living anywhere in the world are … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Rabbis
Tagged benjamin netanyahu, chief rabbis, jewish neighborhoods, minister benjamin netanyahu, pardes hannah, petah tikva, political correctness, prime minister benjamin, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi shlomo aviner, thorn in your side, torah tradition
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Yisroel Pensack: 40 Die in Chanukah Forest Fire in Israel in Country’s ‘Biggest and Deadliest’ Blaze
The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a northern Israel forest on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Circumcision, Greece, Israel, Judaism, New York Times, R. Ari Kahn, Sabbath, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged chanukah, fatal, forest fire, Givat Ze'ev, hebrew calendar, holy land, Jerusalem, Kislev, Nadav and Abihu, Rafi Alkaly, rosh chodesh, sons of Aaron, Syrian-Greek empire, Tevet
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Most Chareidi Jews In Israel Don’t Want To Work
Dennis Prager writes: The Wall Street Journal recently published a column about ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) Jews in Israel who do not work for a living. Sixty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox men ages 35-54 do not go to work. Instead, they study Torah … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Haredi, Israel
Tagged david ben gurion, Dennis Prager, dominant lifestyle, israel work, orthodox jews, yeshiva students
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Yisroel Pensack: 2 Years after Mumbai Massacre, Chabad and Slain Rabbi’s Parents Battle in Court
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement thrives on favorable publicity, but this story on The New York Times homepage doesn’t qualify as that: MUMBAI, India — Days ahead of the second anniversary of a deadly terrorist attack on this bustling city, a Jewish center … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Chabad, Hasidim, Israel, Judaism, New York Times, Terror, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged battle in court, denomination, Eliran Russo, holtzberg, india, jewish center, legal dispute, lubavitch, massacre, Mumbai, Nariman House, renovation of building, slain rabbi's parents
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