Trump Saves the Day ; The Jewish Family Who Didn’t Steal Xmas ; MK Ghattas Arrested for Aiding Hamas ; Syrian Jews Invited Back ; Radio & Podcasts ; Chanukah

Trump Saves the Day ; The Jewish Family Who Didn’t Steal Xmas ; MK Ghattas Arrested for Aiding Hamas ; Syrian Jews Invited Back ; Radio & Podcasts ; Chanukah – Dec. 23, 2016

 

December 23, 2016 / 23 Kislev 5777
Shabbat Shalom!

It’s Almost Chanukah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Last Time Joseph Does the Laundry – Parshat Vayeishev josephs-coat-wash

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Headlines & Recommended

Berlin Truck Attacker Killed in Shootout with Cops

David Israel
Amri, 24, who had spent time in prison in Italy, was stopped by two policemen during a routine police check in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood of Milan.

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Trump Saves the Day on Obama-Backed Anti-Settlements UNSC Resolution

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President-Elect Donald Trump engaged in his first act as leader of the free world on Thursday, when his tweet stopped the game clock on an Egyptian anti-settlements UN Security Council resolution.

Barack Obama chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting
Jewish Family Who Stole Xmas’ Didn’t Steal, Didn’t Flee, It Was All Fake

David Israel
Yes, Virginia, there are no facts in our world any more, which means there could well be a Santa Claus.

Tony Randall as Marley's ghost and Jack Klugman as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Odd Couple version of A Christmas Carol.
MK Basel Ghattas Arrested For Aiding Hamas Prisoners in Israeli Jail

Hana Levi Julian
An Israeli Arab parliamentarian is arrested for aiding Hamas terrorists in an Israeli prison.

MK Basel Ghattas arrives at the Lahav 433 investigation unit in Lod, December 20, 2016.
IDF, Shin Bet Captures Hamas Cell in Shechem (Nablus)

Hana Levi Julian
Israeli security personnel tracked down and captured a 20-member Hamas cell and weapons lab in Samaria.

Hamas terrorist cell nabbed by Shin Bet operating in Shechem.
Safe Spaces’ For – Almost – Everyone

Tzipora Baitch
AMCHA reports nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism in college settings during the first 6 months of 2016 compared to the first 6 months of 2015. Not surprisingly this has hardly been publicized.

Anti-Israel protesters on US college campus

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The Yishai Fleisher Show

Jewish Sell Outs
So hard to imagine, but Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery and that sin reverberates for generations. Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai on Spiritual Cafe to discuss the personality of Joseph, how God talks through dreams, and even how sexual challenges are part of the Messianic process.
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News

Knesset Passes NIS 907 Billion Budget for 2017-2018
The national budget for years 2017 and 2018 was approved by the Knesset in a vote of 60-48. Defense, as usual, is the biggest expense, at NIS 70 billion per year.
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament during the state budget vote for 2017-2018.
Teva Pharmaceuticals’ Russian Subsidiary Fined $519 Million
The Teva pharmaceuticals company will pay $519 million in fines after being found guilty in the U.S. on one count of bribing foreign officials.
The Teva building in Jerusalem.

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InDepth

Syrian Opposition to Jewish Community in Diaspora: “Return Home to Get your Assets and Property Bck”

Rachel Avraham
The Syrian Opposition extends a message of peace to the Syrian-Jewish community: “Syrian Jews were always like every other Syrian and post-Assad, the Jewish community can return to its glorious days.”

Mendi Safadi (left) and MK Yehuda Glick (right) meet with Syrian Opposition leader
More Biased Media Coverage Of Palestinian Terror

Stephen M. Flatow
If a paper holds a pro-Palestinian agenda, they cease reporting the news, rather they promote an agenda. The NY Times and Washington Post are both guilty of this.

Stephen M. Flatow

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JewishPress.com Radio

BULLETPROOF – Would the U.N. Recognize Honesty if it Knocked on its Door?
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The UN condemns Israel, while only a few miles over the border, Syria is on fire.
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Israel On My Mind – Start up count down!
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Israel is everywhere! Even in your phone.
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Conversations with Heroes – Chanukkah & “Ancient Greek” Body Worship TODAY
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Why the Chanukkah miracles matter to the world today.
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Jewish

ABC’s of Chanukah (Hanukkah)

Rabbi Shraga Simmons
The Hebrew word Chanukah means „dedication.” When the Greeks challenged Jewish life, a few courageous Jews took to the hills of Judea in open revolt against this threat.

Hanukiyah created by world famous Venetian Glass Blower Maestro Gianni Toso
The Dream in the Flame

Rabbi Simcha Weinberg
Like Yosef, the Chashmonaim were dreamers. Chanukah is the story of dreamers: defeating a mighty army, recapturing and rededicating the Temple, finding a single jar of ritually pure oil in the rubble

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Chanukah And The Home

Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
Tosafos points out that this answer is not fully satisfactory since there are other mitzvos, such as affixing a mezuzah, that require having a house.

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Parshas VaYeshev

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
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Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Vayeshev: The Rhymes and Rhythms of Biblical History

Rabbi Francis Nataf
How could Ya’akov make the same ‘mistake’ as his father, to favor one child over another after all the troubles that plagued him resulting from Yitzchak favoring Esav?

Rabbi Francis Nataf
Vayeishev: Who Really Sold Joseph?

Rabbi David Fohrman
This week’s parsha course unravels the sale of Joseph and discusses the implications „blame.” Where does responsibility begin? And most importantly, how do I make moral decisions?

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What Is The Theme Of The Stories Of Genesis?

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
he first 11 chapters of Genesis teach us many fundamentals of faith; Exodus to Deuteronomy is about revelation and redemption. But what are Genesis 12-50 about?

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Daf Yomi

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
His Father Gave The Ring ‘What About A Worker Toasting The Produce And Eating?’ (Bava Metzia 89a)

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The Refuah Before The Maka

Esther Lehman Gross
Baruch Hashem all worked out well and they are doing both fine recuperating now.

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Counting Time

Debbie Garfinkel Diament
My daughter was in a state of shock. How could this be? How would she and her husband cope?

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