Politicization of Passover | Trump stepping on Hezbollah to get to Iran | Israel uses Social Media to stop Terrorism

Politicization of Passover | Trump stepping on Hezbollah to get to Iran | Israel uses Social Media to stop Terrorism | Richard Gere was (almost) Right

 

April 16, 2017 / 20 Nisan 5777
Chag Sameach
Headlines & Recommended

Fundamentally Freund: The Perverse Politicization of Passover

Michael Freund
Seder has come to serve as an uneasy platform for a variety of political causes, many of which are as suitable for the holiday as a freshly baked loaf of Wonder Bread.

Report: Trump to Step on Hezbollah’s Neck while Going for Iran’s Jugular

David Israel
The amendments expand the list of entities that may face sanctions for providing support for Hezbollah and significantly bolsters reporting on the financial activities of the party’s affiliated entities and even political allies.

Report: Social Media Tracking, Daily Preventive Arrests, Behind Taming of ‘Knives Intifada’

David Israel
At least 2,200 potential attackers have been identified over the past year, and 400 of them were arrested.

Read more Headlines & Recommended articles

The Yishai Fleisher Show

Passover Heroes
In the Judean desert, in a cave which was a hideout for the Bar Kochba rebells two-thousand years ago, Rabbi Mike Feuer and Rabbi Yishai meet to discuss the heroes of Passover past and the challenge of understanding the grandness of our time today. Yishai Fleisher on Twitter: @YishaiFleisher Yishai on Facebook

Read more The Yishai Fleisher Show articles

News

Iran Unveils Home Made Stealth Fighter Jet
independent experts have expressed significant doubts about the viability of the aircraft, and some commentators have even suggested the whole thing is a hoax.
New PA Museum of Natural History Has Little to say about ‘Occupation’
‘Develop respect a) for ourselves (self empowerment), b) for our fellow human beings (regardless of background), and c) for all living creatures and our shared earth.’

Read more News articles

InDepth

Richard Gere Was Right

Stephen M. Flatow
Gere was right – only not quite in the way he intended. It was in fact, a Jew attacked by an Arab mob. Sometimes, reality clashes with the fantasy world of Hollywood.

When I’m Prime Minister, We Will Offer The Korban Pesach

Moshe Feiglin
Next year, instead of sitting at home and chewing on matzah that merely symbolizes the Korban Pesach, we will joyously sit in area surrounding the Temple Mount, eating our roasted sacrificial lamb.

MK Moshe-Feiglin
The New Jacobins

Richard L. Cravatts
Free speech does not permit depriving others of their free speech rights – through disruptions, heckling, or other tactics intended to suppress and/or eliminate the speech of those with opposing views

Fundamentally Freund: The Perverse Politicization of Passover

Michael Freund
Seder has come to serve as an uneasy platform for a variety of political causes, many of which are as suitable for the holiday as a freshly baked loaf of Wonder Bread.

Read more InDepth articles

Jewish

Date Night…At The Hospital

Naama Klein
At this point I am reasonably happy that he returns home eventually and is still semi-coherent (at least some of the time).

Kriyat Yam Suf: Jumping Into Deep Waters

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Judaism is about new ideas. It is dependent on fresh concepts deeply rooted in its tradition. We must be aware that if we do not apply new remedies we should expect new evils,

 
Chametz Delivery

Rabbi Meir Orlian
After a couple of hours in the kitchen, the meat was on the fire, the chicken in the oven, and some kugels already out on the table.

Chol HaMoed: An Oxymoron

Raphael Grunfeld
On Chol HaMoed some work is prohibited and some is permitted. According to some opinions, the work prohibition is biblical; according to others, it’s rabbinical.

Jews Have Forgotten How To Pray

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
To be a Jew is to know how to pray but, alas, it seems most Jews turn to everyone and everything but our Heavenly Father. I would like to offer some practical suggestions to help us grow in prayer

Q & A: Attending Weddings During Sefirah (Part I)

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Question: My friends are getting married on Rosh Chodesh Sivan. I tried to convince them to do otherwise, as many people have a minhag not to attend weddings until three days before Shavuot. They told me they spoke to rabbis who allowed it. Is this right? May I attend? Name Withheld By Request

Daf Yomi

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Rabbi Nechunia’s Prayer ‘ Even So, An Actual Incident Is Greater’ (Bava Basra 83a)

Forgiving The Debt (Siman 75:11)

Raphael Grunfeld
In order for an admission of a debt or for the forgiveness of a debt to be effective, it must be accompanied by some overt manifestation of serious intent.

Being Like Hashem

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
He didn’t choose to be kind. He didn’t want to feel the pain of others. In fact, he tried his best to squelch this sensitivity.

Read more Jewish articles