Jewish Man and Woman of the Year 5777 | Temple Mount to be Closed to Jews on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur | Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone | Watch Trump at the UN

Jewish Man and Woman of the Year 5777 | Temple Mount to be Closed to Jews on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur | Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drone | Watch Trump at the UN | – Sept. 19, 2017

 

September 19, 2017 / 28 Elul 5777
Cartoons

The Rosh Hashana Challenge

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Headlines & Recommended

Watch: Trump Tells UN General Assembly ‘Rocket Man’ On Suicide Mission for Self, Regime (Full Text Included)

Hana Levi Julian
„We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles…”

Jewish Man and Woman of the Year 5777: Bezalel Smotrich and Ayelet Shaked

JNi.Media
Both Smotrich and Shaked have shown their ability to mobilize considerable political might in the pursuit of their ideas

Temple Mount to be Closed to Jews on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Jewish Press News Briefs
The Hijri, the day Muslims mark the beginning of the Islamic new year and where the only celebration is a day off from school, falls on the same day as Rosh Hashana this year, and this has led to a police decision to close the Temple Mount to Jews for Rosh Hashana […]

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Drone with Patriot Missile

Jewish Press News Briefs
Arab sources say Israel attacked Syria after the infiltration.

On Rosh Hashanah Eve Israel’s F-35 Fleet Reaches 7 Fighters

JNi.Media
Israel plans to procure 50 F-35s eventually, with each aircraft costing about $96 million.

Egypt’s El-Sisi Meets with US Jewish Leaders, Netanyahu

David Israel
It appears that the path to influencing Israel’s foreign policy goes through the US Jewish community’s leadership forum.

This Rosh Hashanah, I Count My Blessings

Yehudah Meth
On September 2, right after reciting Havdalah, I received a call informing me that New York State Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz had died after a battle with cancer. Mike was 46, a good man by every account. We weren’t friends, but I’d worked with and interacted with him enough to like him quite a lot and to […]

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The Yishai Fleisher Show

Merge or Emerge
Israelis are good at many things – but merging is not one of them. Indeed its hard to merge when our nation is finally emerging! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai in getting ready for the new year, emerging as a reborn nation, and merging with God’s will in joy.

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News

Hamas Tunnel Collapses, One Dead
The tunnel was located in Rafah.
Death Row White Supremacist Fires Jewish, Indian Attorneys for Failure to Communicate
Dylann Roof has made legal history, being the first US citizen to face both a state and federal death penalty at the same time.
White Powder in Suspicious Envelope Again Arrives at Israel Consulate in NY
Friday’s envelope preceded Netanyahu’s arrival in New York by several hours.
Permanent US Military Base to Open in Southern Israel
The new U.S. air base will “improve our defense, in discovery and interception, and in preparedness,” said IAF Brig. Gen. Tzvika Haimovitch.
Jewish Community Business World Basks in Positive Spotlight at NYC Business Expo and Conference in Midtown Manhattan
In the midst of the day’s frenzied activities, a VIP dinner was held where leaders of both Chambers celebrated the event’s success with some of the leading business and governmental figures in attendance.
Hurricane Maria Becomes ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Category 5 Storm
US President Donald Trump declared an emergency in the U.S. Virgin Islands and ordered federal assistance to supplement response efforts there, ahead of Maria.
BGU Medical School for International Health Announces Global Health Scholarship
“The need for medical training that addresses underserved populations has never been more important.”

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InDepth

Keeping Our Eyes Open

Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Why are our concerns during the rest of the year limited to ourselves and our close family, to our own narrow social group and to our immediate geographical environment?

Kissinger’s Analysis of Mideast is Full of Loopholes

Gatestone Institute
Finally, Kissinger’s biggest error, perhaps, is the assumption that the only choice the Middle East has, at least in Syria and Iraq, is between Isis and Iran–the „caliphate” in Raqqa and the „imamate” in Tehran.

Conveying Talmudic Concepts In A User-Friendly Format: An Interview with Author Raphael Grunfeld

Shlomo Greenwald
The Jewish Press: In addition to your weekly Jewish Press columns on Talmud and Choshen Mishpat, you’ve written two books – Ner Eyal 1: A Guide to the Laws of Shabbat and Festivals in Seder Moed and, most recently, Ner Eyal 2: A Guide to Seder Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim, Taharot and Zera’im. What motivated you […]

This Rosh Hashanah, I Count My Blessings

Yehudah Meth
On September 2, right after reciting Havdalah, I received a call informing me that New York State Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz had died after a battle with cancer. Mike was 46, a good man by every account. We weren’t friends, but I’d worked with and interacted with him enough to like him quite a lot and to […]

The Moral Panic of 2017

Michael Lumish
So, my question to the progressive-left today is, just what the hell do you want?

Palestinian Victory on the Temple Mount

Tower Magazine
When Israel removed metal detectors installed at the entrance to the Temple Mount after a deadly attack there, Palestinian leaders claimed a decisive victory. But against who are they really fighting, and in what war?

9 Challenges Confronting Israel

Isi Leibler
The government should introduce tougher legislation to prosecute those engaged in sedition, sabotaging the Jewish state and promoting our destruction. The Arab parties in particular, must be countered. They are anti-Zionist

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Blogs

Shiloh Musings: Message to Our Government Leaders based on Parsha
Shiloh Musings
Batya Medad
Gd willing in the upcoming year, 5778, the Jewish People and the Government of Israel will have the faith in Gd to think of what’s best for the Jewish People and State of Israel, and not what „the world” may say or do.

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Video of the Day

The Maccabeats – This Is the New Year – Rosh Hashanah

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Photo of the Day

Enjoying the Show

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