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Thousands of Jews Running the 10K in Jerusalem (Video)
Thousands of Jews Running the 10K in Jerusalem (Video)
Sixty years ago, we were walking into the gas chambers. Today we’re running together as a Jewish team in Jerusalem.
Mar 21, 2012
By Yishai Fleisher
Beit Shemesh in Turmoil: Where Do We Go From Here?
Beit Shemesh in Turmoil: Where Do We Go From...
Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Avi Berman, director of The OU Israel Center, and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, about the Beit Shemesh events...
Jan 5, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
Diament on Israel and D.C. (Audio)
Diament on Israel and D.C. (Audio)
Nathan Diament discusses terrorism and Shalit's release, Pollard's imprisonment and Biden's commentary, and offers a well-rounded picture of political goings-on.
Dec 11, 2011
By Stephen Savitsky
From the Heart, In the Heart
From the Heart, In the Heart
The Seymour J. Abrams Orthodox Union Jerusalem World Center, located on Rechov Keren HaYesod in the center of Jerusalem, is a heart pulsing with life and hope for the Jewish people...
Oct 18, 2011
By graberb
Who is the Most Famous Living Jew?
Who is the Most Famous Living Jew?
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Hamodia on 9/27/11, prior to the announcement of Gilad Shalit’s release. It was reprinted with author’s permission and ran on the homepage of the...
Oct 18, 2011
By Barry Kupfer
The Surging Israeli Economy
The Surging Israeli Economy
Israel's resiliency has catapulted the nation from the brink of bankruptcy just less than a decade ago to economic accomplishment, with even more prospective growth for the future.
Oct 18, 2011
By Aaron Katsman
A Stone for the Ages
A Stone for the Ages
Author Ilan Ben-Ezri is Marketing & Sales Director for Jerusalem Gardens Stone Works Ltd., a family-owned company that deals with supplying natural stone in general and Jerusalem Stone specifically for projects...
Aug 10, 2011
By Ilan Ben-Ezri
The Supreme Court and Jerusalem
The Supreme Court and Jerusalem
The Jewish Week Reported: At issue is the right of Naomi Zivotofsky to insist that the American passport she requested for her son Menachem from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv...
Aug 10, 2011
By Jennifer Rubin
If I Forget Thee, Oh Jerusalem Youth
If I Forget Thee, Oh Jerusalem Youth
A look inside the heart and mind of one of Israel's "on the edge" challenges preconceived perceptions and value-assignments.
Aug 2, 2011
By Anonymous
A Nation’s Loss: National Mourning in the Jewish Tradition
A Nation’s Loss: National Mourning in the Jewish Tradition
Grief is a fundamentally individual, transformative emotion. What can it mean to speak about “national grief, or national mourning”? Is there any calamity which a nation suffers that so alters its...
Aug 2, 2011
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

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