LA fire races through the heart of a Jewish community
By Gabrielle Birkner
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The Woolsey Fire, which began late last week and engulfed a massive swath of Southern California, has killed at least two people, burned nearly...
Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman Quits Over ‘Capitulation to Terror’ in Gaza
Avigdor Lieberman. Photo: Jonathan Klinger via Wikimedia Commons.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday in protest at a Gaza ceasefire that he called a “capitulation to...
Israel: We Welcome Forging ‘Common Front’ Against Iran
Deputy Minister Michael Oren. Photo: The Israel Project.
The Jewish state welcomes the “forging of a common front in the Middle East against Iran,” a top Israeli official said in...
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Rav Kook’s talmidim gathered in his yeshiva. It was Simchat Torah, but they wondered what the day would be like. The year...
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(Oct. 7, 2024 / JNS)
Families of the 364 people murdered by Hamas at the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, gathered on Monday...