Fighting Poverty this Purim
Meir Panim helps needy children across Israel by providing meals-on-wheels and school lunches. A well-fed child is not only happier and more cooperative than a child fighting off hunger pains, but is better able to absorb knowledge for a successful education. Click here to make a donation to Meir Panim.
Academic Boycott Supporters Take Another Hit
A bill put forward in US Congress last week seeks to cut government funding from academic institutions that support boycotting Israel. This bill follows a similar move by the New York State Senate last month. The NY bill did not specify Israel by name, but was designed specifically in response to the American Studies Association’s […]
Hamas Training Its Children to be Next Generation of Terrorists (Photos)
On January 7, 2014, the ministry of the education of the Hamas administration in Gaza, in collaboration with the ministry of the interior, announced the opening of the training camps of the second round of the Al-Futuwa military training program. Al-Futuwa is a Sufi term that has some similarities to chivalry and virtue or young-manliness. The camps, which last for […]
First Time In the Arab World: Events Marking the Holocaust
Two unusual events relating to Holocaust remembrance took place in the Arab world in December 2013: a first official conference on the Holocaust was held in Tunisia, dealing with Holocaust of the Jews of Tunisia, and the first visit by an Arab diplomat to a Holocaust memorial site, when Bahraini ambassador to France Nasser Al-Balushi […]
Overwhelming Number of Israelis Own a Bible, View Bible Education as Important
Even if they do not routinely open them, a recent poll shows that the overwhelming majority of Israelis own a bible and view bible education as an important part of the school curriculum. According to the Smith Research poll, commissioned by the Bible Lands Museum, 93% of respondents keep bibles in their homes, including 87% […]
Forgotten Victims: Roma Delegation Visits Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum to Learn to Preserve Memory
Many are familiar with Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution” to the “Jewish problem,” but the Jews were not the Nazis’ only victims. Now, one group is seeking the assistance of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, to help preserve the memory of their people’s suffering. The Roma, also known erroneously as Gypsies, were considered by the Germans […]
Jewish Philanthropist Paul Reichmann Dies at 83
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. (Psalms 116:15) Canadian Businessman and Orthodox Jew Paul Reichmann died on Friday at the age of 83. The Vienna-born philanthropist built Olympia and York Developments into a multi-billion dollar empire as well as donated millions of dollars to Jewish education throughout the […]
Texas A&M To Build Satellite Campus In Nazareth
Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in Thy commandments. (Psalms 119:66) Texas A&M, a top-tier American university, has announced its intentions to build a satellite campus in the Israeli city of Nazareth, according to The Times of Israel. The offshoot is intended to a “peace campus” built in Israel’s largest Arab […]
Holocaust Education in Israel to Begin as Early as First Grade
“Remember what Amalek did unto thee…” (Deuteronomy 25:17) Education Minister Shai Piron is proposing a change in Holocaust education in Israel. According the the Times of Israel, his new plan would include compulsory Holocaust studies in each of the twelve years of school. He first mentioned the plan on Israel’s Channel 2 news, during an […]
IDF Honors Outstanding Soldier/Students
“I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:10) No one questions the devotion and sacrifice of each and every 18-year-old soldier that enters the IDF. While most kids their age around the world are getting ready […]
