Israel begins building execution facility as Ben-Gvir’s “30 to 40 a night” remarks draw European condemnation
Israel’s National Security Minister announced the start of construction on a dedicated execution facility for Palestinians sentenced to death under Israel’s new death penalty law, days after his comments calling for Israel to kill “30 to 40” Gazans nightly drew condemnation.
Establishing the Beis HaMikdash Party in Israeli democracy
To some, bringing the concept of the Beis HaMikdash into the political arena might seem unconventional. Yet, Israeli democracy was built to allow every vision within the Jewish nation to find its voice.
Sanhedrin rules: shofar will sound on Rosh Hashanah, even though it falls on Shabbat
A beit din (rabbinic court) of three, led by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel on behalf of the nascent Sanhedrin, announced this week that it has renewed a ruling permitting the shofar to be blown on Shabbat when Rosh Hashanah falls on the seventh day of the week.
Jewish Men Pray From Prayer Books on the Temple Mount: The Quiet Revolution Bringing the Third Temple
Jewish worshipers were allowed to carry and read from full siddurim (prayer books) on the Temple Mount on Sunday, the latest and most significant challenge to a decades-old policy barring non-Muslim prayer at Judaism’s holiest site.
Where is the Ark of the Covenant today? A Torah scholar weighs in on the leading theories
The Ark of the Covenant remains one of the oldest open questions in Jewish tradition, and one with real stakes: Jewish sources tie the Ark’s return directly to the Third Temple and to the return of prophecy itself.
Don’t wait to get inspired
The instinct to seek out something meaningful each day is right. The places most people go looking are the problem.
Inside a historic Shabbat: Eagles’ Wings and Efrat, together at last
Last Friday night, nearly 100 young leaders from Eagles’ Wings, the Christian Zionist ministry that has brought tens of thousands of Christians to Israel, spent Shabbat as guests in the homes of more than two dozen families in Efrat, a thriving community in Judea and Samaria.
Why are they hosting a pundit who accused Jews of buying Congress?
This October, one of the most prestigious Jewish congregations in America will host a talk by a pundit who has claimed Jews bribe Congress. Does that make any sense? Is this any way to follow up the third anniversary of October Seventh?
IsraAID responds to devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia
Leading Israeli NGO’s long-term Colombia mission will lead the emergency response, focusing on meeting urgent mental health and water, hygiene, and sanitation needs.Â
Record demolitions in Area C signal a turning point in the fight over Judea and Samaria’s land
“Arab illegal construction has become systematic and serves as a tool to promote the Fayyad Plan… that aims to establish a de facto Palestinian state.”