Europe’s long memory problem: The EU sanctions Jews for living in Judea
The nations that herded Jews into ghettoes, expelled them from their cities, and handed them over to Nazi death camps have now found a new cause: sanctioning Jews for the crime of living in Judea and Samaria
Join us live Thursday: Why did President Trump call America back to God’s Shabbat?
President Trump has designated this Friday night and Saturday as “Shabbat 250,” calling on Americans of all backgrounds to set aside time for “rest, reflection, and gratitude to the Almighty.” Israel365 is gathering this Thursday, May 14th at 2 PM EDT for a live prayer call to explore what God is doing in this extraordinary moment.
NYT’s Kristof publishes “blood libel” against Israel, citing Hamas-linked sources and claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians
Rather significantly, the NYT published the libelous op-ed accusing Israel of sexual violence by citing sources with documented ties to Hamas, on the very day a major report was released documenting Hamas’s systematic rape of Israeli women and children on October 7.
An American Shabbat
As we celebrate this national Shabbat together, we must also take pause and look at how America treats the Jews. There’s a dangerous and unprecedented increase in the permissiveness of widespread antisemitism, from Main St. to Sesame St., from Broadway to the boardrooms.
I called the Jewish establishment. They were busy.
In the spring of 2023, Jews were being murdered in Judea and Samaria, week after week, and I had one question for American Jewish organizations: What are we doing about this? Their answer: “We’re busy. We have a lot of priorities.”
Your daily window into Israel, straight from a rabbi on the ground
How Rabbi Rami Goldberg turned a WhatsApp group into a congregation of 600, and why people keep coming back for the prayers, not just the content.
I did not choose to be a Jew. And that is exactly the point.
My Jewish identity has nothing to do with what I believe or what I do. Indeed, my being a Jew has very little to do with me. I did not earn the title. I never chose to be a Jew. I am a Jew because of everything that came before me.
They burned Jews. Now they burn Netanyahu in effigy. One woman isn’t cheering.
Calling your own prime minister an antisemite to his face, in public, on the record, takes courage anywhere. In Spain, it is almost unheard of.
Israel was never meant to be a safe haven. It was meant to be a light unto the nations.
Rabbi Lavie believes that the current war has created a shift in Israel’s essential role, changing it from a post-Holocaust safe-haven and moving it towards its sacred purpose as a moral and spiritual leader of the nations.
“Trained rats” in Gaza? Palestinian officials push new anti-Israel conspiracy theory
Palestinian officials in Gaza claimed that Israel is deliberately releasing “weaponized” rats into the Strip to attack civilians, particularly children and the sick, at a time when the territory is already grappling with a documented surge in rodent infestations tied to war damage and deteriorating sanitation.