Snow Before the Sabbath
This 2 minute video gives an inside and wonderful view of Jerusalem residents beset with immense snow last Friday before the Sabbath. Though unprepared for snow of this magnitude, and lacking snow plows or shovels, many tried navigating (and playing) through the snow.
Shalom Aleichim IDF style
Gabriel Chouraki – Musician of Excellence in the IDF Band and his beautiful performance of Shalom Aleichim, a song traditionally sung on Friday night to welcome in the Sabbath.
Anti-Semitic Violence Leaves 5 Injured In Australia
And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Deuteronomy 1:44) Five Australian Jews on their way home from Shabbat services Saturday morning were injured after being attacked by a large group of men in Bondi, Australia. […]
A Huge Hebron Shabbat
Each year on this Shabbat, the holy city of Hebron hosts tens of thousands of people from around the world who arrive to celebrate “The Life of Sarah” – the Torah portion dedicated to the life and burial of our matriarch Sarah in Hebron. Watch how the city prepares for this awesome experience.
“Israel Returns” Brings Newly Discovered Polish Jews To The Holy Land
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. (Hosea 14:6) Israel Returns, an organization that aims to strengthen the connection between descendants of Jews and the State of Israel and the Jewish people recently brought sixteen young Polish Jews, many of whom […]
Let the Heavens be Glad
Today’s music video is a traditional Jewish song taken from the Book of Psalms (96:11). It is a custom to sing this song on Shabbat, during and after the meal. The verse states: “Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and all it contains.”
Rosh Hashana Food Fight
Hosting a dinner party is an art. It takes careful planning and balancing. You’ve got to have the right number of men vs. women, singles vs. families, little kids, big kids, shy adults, dominant Type A’s and not too many teenagers obsessed with Battlestar Galactica. Now, try hosting a dinner party every single week. Well, that’s […]
Jerusalem Soccer Club Decides To No Longer Play On The Sabbath
Remember The Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy […]
Abortion Vote Scheduled for Shabbat
Accusations are flying that Democrats in the New York Senate purposely delayed a vote on abortion rights to late Friday afternoon in an effort to prevent Orthodox Jewish Senator Simcha Felder from voting against the bill. For their part, Democrats deny any such plotting. The New York State senate is a politically complex landscape. Although […]
The Supermarket That Kept Shabbat
Of all the countries in the world, Israel must be a place which recognizes the unique spiritual qualities of the Jewish people. It is a place where Shabbat should be observed and not desecrated publicly, as recognition of our shared heritage. The Supreme Court of Israel recently ruled that the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality must enforce […]
