After almost five years of negotiations, bureaucracy and various other obstacles, the Uvneh Yerushalayim (Rebuild Jerusalem) organization happily announced this week its purchase of a key property in the Shimon HaTzaddik neighborhood of Jerusalem. Though Jewish families have been living there for several years, and a Yeshiva/Kollel of 30 students operates there on a daily […]

Israeli scientists carrying out carbon-14 analysis on wood, coal and ash found in the plaster walls of Jerusalem’s ancient Siloam Tunnel, and running isotopic tests on the uranium and thorium present in stalactites on the tunnel’s ceiling, have determined that the tunnel was hewn around 700 B.C.–corroborating the Bible. Their findings support the account in […]

New Temple Mount excavations being carried out by the Islamic Wakf and attempts by the PA to transform the Temple Mount into a Palestinian national site have sparked growing concern for the future of Judaism’s holiest site. Several attempts have been made recently to strengthen and assert Muslim hegemony over the Temple Mount. Of particular […]

While lavish words were being spoken in Geneva yesterday to launch a piece of paper, down-to-earth actions were being taken in Jerusalem to launch a new neighborhood in the Land of Israel. Jerusalem, the City of Gold, continues to expand. While lavish words were being spoken in Geneva yesterday to launch a piece of paper, […]

Bernie Segal, president of the Weinberg Foundation, visited Israel this week, together with Daryl Friedman, president, and Morton Plant, chairman, of the Jewish Federation of Baltimore. The Weinberg Foundation is one of the most important Jewish philanthropic foundations. It contributes large sums of money to care for the elderly in Israel and in the FSU, […]

I admit and have always admitted that I am one of the absolute worst athletes God has ever planted on this planet. I remember as a youngster – I could not have been older than seven or eight years old – playing Little League Baseball on my Young Israel of Laurelton team. The Laurelton “Laurels” […]

Hundreds visited Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem last night on the traditional anniversary of the death of the Matriarch Rachel. Nearby, a more modest crowd participated in the affixing of a Mezuzah on a new Jewish property. Many hundreds of people visited Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem – just several hundred meters south of the Jerusalem municipal […]

An estimated 40,000 people arrived at the Western Wall (Kotel) this morning for the semi-annual Birkat Cohanim (Priestly Blessing) prayer. Hundreds of Jews who trace their ancestry directly back to Aaron the High Priest, Moses’ brother, blessed the assembled congregation. An estimated 40,000 people arrived at the Western Wall (Kotel) this morning for the semi-annual […]

Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit Jerusalem daily during this Sukkot holiday week, and dozens of events are planned throughout the country. After three years of difficult renovations on a burnt-out hovel, a new Jewish property will be dedicated in the Old Citys Moslem Quartertoday: Beit Reuven, named for a victim of […]

The Yesha Rabbis Council issued a Halakhic ruling today not only permitting Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount, but even mandating it, contingent upon proper precautions. The Yesha Rabbis Council issued a Halakhic ruling today not only permitting Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount, but even mandating it, contingent upon proper precautions. Excerpts […]