Israel is at war! And even worse, Israel is in a state of shock! Over 700 dead in one day. 2,500 wounded, and 130 Israelis, civilians and soldiers, abducted!
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Citing Jewish law, United Torah Judaism Knesset member Moshe Gafni called to bar the site to Jews after some 3,000 visited it in the opening days of the Sukkot holiday.
“We are the Children of Winter ’73” is one of my favorite songs, not only because of the music, but because of the profound content for Israeli society.
No war in Israel’s history has traumatized the nation as much as the 20-day war in October 1973.
Sukkot is a celebration of joy, everything else is secondary. Sleep in particular is neglected during these seven days.
Coalition officials say spitting at Christians reprehensible, but arresting perpetrators was not justified.
The Palestinian Authority has been paving roads as part of a project for 32 housing units on the ruins of what many believe to be Joshua’s biblical altar on Mount Ebal.
Religious activist defends Orthodox Jews who reacted to the presence of Christian pilgrims by spitting on the ground.
The rabbinic sermons are often funny, cheerful and incomprehensible to many.
