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Silver Spring Preschoolers Learn About Rosh Hashanah
4+ day, 14+ min ago (96+ words) Rabbi Eli Meir Zaks demonstrates the sounding of the shofar for preschoolers at the Silver Spring Learning Center ahead of Rosh Hashanah. The post Silver Spring Preschoolers Learn About Rosh Hashanah appeared first on Washington Jewish Week. Rabbi Eli Meir…...
A Confluence of Observances: 9/11, Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1016+ words) Ethel G. Hofman | JNS Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year — falls this year on the evening of Sept. 11: the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks that rocked America and the world. And it’s Shabbat to boot. That means a trifecta of events…...
Editorial: Abbas’ New Ra’am Party
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (471+ words) The Ra’am Party is not an obvious place to look for an experiment in Jewish-Arab political partnership. The United Arab List grew out of the southern branch of Israel’s Islamic Movement and historically represented conservative Muslim Arab voters. Its leader,…...
Opinion: At 129, the Zionist Congress Still Calls Us to Action
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (608+ words) In 1897, more than 200 Jewish delegates from 17 countries (including five Americans) gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for three days—from Aug. 29 to Aug. 31—for an audacious purpose: to transform the ancient Jewish longing for Zion into an organized political movement. Convened by…...
DC's Emma Fensterheim Makes Adas Israel Feel Like Home
1+ week, 3+ day ago (662+ words) When she began as a staff member at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., Emma Fensterheim didn’t need orientation or a building tour. She grew up there. Now, the Cleveland Park resident serves as the membership and program manager at the…...
Katz: Israel Won’t Leave South Lebanon Security Zone Until Hezbollah is Disarmed
1+ week, 3+ day ago (461+ words) Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout the country and the danger posed by attacks from the Land of the Cedars is neutralized, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday. “Prime Minister Netanyahu and I…...
Opinion: The Israeli Opposition’s Only Way to Win
1+ week, 3+ day ago (947+ words) Put it this way, and it sounds very close indeed: the election is next month. Its outcome will largely be decided this coming Tuesday, just as it was decided the last time when Balad chose to break up the Joint…...
Editorial: The Turkey Red Line
1+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) Israel has every reason to be worried about Turkey’s growing military presence in Syria. It also has every reason not to turn that concern into a war with Turkey. Israel cannot simply watch that happen without asking where Turkish involvement…...
Opinion: ‘Hell, no! We won’t go’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (853+ words) This being Israel, everyone has an opinion. And the more personally it applies to someone, the more conviction in the opinions expressed. So it has been since Oct. 7, 2023, with a continued presence in the Upper Galilee. In 2009, along with our…...
Katz: Top Hamas Terrorist Captured in Gaza
1+ week, 5+ day ago (378+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended his congratulations on the capture of the head of Hamas’s internal security apparatus on Tuesday. Describing the terrorist as “one of the most senior Hamas leaders,” the prime minister said he had been “responsible…...