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Thailand’s Chabad taking terror threat seriously

Chabad rabbis in Thailand on Sunday said they were taking safety precautions after reports emerged that a terror cell was planning to attack Israeli and Jewish targets in the country.Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor of the Jewish Association of Thailand said he was in close contact with the authorities and they had taken measures to ensure the safety of his family ...

Text Of Letter From Netanyahu To Obama Regarding Pollard

Dear Mr. President,On behalf of the people of Israel, I am writing to you to request clemency for Jonathan Pollard.At the time of his arrest, Jonathan Pollard was acting as an agent of the Israeli government. Even though Israel was in no way directing its intelligence efforts against the United States, its actions were wrong and wholly unacceptable. Both Mr. ...

Terror Victim’s Purim Message: Despair is Just a Mask

Hundreds of eleventh-grade girls involved in the Maagalim movement gathered this week for a day in the Yarkon park in Tel Aviv. The girls took part in sports and leadership challenges, with an emphasis on overcoming difficulties.Terror survivor Asael Shabo was there to give the group a first-hand account of overcoming disability. Shabo, who lost a leg in a terrorist ...

Tensions Rise as Mideast Talks Begin

Rising tensions in the Mideast cast a shadow over the start of the first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in nearly two years Wednesday, and leaders at the Washington summit vowed to press on with negotiations. A day after gunmen from the militant Islamist group Hamas killed four Jewish settlers in the West Bank, Palestinian security services detained dozens of alleged ...

Ten Hasidic pilgrims deported from Ukraine

Ukraine has deported to Israel ten Hasidic pilgrims, who attempted to disrupt public order in Uman, Cherkasy region, and who were suspected of causing bodily harm to local residents.The pilgrims have been banned from Ukraine for five years, the media liaisons department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s main office in Cherkasy region reported.Read More: @ kyivpost.comReaders found more information by searching ...

Temporary victories

One of the lessons of history, especially of the history of human ideas and conflicts, is that there are few, if any, permanent victories. All the victors of World War II, for instance, have been humbled and themselves defeated in various ways and conflicts thereafter. Victories are only temporary in the eyes of history as are empires and superpowers. The ...

Temple Menorah Stamp Affirms Jewish Claim to Land

Just two weeks after a Temple era seal was displayed to the public, archeologists continue to dig up breathtaking proofs of the ancient and never-severed connection between Jews and the Land of Israel. This time, the find is a 1,500 year old tiny stamp discovered near the city of Akko, bearing the image of the seven-branched Temple Menorah.The stamp was ...

Temple Laver Moved to New Home

The Temple Institute moved a giant copper laver, or wash basin, to the new home of its exhibit of Temple articles on Monday.A statement by the Temple Institute said the basin, which is 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) tall and 2.8 meters (9.1 foot) in diameter is kosher for use in the Third Temple and can be used to purify 12 ...

Tel Aviv Rabbis Campaign for Sabbath Observance

As municipal leaders in Tel Aviv debate whether to allow public bus service in Israel’s second most-populous city to operate on the Sabbath, pulpit rabbis launched a massive campaign to encourage residents to observe the Jewish holy day.Every family in the city will receive a flyer describing the need for a day of rest, especially in today’s hectic world. Rabbi ...

Tel Aviv Needs Public Transportation on Shabbat

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai is joining calls to operate public transportation on Shabbat. In a status published on his Facebook page he wrote: Israel is the only state in the world where for a quarter of the days in every year there is no public transportation on holidays and Shabbat.“We must ask ourselves – what does a person who ...

Tel Aviv fetes its 221,000 trees on Tu Bishvat

The Tel Aviv Municipality is marking Tu Bishvat, celebrated on Wednesday, with the publication of a book describing 29 trees in the city which are outstanding due to their size or age.However, environmental activists say the city is doing little when it comes to protecting its arboreal treasures.According to the book, written by the municipality’s landscaping and city beautification coordinator, ...

Tel Aviv – Breslov Chasidim Don ‘veils’ En Route to Rabbi Nachman’s Tomb

Tel Aviv – The pre-Rosh Hashanah wave of pilgrims to the town of Uman in Ukraine peaked on Monday as around 9,000 boarded 50 flights from Ben-Gurion International Airport.Another 5,500 pilgrims from the Bratslav Hasidic sect will travel to Ukraine on Tuesday on 28 flights to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman. Overall, some 18,000 Hasidim will travel to the ...