Israel's annual Lag BaOmer celebrations will begin Thursday evening, May 15, but will proceed without their most recognizable tradition as authorities have implemented a complete ban on bonfires due to extreme fire hazard conditions across the country.
Netzah Yehuda, the organization behind the founding of the Haredi Nahal unit, is set to launch a unique pre-military program designed for Chabad Hasidim. The new initiative will combine Torah study and Hasidic philosophy with preparation for meaningful military service. The organization anticipates that the program will significantly change the way Chabad youth are integrated into the IDF.
"After the ban on kosher slaughter, the harassment of mohels constitutes a clear warning sign to the Jews of Belgium," the head of the European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, said.
New data by left-leaning polling firm shows 61% think deportations of pro-Palestinian protesters actually made things worse on campuses.
An Israeli woman who made a reservation last year shared that she received a letter from the hotel management stating, "Your government threatens sanctions against Norway – we will not approve reservations from Israelis until it becomes clear to us what sanctions Israel will impose."
The hotel owner said booking could not be processed pending consultation with his employees whose union has decided to ban Israeli travelers. "As a Jew who has been fighting antisemitism for 40 years, I have never experienced something so shocking. It's like traveling back in time 85 years to 1940," a Norwegian-Israeli who has lived in Norway for years expressed his shock.
The complete story of six scrolls – four that survived, three still in use today, and one that vanished – will be revealed at the upcoming "Judean Land Research" conference at Kfar Etzion Field School.
While the new pope honors Leo XIII who first showed tolerance toward Jews, his name carries the weight of predecessors who enforced ghettos and persecuted Jewish communities.
Emily, a passionate supporter of the London football club Tottenham, was abducted on October 7 by Hamas and taken to Gaza. Throughout her captivity, the Highgate community symbolically "adopted" Emily – maintaining an empty seat for her in the synagogue. On Saturday morning, that seat was finally occupied by Emily herself. Later she received a hero's welcome by the Spurs.
Four years after defending settlement boycott as "advancing core tenets of Judaism," Ben Cohen now praises Jesus and accuses Israel in Tucker Carlson interview.
