https://www.jewishpress.com The Newspaper for Every Jewish Home. Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:32:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 https://www.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Jewish-Press-Small-Logo-Rectangle.jpg?v=1.0.5" style="display: none; https://www.jewishpress.com 32 32 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/europe/ukraine/report-delta-variant-to-take-over-ukraine-by-rosh-hashanah/2021/07/19/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:07:26 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=539284 Last September there were reports of at least six Breslov Chassidim who made it past the border lockdown and reached Uman only to contract the virus.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/israeli-couples-marry-in-utah-with-no-religious-red-tape-without-leaving-home/2020/12/30/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:59:57 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=510616 “Marriage certificates were presented from the State of Utah in the United States."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/smotrich-scares-the-bejeebers-out-of-secular-and-religious-israelis-with-promises-of-halachic-state/2019/06/03/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:48:39 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=431037 MK Smotrich dropped a brick in the puddle with this one, and the resulting shpritz will prove tough to clean up.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/jerusalem-rabbis-issue-appeal-to-public-avoid-the-temple-mount/2019/02/24/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:43:38 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=417334 “There is no permission for foreigners or for Jews to enter there, even if we cannot at present prevent foreigners' entry."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/shalva-band-retires-from-race-to-eurovision-over-sabbath-desecration/2019/02/05/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:05:52 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=414580 The Shalva Band is regularly invited to perform at cultural venues, at dignitary events, and with celebrity artists.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/smotrich-bennett-and-shaked-left-atomic-mess-in-habayit-hayehudi/2019/01/16/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:09:33 +0000 https://www.jewishpress.com/?p=411562 "They abandoned the religious Zionist party at the last-minute, and now in Habayit Hayehudi there is a war of everyone against everyone else, its all empty, and void, and waste."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/kkl-jnf-backs-conservative-movement-at-western-wall-calls-for-israel-to-support-all-streams-of-judaism/2018/12/25/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 19:11:29 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=408537 Daniel Atar: "I support ... tolerant discourse that accepts all streams of Judaism. No one has a monopoly on Judaism."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/coalition-partners-vote-to-dissolve-knesset-early-elections-set-for-april-9/2018/12/24/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=408348 Religious parties in the coalition refused to back the legislation called the Hareidi Draft Law.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/remembering-idf-soldier-ron-kukia-arad-terror-victim/2018/11/21/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:21:43 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=403924 "I cannot judge the moves of the Bedouin mother, but I always wonder how she or others really feel about the Jews."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/update-arab-vocalists-conversion-rejected-by-israels-chief-rabbinate/2018/09/04/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 20:32:31 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=394289 Qadri was informed the conversion would not be recognized because it was carried out by a rabbi who is independent from the state network of Rabbinate authorities authorized to conduct conversions. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/uncategorized/opposition-up-in-arms-as-katz-cancels-shabbat-work-on-tel-aviv-bridge/2018/08/22/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:49:07 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=392622 Likud Culture Minister Miri Regev said, however, that Katz made the right decision.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/google-owned-youtube-site-deletes-rabbi-shmuel-eliyahus-torah-channel/2018/04/11/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:57:14 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=372081 Users who tried to browse through the channel to watch the lessons encountered the message “Account deleted.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/winter-rains-at-last-begin-to-fall-in-israel-but-prayer-rally-planned-at-western-wall-anyway/2017/12/24/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:30:30 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=355702 “I call on the public to attend the prayer and to bring umbrellas, because together we will rip open the skies.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1200-israeli-elderly-receive-visits-to-brighten-hanukkah/2017/12/14/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=354278 “Loneliness is one of the hardest challenges for elderly Israelis -- sometimes that struggle outweighs the usual daily battle for financial survival."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/dozens-arrested-in-jerusalem-bnei-brak-protests-against-idf-draft/2017/11/20/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:57:40 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=350216 Members of the so-called "Yerushalmi Faction" has urged yeshiva students not to comply with the draft board.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/attorney-generals-office-ends-the-silence-over-the-lies-of-breaking-the-silence/2017/11/17/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 04:28:48 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=349703 “Kudos to [Dean Issacharoff's] comrades in his company who refused to remain indifferent and were unwilling to remain silent while he lies."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/heavens-to-mergatroid-theyre-hunting-krembo-in-israel/2017/11/14/ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/heavens-to-mergatroid-theyre-hunting-krembo-in-israel/2017/11/14/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:01:29 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=349285 The average Israeli eats 10 Krembos each season, according to Feldman Ice Cream.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/heavens-to-mergatroid-theyre-hunting-krembo-in-israel/2017/11/14/feed/ 1 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/chabad-2/tens-of-thousands-of-jews-flood-hebrons-cave-of-the-patriarchs-for-shabbat-chayei-sarah/2017/11/12/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:30:37 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=348947 The families of the community opened their homes to the tens of thousands of guests.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/thousands-mark-passing-of-biblical-matriarch-rachel/2017/10/31/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:22:11 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=346887 The passing of Rachel is marked on the 11th day in the Hebrew month of Heshvan on the Jewish calendar. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/hundreds-participate-in-hareidi-day-of-rage/2017/10/19/ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/hundreds-participate-in-hareidi-day-of-rage/2017/10/19/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=345185 The demonstrations were sparked by the arrest of two yeshiva students who refused to appear at the IDF enlistment office.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/hundreds-participate-in-hareidi-day-of-rage/2017/10/19/feed/ 17 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/muslim-driver-transforms-egged-bus-into-sukkah-mobile-in-jerusalem/2017/10/10/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:06:53 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=343988 “I hear a lot of ‘Way to go!’ and ‘Happy holiday’ from most people."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/rabbi-riskin-to-retire-from-ohr-torah-stone/2017/10/04/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:53:37 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=343295 Riskin, 77, transformed the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City to become one of the most popular centers of modern Orthodoxy on America’s eastern Seaboard. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/united-hatzolah-treats-2000-medical-emergencies-in-israel-on-yom-kippur/2017/09/30/ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/united-hatzolah-treats-2000-medical-emergencies-in-israel-on-yom-kippur/2017/09/30/#comments Sat, 30 Sep 2017 19:52:58 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=342626 The majority of the cases dealt with people who fainted, were dehydrated, or felt severely ill due to the fast.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/united-hatzolah-treats-2000-medical-emergencies-in-israel-on-yom-kippur/2017/09/30/feed/ 2 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/bnei-brak-threatens-court-action-to-block-light-rail-work-on-yom-kippur-sabbath/2017/09/25/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:36:58 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=341713 At issue is the agreement with the city of Bnei Brak that prohibits digging and other work on the Light Rail tracks during the Sabbath and on Yom Kippur.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/former-psychiatric-patient-attacks-shoppers-in-toulouse-yelling-allahu-akbar/2017/09/13/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:18:07 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=340297 The attacker burst into tears after he was wrestled to the ground, handcuffed and placed on to a stretcher for transport to a hospital.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/new-exhibition-ancient-bureaucracy-and-clerks-from-israels-past/2017/09/04/ Mon, 04 Sep 2017 07:38:30 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=338817 A collection of seals, some with ancient Hebrew inscriptions, and other new findings go on public display this week at the annual City of David archaeology conference.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/netanyahu-calls-to-increase-number-quality-of-bible-studies-teachers/2017/09/03/ Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:00:16 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=338766 "I do exactly as I say: 'I practice what I preach'," Netanyahu said; he holds a weekly Bible study class at his official residence in Jerusalem.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/south-tel-aviv-protest-the-people-demand-an-israeli-high-court/2017/09/02/ Sat, 02 Sep 2017 20:02:56 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=338656 "It's amazing to see how the rights organizations are concerned only with the side that endangers Israel."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/got-a-drivers-license-swap-it-in-israel-effective-sunday/2017/08/13/ Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:13:46 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=335238 “This is about reducing bureaucracy," said Minister Yisrael Katz.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/bennett-im-the-natural-right-wing-leader-for-day-after-netanyahu/2017/08/13/ Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:52:47 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=335193 "In five separate polls published last week, we are gaining strength in every poll of right-wing voters.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/lack-of-adequate-buses-to-tomb-of-prophet-samuel/2017/08/09/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:15:30 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=334797 “There does appear to be an increase in demand and [so] we are significantly increasing service ... although we are limited in the number of minibuses that we have.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/israeli-bus-firebombed-near-ariel/2017/07/30/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:59:56 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=333214 No one was physically injured in any of the attacks, but some vehicles were damaged.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/not-your-average-food-basket/2017/07/30/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:39:14 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=333178 The project shows homemakers how the body requires different energies at different hours for maximum productivity. ]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel/netanyahu-modi-meet-thousands-of-israeli-indian-olim/2017/07/06/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 23:02:59 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=329103 'Prime Minister, these are the Jews of India. They love India, they love Israel. They love our friendship,' Netanyahu told Modi.]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/religious-zionist-us-orthodox-rabbis-support-cancellation-of-western-wall-deal/2017/07/04/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 19:55:55 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=328881 "We must not submit to those who vocally and shrilly disrupt the unity of the Jewish people through threats and political coercion."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/folk-dancing-at-the-movies-in-jerusalem/2017/06/23/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:36:16 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=327233 It's easy to be happy after enjoying a night of folk dancing with the Middle Eastern music of Boaz Goel at Cinema City of Thursday nights. Best of all -- it's free!]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/on-world-environment-day-leket-israel-connects-people-with-nature/2017/06/01/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:26:52 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=323696 “What better way to reconnect people with nature than by encouraging them to get out and get their hands dirty."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/ramaz-students-pick-fresh-vegetables-with-leket-israel-for-needy-families/2017/05/25/ Thu, 25 May 2017 15:31:37 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=322624 "Showing the youth that they can make a true difference even with limited time, is of utmost importance in empowering the future generation."]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/security-cabinet-considers-admitting-syrian-victims-of-chemical-attack/2017/04/09/ Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:55:52 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=315872 Even the Arab Joint List party, which rarely criticizes excesses by the Arab world, had called the Syrian sarin gas attack a “war crime.”]]> https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/115-bar-mitzvah-boys-celebrate-in-jerusalem/2017/04/07/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 05:00:40 +0000 http://www.jewishpress.com/?p=315506 Every effort was made to focus on the happiness of the day and leave the child’s pain aside.]]>