Pondering the state of American Jewry
According to the latest FBI statistics, Jews are the target in 58 percent of all religiously motivated hate crimes in the United States. This is despite the fact that Jews comprise only two percent of the population of America. While the 2020 numbers are grim, the percentage of antisemitic hate crimes has actually dipped in …
An order introduced in 2016 has allowed the National Insurance Institute to provide child-support payments to over 13,000 single mothers. This order expired at the beginning of July 2021, and payments are going to be reduced come August. This is especially difficult right now being as many women were laid off from their jobs following …
Jacob Steinmetz, a 17-year-old Orthodox Jew from Long Island, is expected to be chosen in the Major League Baseball draft this Sunday. Steinmetz already won a scholarship to Fordham University and is 181 in his draft class. But can he make it in the big leagues as a Shomer Shabbos, Shomer Kashrus Yid? A graduate …
As the Delta variant of COVID-19 is contracted by more and more people in Israel, experts are suggesting that those with compromised immune systems receive a third shot as a booster. It is now clear that many of those affected by the variant have been fully vaccinated. The good news is that these cases of …
Former Georgia Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney tweeted an antisemitic conspiracy theory on Monday, claiming that “Zionists” are behind the 9/11 bombings. McKinney tweeted a photo of the burning Twin Towers with a hand adding the final puzzle piece on which was written the word “Zionists” completing the caption “Zionists did it.” …
A bullet was fired into the window of Brooklyn synagogue Khal Zichron Mordechai on Shabbos afternoon (June 26, 2021). It was just before 3 PM, too late for Shacharis, and too early for Mincha, so thank God, no one was hurt. But it was scary to see the bullet hole in the window, and not …
Yair Lapid, the new alternate prime minister and head of Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed his upcoming agenda in a handover ceremony on Monday. Lapid described his intention to focus on fixing the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. He mentioned the various streams of American Jewry: Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox, suggesting that all are of …
The Jerusalem Day flag march, already postponed due to Arab riots, has been permanently canceled, after the organizers requested permission to march through Damascus Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, saw a march through this volatile neighborhood as a provocation, and urged the police to put a stop to …
The anti-Israel group IfNotNow once again said kaddish for Hamas terrorists, responsible for terrorizing Israeli families with thousands of missiles. The group pretends to be guided by Jewish ethics, as it prays for terrorists by name. Elder of Ziyon listed some of the terrorists that were named by IfNotNow in their recent fake Kaddish ceremony, …
A new term has been popularized during the most recent attacks on Israel and its response to same: “both siding it.” It means that talking heads diminish a salient fact: terrorists are attacking Israel. The term diminishes the importance of this fact by suggesting that both sides are engaging in violence, when the truth is …