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Passenger paid for a bus ride with a 2,000-year-old coin
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (582+ words) Passenger paid for a bus ride with a 2,000-year-old coin'The Jerusalem Post Passenger paid for an English bus ride with a coin dating back two millennia The coin's age and iconography identify it with Gadir, a settlement founded by the…...
Israeli Air Force pilot reflects on Operation Roaring Lion
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (320+ words) As the Israeli Air Force continues its historic mission under Operation Roaring Lion, one senior officer has shed light on the emotional and personal sacrifices behind the mission in a Walla interview on Tuesday. The officer emphasized the air crews…...
Meet the Jews who played pivotal roles in American history
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (715+ words) Most Americans know that, in the midst of the Revolutionary War, the 13 American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. But far fewer are aware that Jews were directly involved with the American Revolution. Not only did Jews…...
NYPD probes explosive thrown near Mamdani's house
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (374+ words) New York City Police said on Sunday a device that was ignited and thrown during protests outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani's home over the weekend was an explosive that could have caused serious injury or death. The device, a jar filled…...
Jewish-Shi’ite tensions from Khaybar to modern Iran
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (423+ words) In those traditions, Marhab is depicted as a powerful Jewish fighter, a commander, and a symbol of resistance. His death at the hands of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad and one of the central figures…...
Antisemitism, Hamas and Rafael Medoff's warning signs
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (629+ words) Award-winning historian Prof. Rafael Medoff (Jewish history at Yeshiva University) is the founding director of the DC-based David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and a leading expert on the American Jewish response to the Holocaust. His latest book is The…...
A hike to the Dead Sea through Israel's desert canyons
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (946+ words) We're hiking through a desert canyon on a group hike, heading east from the outskirts of the ancient city of Arad toward a viewpoint overlooking the Dead Sea. The canyon is rocky and stunning, all carved in stone and sharp…...
Survival guide for Jewish students facing hate on campus
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (687+ words) The book you are about to read," writes Natan Sharansky in his foreword to Be a Refusenik: A Jewish Student's Survival Guide, "draws on the strategies of the movement I was privileged to be part of " the refusenik movement " to…...
Iran, you are not invited to my sons’ bar mitzvah
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (858+ words) I booked the synagogue hall two-and-a-half years ago. It seemed impossible back then to even fathom my twins becoming bnei mitzvah. But the planning began. It was scheduled for Parashat Tezaveh " Shabbat Zachor. Before they even began studying to read…...
Florida politicians condemn antisemitic group chat
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (842+ words) Florida GOP leaders, candidates, and a university president are denouncing a group chat in which local Young Republican leaders made numerous antisemitic and racist remarks. Some are calling for its orchestrator to be removed from his position in the local…...