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5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (825+ words) Except for one Shabbat, I have been rooted for the entirety of the current war in our home in the Upper Galilee. This decision reflects rootedness, a desire to "hold down the fort" and a refusal to give Hezbollah a…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago  (570+ words) Ken Abramowitz is a Threat Analyst and author of "The Multifront War" Edited by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, President, American Center for Democracy (ACD) Since October 7, 2023, when the Iranian proxy Hamas" genocidal attack against Israel, more than 13,340 antisemitic attacks against Jews…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (280+ words) While the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, Ankara and Damascus try to exploit the fighting in Iran to divert the India-Europe trade corridor through their territory. The intensifying war with Iran and the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (147+ words) Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, aged 22, from New Haven, Connecticut, a soldier of the 890th battalion, Paratroopers Brigade, fell during combat in southern Lebanon, it was cleared for publication on Sunday morning. During the incident in which Sergeant Moshe Yitzchak hacohen…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (816+ words) Download the OU Passover Guide here and a guide to kosher for Passover medications here with the list from Israeli health services here. There are some people who do not realize this fundamental difference and clean their house very carefully,…...

52+ min ago  (260+ words) The former mayor of Surfside, Florida, Shlomo Danzinger, along with several Jewish organizations, filed an emergency injunction last Friday to delay the city's mayoral runoff election, which is scheduled for April 7-during the festival of Passover. The petitioners are requesting…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (127+ words) Rain is expected in most areas of the country and there is a slight risk of flooding in the Arava stream, the Judean Desert, and the Dead Sea. The weather will be cloudy today (Sunday). Rain is expected in most…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (156+ words) Images showing the destruction from an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base have been circulating on social media. Following reports of damage to US military E-3 Sentry aircraft during an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan Air Base, images…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (193+ words) Steven Gruzd, 53, a senior journalist and researcher and a well-known figure in Johannesburg's Jewish community, was murdered on Saturday after being kidnapped in the heart of the city. Gruzd served as the head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Archives…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (310+ words) The exiled son of Iran's last shah, Reza Pahlavi, earned thunderous applause from a packed conference hall of US conservatives on Saturday as he urged Washington to press its military campaign against Tehran. Speaking to a raucous audience in Texas…...