Portland, Maine, City Council unanimously votes to divest from companies that do business with Israel
Jewish Telegraphic AgencyBY ANDREW LAPIN SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 Mark Dion, mayor of Portland, Maine, votes in support of a city council resolution to divest fromcompanies doing business with Israel, Sept.…
ARCHAEOLOGYRESEARCH SHOWS ROMAN SIEGE LIKELY LASTED JUST A FEW WEEKS
ARCHAEOLOGYRESEARCH SHOWS ROMAN SIEGE LIKELY LASTED JUST A FEW WEEKSHTTPS://WWW.TIMESOFISRAEL.COM/MASADA-LEGEND-UPENDED-THE-ROMANS-CAME-SAW-AND-CONQUERED-QUICKLY-AND-BRUTALLY/6 SEPTEMBER 2024 Masada legend upended: ‘The Romans came, saw and conquered, quickly and brutally’The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken…
Hope
Lisa Tremback Hope hangs in the air,it’s a big, blue helium balloonrising up to the home of God.Hope is such a precious thing,often mistaken to be only inlofty prayers, but…
Remembering the Call
Remembering the CallTodd Greenberg With dignity and graceI enter the templeReady to hear the callWhen it stepped backThe Ein Sof offered meThe ability toRemember the call –Self-How will I knowGod-You’ll…
Bringing Israel’s story to American Jewish day camps
COURTESY/LEONARD PETLAKH“A rabbinic colleague recently shared an insightful observation: ‘I was raised with a deeplove for Israel, but I’ve come to realize that my child’s connection will likely be moreabout…
US Jewish Activist appointed Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
US Jewish scholar and Human Rights activist Dr. Justinian Rudelson Ben-Adam was appointed Board Chair of theUyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), a leading Muslim organization in Washington DC. The Uyghur…
As tensions soar in the West Bank, IDF launches new offensive operation
Former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus explained to Jewish Insider that the ‘geographical structure of Samariais such that it dominates all the areas around it and the introduction of certain weapons…
Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7
BY BEN SALESAUGUST 27, 2024 9:21 AMIsraeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday, the eighthcaptive held by Hamas to be brought back alive…
Jews and Arabs hoped to fill a truck with aid for Gaza civilians. We ended up filling 300
AUGUST 26, 2024 HAVIVA NER-DAVID The author, at right, and other Standing Together volunteers collect humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza at Ummal-Fahem, a mostly Arab Israeli city in the…
JNF-USA and KKL-JNF sign $50 million joint venture torebuild southern Israel
ALEXI J. ROSENFELD/GETTY IMAGESNearly a year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, efforts to rebuild the Gaza bordercommunities destroyed remain underway, with experts estimating that reconstructioncould take at least half…