Six yeshiva of Sderot guardians never came home
For 30 years they guarded this city. Now almost $300,000 prevents their yeshiva from finishing what they started.
Source: Arutz Sheva77
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US synagogue volunteer guards learn mass casualty response from Israeli medics
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York — A volunteer synagogue security guard struggled to wrap a tourniquet around the…
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Shas officials jump ship
Three members of Shas' Kiryat Gat slate defect to rival Ahi party, citing Shas' opposition to IDF enlistment for haredim not studying in yeshiva.
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Public urged to pray for beloved rabbi
Family calls on the public to pray and increase Torah study and good deeds for Rabbi Shalom Pinchas Burstein. 'He is in need of great Heavenly…
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NY synagogues rethink security after attack
Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack.
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Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack
In the incident on Friday night, Montes yelled during the service, disrupting it, and then struck a 63-year-old congregant and headbutted a member of security personnel…
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On anniversary of death: US Ambassador Huckabee visits Rabbi Kook's home
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee visits Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook’s Jerusalem home and opens an exhibit highlighting Chief Rabbis’ historic White House visits.
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Katzrin unites to commemorate Yehonatan Klimian z"l
Hundreds of residents, family members, and rabbis gathered for a memorial evening in memory of Yehonatan Klimian z"l, who was killed while rappelling in the Keshet…
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Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz publishes ‘A Proud Jew’ on Jewish faith and identity
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ) is pleased to announce the publication of A Proud Jew, the third book by KJ senior rabbi Chaim Steinmetz. Drawing on his…
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New Haredi party could shake up Shas and UTJ
A haredi politician met with senior rabbis opposed to IDF conscription, as part of talks to establish a new party aimed at restoring the deferment for…
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Hundreds of students visit Rabbi Kook’s gravesite
Students from the Beit El Yeshiva, together with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed and the yeshiva’s rabbis, gathered to pray at the gravesite of Rabbi…
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Live: Memorial for Rabbi Kook in Jerusalem
Today, on Tuesday, 3 Elul, a memorial for Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook is held at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and is broadcast live…
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Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Kook ZT"L and the Balfour Declaration
Excerpted from the biography “Above the Stream" by Tzvi Fishman,
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Bronx man faces 14 charges, including assault and six hate crimes, for attack on congregant, guard at Central Synagogue Shabbat service
Officers arrested Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, on Friday night and charged him with 14 charges, including six hate crimes, after he allegedly hit a…
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