Originally appeared at JNS April 26, 2020 One hundred years ago this week, the British Balfour Declaration—which recognized the Jewish rights to the land of Israel—became international law. The Allies, the countries that defeated the Ottoman Empire in World War I,...
Originally appeared at JNS March 31, 2020 My wife’s father’s cousin, Larry, a man I knew and who hosted one of our Sheva Brachot (post-wedding ceremony), died this past Friday. A music teacher all his life, Larry succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of 77 and was buried...
Originally appeared at JNS February 13, 2020 As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem last month to remember Auschwitz and commemorate 75 years since its liberation, I was sitting in my office in Hebron with two Germans. These two young men, aspiring journalists, had...
Originally appeared at JNS January 21, 2020 There’s a new Palestinian intifada in the works, one that specifically targets the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Called the Great Fajr (Muslim pre-dawn prayer), it’s roused thousands of...
Originally appeared at JNS January 13, 2020 Most people think that miracles are supernatural events. But miracles are also the massive and unexpected changes caused by supernatural events. The greatest miracle in history is, of course, the splitting of the Red Sea....
Appeared originally at jpost.com 24.11.2019 AARON REICH Festivities over Shabbat were centered around the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the large edifice built atop the cave by King Herod over 2,000 years ago. Thousands gather around the Tomb of the...
