Seven Ways to Celebrate a Meaningful Shavuot By: Maayan Jaffe At sundown on Sunday, May 16, Jews around the world will start the two-day holiday (which lasts only one day in Israel) of Shavuot. Also known as the Festival of Weeks because it marks the completion
FFOZ’s Biblical Tour of the Land There are spaces available for the fall tour October 23-November 2. Register HERE! The land of Israel has always been at the center of First Fruits of Zion’s mission. Even our organization’s name itself is intimately connected to the land
Israeli Minister Apologizes for Protest at Evangelical Prayer Event As evangelical Christians gathered at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast held in a special session in the Knesset on Wednesday, an opposition lawmaker and former Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana apologized for an anti-proselytizing demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews
‘It Has to Stop’: CUNY Law Grad’s Vicious Speech Inspires Bill to Defund Colleges for Antisemitism The last straw? “I look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure passage of my bill, H.R. 3773, the Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act,” Rep. Mike Lawler stated.
CUNY condemns law student’s commencement ‘hate speech’ A few days after video footage recirculated on social media of an antisemitic commencement speech by a law student at City University of New York on May 12, the public university’s board of trustees and chancellor renounced the talk as “hate
Ukraine more antisemitic than Russia: ADL survey The latest installment of the antisemitism index “Global 100,” which the Anti-Defamation League released on May 31, ostensibly has good news for Ukrainian Jews. Jew-hatred in Ukraine declined from a record 46% index score in 2019 to 29% in
Study: Iron Age Jerusalem toilets contain dysentery-causing parasites When nature called some 2,500 years ago in Jerusalem, it was dysenteric. That’s according to new research, which Israeli, British and American scholars published on May 26 in the journal Parasitology. Prior studies had found evidence of whipworms, roundworms, tapeworms and pinworms
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jerusalem There is so much to learn about Jerusalem – past and present. By Nosson Shulman, Licensed Tour Guide Recently, Israelis celebrated Jerusalem Day, a holiday commemorating the Israeli Defense Force’s miraculous liberation of Jerusalem
‘New Opportunities’: Israel Discovers Yet Another Natural Gas Field The size makes Katlan Israel’s fourth-largest gas reserve. Energean is already developing the Karish, Karish North and Tanin offshore reserves, as well as several blocks in the larger Tamar gas field. By Pesach Benson, TPS A new
Israel Concerned by Reports US-Iran Nuclear Deal Imminent Washington and Tehran are said to be close to an interim deal that would unfreeze billions of dollars for the regime. By JNS Israel is worried by reports of an interim nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran being reached
