Deborah Danan
By Deborah Danan
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Israel News Why these Israeli farmers became heroes after killing their crops (hint: it’s in the Bible)
MOSHAV AZARIA, Israel (JTA) – Doron Toweg’s farmyard is as quiet, peaceful and unruffled as his voice. Apart from the occasional bleat from Gila and Simcha, two sheep kept by Toweg and his wife Ilana, the farm is perfectly still. It’s a far cry from the bustle that unfolded on a daily basis here prior…
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Fast Forward Mourners throng Bnei Brak for funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, largest in Israel’s history
(JTA) — Thousands of men escorted the late leader’s body from his home on Rashbam Street to his final resting place close to the grave of his uncle, Rabbi Avraham Yeshayohu Karelitz (the “Chazon Ish”) in the Zichron Meir Cemetery. Only close members of family and senior public figures, including Israel’s chief rabbis, were allowed…
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