Two Israeli men were shot and wounded by a member of the Palestinian Authority security force. An Israeli civilian was seriously injured and an IDF soldier lightly wounded in the Thursday morning attack at the Hizme checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The Palestinian shooter was shot and killed at the scene. According to the IDF, the…
An elite squad of security dogs has joined the war on the new wave of Palestinian terror attacks in Israel — and they know Yiddish. I recently spent an afternoon with the Israel Civilian K9 Unit to get a first-hand look at these four-legged soldiers. “Zitz!” the private unit’s founder Mike Guzofsky barked at a…
On Hanukkah we sing, “Banu Hosheh Legaresh” (We came to drive out the darkness), as we remember the unlikely victory of the Maccabees against the Assyrians in Jerusalem. So too, Judith led the defeat of Holofernes, against all odds when the Israelites were in a very dark place of despair, having almost given up hope….
An Israeli man injured nearly a year ago in a terror attack on a synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem died of his injures. Thousands of people gathered on Saturday night for the funeral of Rabbi Haim Yechiel (Howie) Rothman. The funeral procession started at the Bnei Torah synagogue where the attack occurred…
The first place it shows is the skin. I mean, you can pretend you’re not stressed, be totally convinced you’re not stressed, but your skin is always going to give you away. “Traitor,” I say to the mirror, applying ointment to the bright red spot on the tip of my nose. “Wuss,” I say to…
Speaking out for the first time, one of the hostages in the described how he tried to keep the Islamist attacker calm and helped him upload a video depicting him killing four other hostages. “André” was one of the 19 people held hostage by Amedy Coulibaly inside Paris’s Hyper Cacher kosher market on January 9,…
San Diego native Marla Bennett died in a school cafeteria in Jerusalem. She was killed in 2002 at 24, in a terrorist bombing by Hamas at Hebrew University, where she was pursuing an advanced degree in Judaic Studies. Nine people died, including 5 Americans. Nearly 100 were injured. “The year that followed was one of…
A senior State Department official was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor after talking online with a detective posing as the child, officials and media said. Police from Fairfax County, Virginia arrested Daniel Rosen in his home in Washington D.C., CNN reported, citing police. The network said Rosen was talking…
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