In many Western countries, there are long waiting lists for human organs such as kidneys, livers and bone marrow. South Africa hospitals have a worldwide reputation for their expertise in the field of organ transplants. Bail Nine Brazilians and two Israelis have also reportedly been arrested...
How many Moroccan Jews moved to Israel? Approximately 28,000 Jewsimmigrated to Israel between 1948 and 1951. The initial enthusiasm quickly dampened as numerous Moroccans complained of the discrimination and contempt they encountered from other Israelis of European origin. When did Moroccan Jews immigra...
nor do I personally know any soldier who has fallen in the war. My family has not been displaced from our home. I am not directly impacted by any of the challenges that so many Israelis are facing on a daily basis,” Rivkah Lambert...
"religious revolution" and with sufficient motivation, such as an end to the Occupation and assurances of (very) basic rights, Christians and Muslims will grudgingly accept the new reality, probably more so than non-religious Jews, many of whom wil...
Syria’s new leadership may want to create a safe sensible new nation to create a country that the millions of refugees want to return to and make good on their promise of safety for religious and ethnic minorities. But the very success of the rebellion may be its undoing as it will attr...
Research the different Mahal options, which are open to non-Israelis who have at least one Jewish grandparent or are married to someone who does, and are under the age of 24 (men) or 21 (women). See the website of Mahal IDF Volunteers. The “long” Mahal program allows you to serve...
Most martyrs don't benefit from such divine intervention. Still, the idea soon emerged among the Jews that dying in the name of God would yield rewards in the afterlife [source:Barlow]. In the face of religious persecution from Seleucid Emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 B.C.), belief...
Adam Lehman, president of Hillel International, said the rallies will affirm that Jewish students are resilient, deserve respect and can “show empathy to the plight of Palestinians while also simultaneously showing empathy for Israelis.” At the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, pro-Israel ...
Many settlers have economic motivations for living in the West Bank. But other, more ideological settlers, believe they have a religious right to live there. In an interview with The New Yorker last year, Weiss claimed that the “borders of the homeland of the Jews are the Euphrates in the...
So the Israelis are a problem for him. How about the Syrian opposition forces? Are they still going and do they still have external support? Kim Ghattas Syrian opposition forces and the Syrian opposition outside have not managed to really be a challenge to the Assad regime over the last few...