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March 1, 2019 / 24 Adar I 5779 Shabbat Shalom!

The Jewish Press Print Edition Your copy of The Jewish Press is now available for you to read online. Cartoons Only You – Parshat Vayakhel Read more Cartoons articles Headlines & Recommended IfNotNow Squeezing Birthright: Condemn the ‘Occupation’ or Face the Wrath of our Protesters David Israel "They have until April 5th," the email warns, using simple text, when cutout letters from magazines would have been so much more appropriate. Hillel International tells Wake ForestJewish Students to ‘Lay Low’ DuringAnti-Israel Week Jackson Richman / JNS “I will not stay low-key when I see anti-Semitism. I will always be respectful, but I will not be quiet. If anyone sees it another way, I challenge you to question your ethics and truly ask yourself where you stand,” said WFU Hillel Israel chair Phillip Yurchenko. Anti-Semitic Graffiti Suspect in Queens, Age 12, Detained by NYPD Hana Levi Julian The suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated harassment. He was later released to his mother. Former Argentine President Acquittedof Interference in AMIA BombingInvestigation David Israel Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was indicted in 2017 for covering up Iran's role in the attack. Beresheet: The Next Maneuver On The Way to the Moon Hana Levi Julian The next maneuver is planned in another week. Rising Water at Lake Kinneret Means Good News for Israel Hana Levi Julian In northern Israel, the groundwater reservoirs are also reported to be “completely filled,” according to the Water Authority. 21 Measles Cases in One Williamsburg Yeshiva in One Month David Israel The problems this yeshiva has had with vaccinating its students go back to 1981, when its principal was fined by New York City's Health Department for failing to insure that his students were properly immunized. Read more Headlines & Recommended articles The Yishai Fleisher Show The Golden Bull Downtown Why would anyone worship a golden calf? Why would anyone put up a golden bull in downtown Manhattan? Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to stare down the snarling idolatry and take a holy peek at the beaming face of Moses as he comes down with the two tablets of God's Law. Then, Malkah Fleisher on French antisemitism and baking a giant Haman's Ear! Read more The Yishai Fleisher Show articles News Netanyahu: ‘Entire House of Cards Will Soon Collapse; If Voters Wish, I’ll Serve for Years’ “I tell you citizens of Israel, this entire house of cards is going to collapse. “I will continue serving you as Prime Minister for many years to come!" Convicted PA Soldier-Slapper Ahed Tamimi Incites Against MK Yehuda Glick, Saying It’s ‘Permissible to Kill’ Him Glick's response: Glick's response: “What a sweetie Ahed Tamimi is, really!” NY Lawmakers, Business and Academic Leaders Beg Amazon CEO to Reconsider Reversal on Plan to Build HQ in Queens "New Yorkers do not want to give up on the . . . $28 billion in new tax revenues that Amazon was prepared to bring to our state.” Lod’s Religious Mayor: Next Interior Minister Must Not Be Haredi "I very much hope that the next interior minister will be from the Likud and not from there (the Haredi parties)." Republicans Seek First-Ever Convention in Jerusalem “This is expected to be the first international conference of its sort, and we can’t think of a better place to hold it,” says Marc Zell, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel. “The proposed conference will present the unshakable alliance between the U.S. and Israel.” Sheldon Adelson has Cancer Refuah Sheleimah. Israeli Research Finds that Home Births are 3 Times More Dangerous than at Hospitals The research found that 15 out of every 1,000 babies born in non-hospital settings are at risk of death, compared to five out of every 1,000 babies born in hospitals. Read more News articles InDepth Could the Arrest of Senior Fatah Terrorist Signal Future Instability in Judea and Samaria? Yaakov Lappin In recent years, most of the counter-terrorism arrests by the Shin Bet, the Israel Defense Forces and the counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Police have targeted Hamas, not Fatah-Tanzim members, who have been dormant. Is Netanyahu Better Than Gantz? Moshe Feiglin Both sides, Netanyahu and Gantz and Lapid, are not my points of reference. Zehut stands on its own merit with its own platform and true loyalty to the Land of Israel and not to the bloc. Read more InDepth articles Blogs Absurdity of Land Swaps Headline Vic Rosenthal The idea of swaps ought to be unacceptable to Israel, because it presupposes Arab ownership of all of Judea and Samaria. Why should Israel be required to compensate the Palestinians for taking its own land? Re: Your Accusation that Israel Steals Palestinian Body Parts Larry's Letters Larry Shapiro If it weren't so crazy... Read more Blogs articles Jewish Parshas Vayakhel Rabbi Yaakov Klass . Beauty In The Service Of God Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks The idea that one might worship “the work of men’s hands” was anathema to biblical faith. More generally, Judaism is a culture of the ear, not the eye. As a religion of the invisible God, it attaches sanctity to words heard, rather than objects seen. Religious art is never “art for art’s sake.” Unlike secular art, it points to something beyond itself. Torah From A TV Anchor Sivan Rahav-Meir “The boy from Russia who was not accepted to study physics because he was a Jew is now part of a team that is sending off a spacecraft containing a disk with the entire Hebrew Bible scanned onto it and an Israeli flag.” Parshat Vayakheil Rabbi Dr. David Hertzberg It is not enough to assemble one's people in one place. There must be a unifying mission. Vayakhel: The End of Innocence, the Beginning of Life Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein The Mishkan we eventually had could have become the place where the Jews connected with Hashem more fully or strongly even than at Sinai, perhaps. After the sin of the Golden Calf, it could never be the place of innocent joy it was meant to be. Light Bulb Lady Rabbi Hanoch Teller A bright idea... The Taxi Minyan Rebbetzin Miriam Gross That night a memorable prayer rose to Heaven and went straight to the Throne of Glory. It was offered by an unusual gathering, a minyan of Jews that one doesn't see every day. Murder Is Now Legal in America Rabbi Raphael Fuchs Aren’t these basic common-sense laws that every civilization abides by? Why would anyone not accept the rule of law that banned such evil practices? Is It Proper…? – Is There Anything Wrong With a Frum Jewish Man Looking Super Stylish? Jewish Press Staff Is It Proper…? – Is There Anything Wrong With a Frum Jewish Man Looking Super Stylish? You Didn’t Need To Dress That Fancy Rabbi Meir Orlian The default assumption is that the other children allow this expense. However, they can protest, and are entitled to prohibit him from dressing henceforth at their expense. Should You Light Shabbat Candles When Invited Out? Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman There is another course of action to consider: not lighting Shabbat candles at all! Before you are scandalized by my suggestion, allow me to explain. Lights In The Corridor Adena Hershberg If I had had the chutzpah which I now possess, I would have loudly protested and demanded equal rights. Since I was a 15-year-old, well behaved student I obeyed him. Daf Yomi Rabbi Yaakov Klass Stricter Than A Prohibition ‘We Rely on a Gentile…’ (Chullin 97a) Everybody Wins Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Real faith means taking God to work with us and feeling not only His presence everywhere we go, but His partnership and investment in us and in our success. Read more Jewish articles Video of the Day Boomerang’s Weekly Terror Report, February 21 – 28, 2019 Read more Video of the Day articles Photo of the Day Judaean Desert Looks Majestic in Winter, Too Read more Photo of the Day articles Click for your Print subscription to The Jewish Press . Forward this email to a friend . Received this from a friend? Subscribe .