This week, on 9 May, Rabbi Moshe Levinger received the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism. In 1967, Rabbi Levinger took responsibility. He led the public to settle Hevron, and from there proceeded to the remainder of Judea and Samaria. It was not the state that did this. The settlement enterprise grew from the grassroots: it was the public that pushed and recruited the political echelon and the state. The war on terrorism equally must not be left to military men and politicians. more

What is your name? Salam Zaghal. Tell me about yourself. Wait, is my lawyer almost here? No, and you’re not going to see him for a few days yet either. Now—three years in jail wasn’t enough for you? It’s not so bad there. We get 1,600 shekels every month from the Palestinian Authority to buy stuff at the canteen. Also a salary. We watch TV. Get family visits. Play with sports equipment the Red Cross brings. Great food. We’re treated as prisoners of war. I tried throwing rocks to kill, I didn’t manage, I got just three years. I got out of jail, went back to killing, and this time I did it. more

Miriam Baum-Benkoe has once again cooked up a way to act on her principles, and turn motivation into action to help others. The Oceanside retired school teacher has launched her second charity raising cookbook, this one to raise funds for JobKatif. “I made up my mind to do something,” she said. more

The rarified discourse and debate of scholars and researchers will be open for the lay public as well as professionals to listen, observe and learn at a first time seminar on May 19th at Yeshiva University. A confluence of scholars from different but related fields and a generous grant has brought together the first annual conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls to be held in the Lipschutz-Gutwirth Study Hall (Rubin Shul) of Yeshiva University this Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. more

Two speakers demonstrated a formidable show of support for Jerusalem and Israel at Ateret Cohanim’s dinner on Yom Yerushalayim. Newsmax radio show host Steve Malzberg lauded Ateret Cohanim’s “fine work to establish Jerusalem as the one and only undivided capital of the State of Israel forever” and lambasted Secretary of State John Kerry for his support of the Saudi “peace plan” and his equating “the death of an eight-year-old boy who was blown up on purpose, with the death of terrorists who were fighting when [Israeli soldiers] boarded the (Mavi Marmara) ship.” more

Hundreds of Rambam Mesivta protesters will rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside the United Nations at 1 PM on Monday, followed by another vigil by Midreshet Shalhevet High School at 2 PM, to call for the ouster of Richard A. Falk from his U.N. position. more

During the first Lebanon War in 1982, a captain in the elite Shaldag Israeli Air Force commando unit was injured in Syria and lost his right leg from the knee down. He had been an avid bike rider and fast runner. At age 23 he was fitted with an immediate prosthetic leg and had rehabilitation for three weeks. more

As part of their series “Legends of Air & Space,” the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, Long Island last Thursday presented El Al crew members to discuss their flight experiences and as ambassadors for Israel. more

On Wednesday, May 1st, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, visited Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). more

Palestinian Arabs have concentrated many of their terrorist attacks on Jews in Jerusalem, hoping to win the city by an onslaught of terror, who seek to make life in the City of Peace unbearable. But this is not a new tactic. Arab strategy to turn Jerusalem into a battleground began in 1920. more