Topic: The Land of Israel

September 9, 2014
10:54 pm

A new Israeli immigrant receiving an identification card, Jerusalem, May 3, 2010. (photo credit: Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)

The end of aliya?

The vast majority of the Jewish Diaspora is now prosperous, safe and English-speaking; such people won’t immigrate because Israeli bureaucrats tell them to

By Haviv Rettig Gur

June 10, 2014
4:53 pm

The current invitation to the exhibition

UNESCO’s nixed exhibit on Jewish ties to Israel finally goes on display

Canceled in January due to Arab pressure, the exhibition, now cosponsored by US government, opens Wednesday in Paris

By Raphael Ahren

January 21, 2013
2:41 pm

Atlanta native and Knesset hopeful Jeremy Gimpel (photo credit: courtesy Jeremy Gimpel campaign)

Gimpel has said Dome of the Rock ‘doesn’t belong there,’ but not that it must be blown up

US-born Jewish Home candidate, under fire for apparently relishing golden dome’s replacement by Jewish temple, has a history of hardline pronouncements

By Raphael Ahren

January 16, 2013
10:28 am

The 'virtual forest' (photo credit: Courtesy)

When planting a virtual tree, say a real prayer

A tree planted online ‘counts’ as much as one planted in the ground, says Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger

By David Shamah

April 22, 2012
6:13 pm

Death to America, from Iran (photo credit: screen capture, The Land of Israel Youtube video)

Israel’s ‘right’ to hit Iran goes viral

YouTube clips, viewed by over 2 million people, compare Iranian threat to the Holocaust

By Michal Shmulovich