Why Do Jews Shake the Four Species on Sukkot?
Arguably the most obscure of Jewish customs is the gathering of the “four species” – a closed date frond, some myrtle boughs and a few willow twigs and shaking them.
Arguably the most obscure of Jewish customs is the gathering of the “four species” – a closed date frond, some myrtle boughs and a few willow twigs and shaking them.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled to save his political career in the chaotic days following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault, as fears spread within his own party that Likud lawmakers.
Iran executed six prisoners on Saturday accused of carrying out deadly attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel. Iranian authorities claim the six men killed police officers.
‘שיר המעלות’ בעצרת במנצ’סטרבאדיבות המצלם Thousands gathered in a moving event in the center of of Manchester city, for a rally in support of the Jewish community and in memory.
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The father of the knife-wielding terrorist behind last week’s deadly synagogue attack in Manchester allegedly praised the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel as a “miracle” and described the killers.
The University of Maryland’s Student Government Association (SGA) passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution on Wednesday night, the eve of Yom Kippur, prompting fierce backlash from Jewish leaders.
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has become one of the most powerful vehicles for spreading antisemitism in modern history, according to a sweeping investigation released Monday by the.
Manchester police on Friday identified the two men killed in Thursday’s jihadist terror attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. Stay informed with JBN email alerts! Get the latest.
German security services on Wednesday arrested three operatives suspected of belonging to a Hamas terror cell that had been planning attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in Germany. According to.