Tag: Thisweek
A Captive Returns
That is how veteran journalist Jere Van Dyk describes his capture, in Afghanistan in 2008, by the Taliban, in his recent book, The Trade:...
Putin Goes Nuclear // Why is Putin suddenly sharing his nuclear...
Americans were surprised when President Vladimir Putin of Russia engaged in a well-publicized bit of nuclear saber rattling. He announced that Russia had created...
Reunited with Their Rescuer
What do you say to someone who saved your life?
That’s what two yungeleit had to decide when they recently met with a Palestinian man...
Hope Springs Eternal // Bibi enters as officials depart
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Trump for the fifth time in the past year and became just the second world...
Revisiting Chok Hagiyus // MK Yisrael Eichler on israel’s political turmoil
Q: It seems that we always have the opportunity to speak around this time of the year—either before or after Purim.
A: You’re catching me...
American Jewish Leaders Go to Israel // Am Echad Mission educates...
The recent Am Echad two-day mission to Eretz Yisrael that took place in Jerusalem on February 26-27 was coordinated by Agudath Israel of America....
A Polite Civil War // Iran will do what’s in its...
There was a funny story recently about an Iranian military officer who claimed to have caught lizards that were trained to spy on Iran’s...
Undercover with Extremists // Israeli reporter Zvi Yehezkeli posed as an...
Paris is a city comprised
of neighborhoods, known as arrondissements, which are numbered in an unusual spiral pattern beginning in the historic center of the...
A Jewish Gathering in Mexico // A conversation with Rav Yehoshua...
Please tell me about the event that’s taking place this week in Mexico, with the gathering of roshei yeshivos and rabbanim from around the...
