Climbing higher

INN prefaces an article about the parsha of the week with the following words:

This year the eighth day of Passover, kept only in the Diaspora, fell on the Sabbath, so while Jews in Israel read Parshat Acharei Mot, the Sabbath Torah portion, Jews in the Diaspora were still celebrating Passover and read the Passover holiday reading. The result is that Jews outside Israel are reading Acharei Mot this week, but Jews in Israel are up to the next portion, Parashat Kedoshim. The Jewish people will be literally "on the same page" again once a double parsha reading in the Diaspora balanced by the reading of one parasha in Israel on the same Sabbath lets the Diaspora communities catch up.

Judaism: Parshat Acharei Mot: Israel and morality

Climb a little higher

Survivor and ex-Chief Rabbi Lau gives a powerful talk during the March of the Living ceremony.

Our actions

Parashat Ahareh-Mot: The Impact of Our Actions

Judaism: For the Diaspora: Parshat Acharei Mot, a lesson in contrasts

British dad beaten up 30 times in three years 'for being Jewish' forced to flee home

Why the Left Hates Jews

The truth

Video - Egyptian-German Scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad: Our Hatred of Jews Has Poisoned Us

After watching a video about one of the Presidential candidates, I found myself searching for a NYT article by William Safire written in 1996 in which he writes about lying, which I found over here.

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel would say: The world stands on three things: justice, truth, and peace as it says ‘Execute the judgment of truth, justice and peace in your gates’ (Zekharya 8:16).
Continue reading: http://blog.webyeshiva.org/insights-in-pirkei-avot-truth-peace-and-justice/

"פעם אחת שאלתי 'איפה אלוקים?' - וכל חיי התחרטתי על זה"

Four tons

Israeli Authorities Find Four Tons of Rocket-arming Material in Salt Bags Headed to Gaza
Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.717678

Clinton Campaign Made Payments to Hard Drive and Document Destruction Company

שיפור במצבו של פצוע הדקירה אמש - Chadrei Charedim reports that there has been an improvement n the condition of the man who was stabbed yesterday at Jersualem's Lion's Gate. The victim has been assisting people in putting on tefilin and tzitzit at the kotel for the past five years. May Harav Yisrael ben Tirtza merit a complete recovery.

Parshas Acharei Mos: Rav Moshe Feinstein - Life is Not More Important Than Any Mitzva

Below are two headlines reporting on the same incident.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian driver who rammed soldiers in West Bank: army

Three soldiers hurt in West Bank car-ramming attack

Teaching the children

The Importance of Saying Amen

Teach Your Children Well: Unhook Them From Technology

Raffle Winner Gives Away Prize

Enrollment in New York State’s Jewish day schools and yeshivas increased by 4.4 percent last year. Read more: http://www.jewishjournal.com/religion/article/buoyed_by_charedi_growth_jewish_school_enrollment_in_ny_up_by_4.4_percent_i

My hero

Why Rabbi Akiva is My Hero

Analysis: The upside of the British Labor Party’s anti-Semitism furor

Father Asks to Continue Praying for Young Boy Struck by Car in Borough Park

הגר"ח לנין: 'אמת' זה קשה יותר מכל התורה

זריזים מקדימים: צפו בקציר חיטים לפסח הבא

Judicial Watch: Benghazi Documents Point to White House on Misleading Talking Points

Just don't understand

Parents Just Don't Understand

When Things are Going Well

A deadly US air strike in Afghanistan last year that destroyed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders did not amount to a war crime but was caused by human error, equipment failure and other factors, a U.S. military report released on Friday concluded.
Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-strike-on-Afghan-hospital-in-2015-not-a-war-crime-Pentagon/articleshow/52060934.cms

Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
August 3, 2014
The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed. The coordinates of the school, like all UN facilities in Gaza, have been repeatedly communicated to the Israeli Defense Forces. We once again stress that Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230160.htm

Different standards?

Under pressure

A View of Israel: The 19th Century

Britain’s Labour launches investigation into party’s anti-Semitism

Jeremy Corbyn under pressure to denounce 'friends' Hamas and Hezbollah

Should I worry about Parnasa? (Livelihood) - Rabbi Alon Anava

The email

The Jewish Community’s Suicidal Tendencies

כך תדעו אם החמץ יוצר לאחר הפסח

Not a single member of the White House press corps is a registered Republican, according to survey results recently published by Politico.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/issues/no-white-house-reporter-republican/

He Sent an Email to the Ohel

The splitting of the sea

Many recited Shrat Hayam this Pesach and a woman told me it was an auspicious time to daven for a shidduch as finding a mate is "as difficult as splitting of the Red Sea." Click here to read some thoughts regarding the topic including one by Rabbi Frand.

My plea to the left: treat Jews the same way you’d treat any other minority

Why Do We Count the Omer Specifically at Night?