The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington on September 28, 1995, called for IDF redeployment in the West Bank to "specified military locations."
What all the refusal movements on the left failed to accomplish in the past - namely, to induce the general public to accept the idea that refusing an order can be a legitimate act - was accomplished by a handful of soldiers from the Nahshon Battalion, from a hesder yeshiva, who took to the roof.
Engineering giant Siemens recently closed a deal to buy a Beit Shemesh-based company specializing in solar-energy systems. Meet its CEO, Avi Brenmiller, the first Israeli to become a multimillionaire in the alternative-energy field.
Being a Jewish member of the U.S. military's chaplain corps means ministering to servicemen of all faiths, on and off the battlefield, explains Col. Brett Oxman, an Orthodox rabbi.
If subterranean 'galleries' of ancient art aren't your thing, you can always opt for enchanting castles when visiting the south-central region of France.
Musings and meditations on close to a century's worth of discussions occasioned by Van Gogh's series of paintings of worn shoes. Was the artist's statement primarily aesthetic, or political, or was it religious?
The biggest Jewish relief organization in the world, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), is fighting to receive a larger share of funding from the United Jewish Communities (UJC), which is expected to raise some $900 million next year.
After 20 years of a childless marriage, Isaac prays to God, who immediately accedes to his request: "And Isaac entreated the Lord for [lenokhakh - literally, "in the presence of"] his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived" (Genesis 25:21).
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