Jew on Shabbat

Book recommendation; If you're looking for a Passover hagaddah to bring you depth and uplift, while being very accessible, I highly recommend From Bondage to Freedom from Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski

Admiral Ben Moreell born to a Jewish family from Poland, became one of the highest ranking Jewish officers in U.S. history. During WWII he founded the Navy Seabees, whose construction forces were vital to allied success across the Pacific.

San Antonio veterans plant flags to honor Jewish troops killed in combat expressnews.com/news/article/j…

1/ Meet Ahmad Hariri. According to The New York Times, he was "a paramedic and photojournalist who was killed in Deir Qanoun an-Nahr on Friday" in an Israeli airstrike. Don't let the press vest fool you. Was Ahmad Hariri targeted for his medical or media work? Five minutes looking at his Facebook told us everything the NYTimes didn't. 🧵

I’m blessed to have had the opportunity to wrap Tefillin many times in my first week of recovery. I am a Jew for Judaism. Today and forever. ✡️ #RedWhiteAndJew

Israel wins gold and silver medals at European windsurfing championship timesofisrael.com/israel-wins-go…

Man jailed after death threats to Jewish community bbc.com/news/articles/…

🚨 EVER HEARD OF THE “BLACKSTONE MEMORIAL”? Most people have not. In 1891, decades before the Balfour Declaration, decades before the Holocaust, and more than half a century before the founding of modern Israel, hundreds of prominent Americans signed a petition calling for the Jewish people to be restored to their ancestral homeland. It was called the Blackstone Memorial. The petition was written by William Eugene Blackstone and presented to U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Secretary of State James G. Blaine. Its central argument was simple: Millions of Jews were facing persecution in Russia. Europe did not want them. America could not absorb them all quickly. So the question was asked: Why not restore the Jewish people to their ancient homeland? The memorial pointed out that the international powers had already helped restore other peoples to their historic lands. Bulgaria to the Bulgarians. Serbia to the Serbians. Greece to the Greeks. So why not Palestine to the Jews? The petition argued that the Jewish people had been expelled from their land by force, had never stopped longing to return, and that restoring Jewish autonomy there would be both just and humanitarian. And this was not some fringe document. It was signed by leading American politicians, newspaper editors, clergy, rabbis, judges, bankers, businessmen, and public figures. Among the names were future President William McKinley, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Chief Justice Melville Fuller, and hundreds of others. Think about that. In 1891, major American voices were already publicly saying that the Jewish people had a legitimate historic claim to their homeland. This was not invented in 1948. It was not created by the Holocaust. It was not some colonial project suddenly dropped into the Middle East. The idea that the Jewish people belonged in their ancestral homeland was recognized by major American figures generations before the State of Israel was reborn. The Blackstone Memorial is a reminder that Jewish restoration was not a modern propaganda slogan. It was an old moral, historical, and political argument. And America knew it long before the world pretended to forget. @revenuepath

As some of you know, I founded and lead the only Jewish Advisory Council for a member of Congress. It’s for my friend and one of Congress’s best lawmaker, @JuanCiscomani. Juan is an excellent ally for Jewish Americans and the American-Israeli partnership. Today, his senior advisor and my good friend CJ spent time at the hospital. Thank you CJ for the pleasant visit! #RedWhiteAndJew #JuanForCongress #Jews4Juan

In 1954,Wilt Chamberlain worked as a bellhop and played ball at Kutsher’s, a famed Jewish Catskills resort. Spotted there by Jewish coach Red Auerbach, it launched his path to NBA greatness. He later trained at Kutsher’s KSA camp, mentoring young players in the off season.

Wilhelm Marr, the father of modern antisemitism who coined the term “anti-Semitism” likewise warned about the Judaization of Germany in his 1879 pamphlet, “The Victory of Judaism over Germandom.” Remarkable pattern. Almost to a T.

Wrapping tefillin with the one and only Mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi Matalon — a proud Jew whose roots trace back to Jamaica. From Jamaica to Panama City Hall. Wishing him continued success in bringing prosperity and opportunity to the people of Panama. #MayerMizrachi #Panama #Jamaica #JewishPride #AmYisraelChai @Mayer

My grandfather @RabbiAviWeiss told me this story over the weekend. I'm sharing it for no reason other than it's a beautiful example of the kind of quiet, selfless heroism we should all try to embody. In 1993, my grandfather Rabbi Avi Weiss was leading protests outside the home of accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk (A.K.A. "Ivan the Terrible") in Seven Hills, Ohio. At the height of the tension, the mayor of Seven Hills — George Chandick — received my grandfather in his office with dignity and respect. At the end of the meeting, my grandfather spontaneously hugged him in front of the TV cameras. The Cleveland Plain Dealer ran the photo on the front page. Residents were quoted saying they would never vote for someone who hugged a Jew. Chandick lost his reelection bid by 30 votes. When my grandfather called to apologize, Chandick stopped him. "If I had to do it again, I would do it no differently." He meant it. He later walked into my grandfather's Riverdale, NY synagogue and received a hero's welcome from the community whose dignity he had defended — at real personal cost. The Plain Dealer followed up two days after the election with the headline: "Rabbi laments mayor's loss." My grandfather lamented it. I'm not sure George Chandick ever did.

I call on all Jewish communities and Israelis in New York to come to the Israel Parade next Sunday. This year, when antisemitism and hatred of Israel is at an all-time high — fueled by leaders in NYC and worldwide — we must show them that the blue and white flag will never be taken down!

Many of us on this app have seen @TheAdam027 fighting for his life. Literally. We sat down to discuss his life, his terrible illness, what it’s like to face death and why he’ll never stop being a proud Jew. Watch here: youtu.be/ZPJeaPmatM0

8 Sivan: R'Moshe Blau (1885-1946). Agudas Yisrael activist & a 6th generation of the Old Yishuv. Died while rescuing Jewish survivors.

@AmYisraelChai_X @moshepargod Fascinating!

@moshepargod @TMIJOS 👆

הפרגוד: תמונה לא שגרתית של מרן רבי עזריאל אוירבך עם קברניט המטוס שמראה לרב את מסלול נסיעת המטוס במהלך הנסיעה מלוס אנג'לס לישראל. מסתבר שהיה זה כדי לפתור בעיה הלכתית כאשר לאורך כל מסלול הנסיעה היה אור יום כנגד הזמן וכביכול מדלגים לילה והתעוררה בעיה מתי ניתן לספור ספירת העומר, הפתרון שנמצא לאחר שהטייס הראה לרב שיש פרק זמן שעוברים מעל גרינלד ששאמנם בשמים יש אור אך למטה יש דמדומים ופסק הרב שנחשב שהמטוס נמצא במקום של לילה.

a glimpse into the Mizrahi past — here dinner with my dad’s then friend the Egypt Consul in India and entourage at the Taj in Bombay one evening where the consul toasted my dad as “ more Egyptian than us!” In mid 1940’s before Egypt canceled his passport for being a Jew in 1949 — the Wahba clan were known in the villages for hundred of years as successful farmers a big respected extended family among Muslims who calked the village KFAR WAHBA at one time — The Wahbas were known over the centuries as a very old family of Egyptian Jews who unlike the consul and some others at the table had not come from Syria or elsewhere they were proud old family Egyptian Jews,” Moussa you are more Egyptian than I”!!!the consul lovrd to toast how A jew could be more egyptian than him a muslim! two years later the same consul informed him that Nasser had annulled ALL the passports belonging to Jews “ even yours Moussa” ( dad on right his brother Yacoub across )

Learn this week's Torah portion of Naso! It has the laws of Sotah, Nazir and the Priestly Blessing! outorah.org/series/12?pars…

Born to a Jewish family in Poland, Admiral Hyman Rickover developed the USS Nautilus,the world’s first nuclear submarine. It could stay underwater far longer than diesel subs, giving America a major strategic advantage over the Soviet Union during the Cold War.