Alon Shvut

Myth laid to rest Sir, – J Street’s director, Jeremy Ben-Ami, states that he does not favor a US veto over the proposed UN resolution that Israel…

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday extended the arrest of four men suspected of involvement in last Friday’s shooting death of a Palestinian…

Judea and Samaria police arrested two settlers Friday on suspicion that they were involved in a fatal shooting incident near Hebron that left a…

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday slammed the “foolish rabbis’ letter, which smacks of incitement, harms fundamental rights and is a sin…

Calls are mounting for disciplinary action to be taken against Paratroopers Brigade commander Col. Aharon Haliva, who reportedly said that he hates…

State Attorney Moshe Lador on Sunday rejected a request to cancel the 1998 conviction of Margalit Har-Shefi, who was found guilty of failing to…

State Attorney Moshe Lador on Sunday rejected a request to cancel the conviction of Margalit Hart-Shefi, who was found guilty of failing to prevent…

Last Tuesday was the third time in the past year Rabbi Menahem Froman paid a respectful visit to a vandalized West Bank mosque, allegedly damaged by…

Six of Gush Etzion’s most prominent rabbis visited the torched mosque in Beit Fajar on Tuesday to apologize for the destruction allegedly caused by…

Giving tours at the Lone Tree microbrewery in Gush Etzion, Susan Levine is often asked a very basic question: “Who does the brewing?” When a visitor…

ON A DAY IN LATE AUGUST, Rabbi Ya'akov Meidan, head of the Gush Etzion Yeshiva in Alon Shvut, a settlement south of Bethlehem in the West Bank, the…

In the Jerusalem Talmud’s tractate Ta’anit, Rabbi Hananya son of Rabbi Abahu said that there were 700 species of kosher fish and 800 species of…

THE SLOGAN for Interflora is “Say it with flowers,” but local choirs have discovered that you can influence people and win even more friends with…

Upon entering the new Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion, one is witness to what many only dream about in the Middle East: Jews and Arabs shopping…

It was accurately noted over the weekend that Rabbi Yehuda Amital, who passed away last Thursday night at the age of 85, never managed to muster…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday eulogized the founder of the dovish Meimad movement and the Har Etzion Hesder Yeshiva, Rabbi Yehuda…

The annual Bible-learning conference at Herzog College in Alon Shvut opens on Sunday, bringing thousands of people from all over the country for a…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu eulogized Rabbi Yehuda Amital upon hearing of his death on Friday. "Rabbi Amital who also fought in the War of…

Rabbi Yehuda Amital, founder and former head of the Har Etzion Yeshiva, passed away overnight Thursday at the age of 85. Amital was one of religious…

PEOPLE WHO love trains and a challenge will appreciate the trip taken by computer systems analyst Danny Amir (formerly Greenwald) and his son Yoav,…