Interview with Joe & Judi Felber: On Coping, Hope, and Looking Forward

By Daniel Slegnick, originally published in Tzomet HaSharon-Raanana
Edited by Sharona eshet-Kohen, translated by Hillel Fendel

Netanel Felber (Credit: Courtesy)

Netanel Felber, a 22-year-old soldier in the Netzach Yehuda religious-soldiers brigade, was critically wounded last December when a Palestinian terrorist fired from close range at a group of Israelis in Givat Assaf, near Bet El. He is currently undergoing a long period of rehabilitation, with an uncertain future. His parents Joe and Judi speak of their struggle, of Netanel's smile that gave them hope, and about a girl whose wounds in the same attack ultimately saved her life.

News Analysis: The United Religious-Zionist Party that Must Arise

By Emanuel Shilo, Editor of Besheva
Originally published in Besheva, edited and translated by Hillel Fendel

The splinter parties must unite into one religious-Zionist party, which will work towards the many and varied goals on which all its parts agree.

Yemina-United Right candidates (Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS)

Religious Zionism, politically speaking, is at a crossroads. The results of this year's two election campaigns, leading to many changes in the national-religious political map, require us to carefully consider the future of small sectarian parties in Israeli politics, and especially those of the religious-Zionist flavor.