Mar 20, 2024
The casualty ambassadors of the IDF, like of any army, have the difficult job of informing of the passing of a loved one. Rabbi Steven Weil CEO of Friends of the IDF explains what is entailed in the role of these ambassadors and the caution they employ to make the hardest news a softer blow. Rabbi Weil also reveals what...
Mar 6, 2024
The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has spread its tentacles all over the earth. Their greatest resource is the Hezbollah in Lebanon who probably possess 2000 precision guided missiles. These missiles have the capability of taking out Israel’s most valuable assets within 14 inches of accuracy.
Because of the...
Jan 24, 2024
From the time Rabbi Kelemer assumed his post as Rabbi of the Young Israel of West Hempstead, NY the congregants (and soon many, many others) understood that their Rabbi was totally devoted to assisting them, with never a consideration for his own personal comfort or prestige. His expertise in halacha was marshaled...
Jan 10, 2024
As Israel valiantly fights an existential battle against Hamas in Gaza, it is painfully aware that Hamas is but one of Iran’s Shia proxies looking to spread the Islamic revolution. Rabbi Steven Weil, CEO of Friends of the IDF and former pulpit rabbi and the director of the Orthodox Union, joins Teller From Jerusalem...
Dec 27, 2023
Israel had a cadre of talented leaders. Israel also enjoyed the support of world Jewry resulting in sorely needed funds and volunteers that formed the beginning of the Israeli Air Force.
The least likely of allies was the Soviet Union, which was and would return to being fiercely anti-Zionist, but at this critical...