Ancient Connection – Modern Pioneers
The terrorist organization Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip has made it their goal to conquer Jerusalem in order to commemorate their 35th anniversary. While this is thankfully very much a pipe dream, Israel and the Jewish people should learn from our enemies and work even harder to prevent such a thing. Since 1967 when […]
It was a well known Yemenite custom for many shofars to be blown in unison during the selichot period in the Shiloach. Yemenite Jews would stand together on the rooftop of the main synagogue complex in the Shiloach village, east of the city of David facing the Old City, and together they would blow the […]
When Ateret Cohanim facilitated acquisition of two large buildings on the top of the Shiloach (Silwan) just before Ramadan, it was an earthquake. Not only do the properties have commanding views of the entire area, but for the first time they linked up with the scattered Jewish population below, carving out a thin but contiguous […]
In August 1938, the British authorities abandoned the old Yemenite Village of Shiloach and left the Yemenite and Sefardi families without protection. The village was ransacked and the Synagogue desecrated by marauding hate filled Arabs. Six months later in January of 1939, one of the well known Shiloach residents, Shlomo Madmoni tried to return to the village to salvage a […]
The relationship between leftwing fringe radicals like Peace Now, Ir Amim and some Arabs in strategic Jerusalem neighborhoods is well documented. In many instances, and sadly, it’s these Left wing “jewish” groups, who are funding and initiating lawsuits, ON BEHALF OF THE ARABS against Ateret Cohanim or any entity that they believe is associated with […]
Some of us recall the human tragedy behind the relatively recent expulsion of 10,000 residents from Gush Katif. The trauma, the upheaval, and the shocking impact on the families was beyond words. Especially, when it was our own Israeli Government who was behind the expulsion. They claimed it was for the “sake of peace.” This […]
Nira and Eldad Rabinowicz and their children never believed that their life as urban pioneers in what is known outside of Israel as Silwan would be easy. Surrounded by Arabs, the 22 Jewish families of Kfar Shiloach or the old Yemenite Village are on a mission – to return to what was a Jewish village […]
Radical left wing group Ir Amim lead Arabs from Shiloach in yet another lawsuit against the old Yemenite Hekdesh. It seems that these difficult Corona times hasn’t dulled the radical left wing senses of Ir Amim. The group who have been at loggerheads with the Jewish Zionist pioneering movement since its inception, is once again leading Arabs in […]
Kfar Shiloach, known to the world as Silwan, has a rich Jewish history dating back to the Yemenite Aliyah of the early 1880s. While the Yemenite Jews were eventually chased out by the late 1930s by Arab pogroms, the desire for a Jewish return to Kfar Shiloach or the Yemenite Village, which lies just South-East […]
Daniel Luria, Executive Director and Spokesperson for Ateret Cohanim and David Mark of Israel Rising discuss the importance of the Yemenite Village (Kfar Shiloach).
