Global Ramifications of the Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Campaign in Egypt
Should the crackdown succeed in isolating, weakening, and destroying the Islamists, then others will replicate it elsewhere.
The US Endangering Israeli Security
The mistaken idea that the U.S. is Israel's trusted ally has been proven wrong time and again.
Did my Deceased Mother-in-Law Vote in Beit Shemesh?
Absent people make great fake voters.
Timeless Torah values
A competent preacher can make the Torah seem to support any cause he desires.
Reach…Stretch…Ouch
I keep putting myself in the same situation - sure, I can handle this...um...oops, no I can't.
Kislev (and Hanukkah) Approaching
I organize Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Shiloh HaKedumah-Tel Shiloh.
I’m a Feminist and the Women of the Wall Don’t Represent Me
The Israeli government was respectful enough to offer Reform Jews their own location at one of the holiest sites in Judaism in order to pray as they please.
Has the State Department Ever Looked at a Map of Jerusalem?
Ramat Shlomo is not even close to the municipal border of Jerusalem. It is an integral part of the city.
The Belated Conscience of Miri Regev
Regev is part of the reason why numerous Israelis have suffered so many aerial acts of attempted murder from that region.
The Capitulation Administration
The ‘test’ Mr. Kerry wants to perform is to weaken sanctions in return for promises and actions that will not materially affect Iran’s progress toward a weapon. That isn’t a test — it’s a capitulation.
‘Jihad against Houthis More Important than Jihad against Jews’
The Houthis' logo says "God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Damn the Jews, Power to Islam."
First Bedouin IDF Tank Commander
Although Tabash is the first in his community to graduate as tank commander, he is not the first to serve his country with honor.
Beit Shemesh Demonstrates: We Demand a Re-Vote!
The re-vote campaign has left the station and is right on track!
Zionist Squirrels and Other ‘Squirrelly’ Accusations
Palestinian Authority: “Zionist wild boars attack and rape innocent Palestinian girls.”
Rabbi Avi Weiss Crossing Hard Lines
Rabbi Weiss wrote: "Israel as a state should give equal opportunities to the Conservative and Reform movements."
Israel to Contribute to EU’s New Galileo Satellite System
A joint venture between the European Space Agency and the EU Commission, Galileo will be a worldwide network of 30 satellites
Wisdom from a Venice Beach Vagabond
He told me that according to a Muslim poet, children do not truly belong to their parents. Instead, parents are the vessel through which children flow into the world.
Aliyah at Sweet Sixteen
Dena was just on the cusp of turning 16 when her parents, both well-established professionals, made Aliyah from a major American metropolis.
Shafranian Evolution
See what you've done, YCT? You've made R. Shafran legitimize RIETS!
Book Review: ‘The Elephant in the Room’
Torah, Wisdom, and Inspiration for Life by Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Beit Shemesh: the Purple Zone
Enthusiastic fellow purple-people have established a Facebook Page called The Purple Zone, and punned in Hebrew "Am Segula."
Government is Magic
Healthcare.gov showed us the same old clunky government, with the right companies hiring the right lobbyists and everything costs ten times what it should.
The Linkage between Palestinian Refugees and Arab Countries
Tzipi Livni's statement undermines core Israeli positions and her argument is not historically valid.
Telling It like It Is
The defacto infallibility of "gedolim" alienates “both those who were brought up frum and especially for those who were not.”
Better the Death Penalty than Releasing Arab Terrorist Prisoners
A Cabinet committee unsurprisingly defeated the Jewish Home bill to prevent the government from freeing heavy-duty terrorists.
Introducing New Human Rights Organization: ASHREI
I don't know where this will go or if it will gain any traction.
Tzipi Livni: No Linkage of Arab-Jewish Refugees
"There is no connection between the Palestinian refugees and the Arab countries."
Obama’s Cultural Rape
Our Prime Minister must, in no uncertain terms, make it clear that the owners of the archives are the Iraqi Jews.
Necrolatry
The desire to have contact with the dead, especially one's own relatives, is apparently universal.
Palestinian Terrorists Should Not Be Released from Israeli Prisons
The saddest part of this prisoner release agreement is that it is being implemented despite the fact that no progress has been made towards a peace agreement.