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Do we have the patience to listen and acknowledge others?

I was wondering how Obama was going to sidestep his promise to attack Syria if they used chemical weapons.

Syria presents a fascinatingly real, morbid ethical question, similar to the questions of Darfur and Rowanda.

It's the lawlessness, stupid.

Dvar Torah for Nitzavim Vayelech.

I disagree with continuing to make an issue of it.

קוֹלוֹמְבּוּס גִּלָּה אֶת אָמֶרִיקָה [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROEayjUynY?rel=0] Visit Ktzat Ivrit .

Grant Jordanian citizenship and basic human rights to Jordan’s Palestinian majority.

Should we be dusting off our gas masks?

There actually has been a decline in the proportionate size of Jerusalem’s Jewish population, with an increase in the proportion of the Arab population.

Reuters has the exact same bias in its reporting.

Rabbis have to stop dismissing everything that comes from outside the Beis Medrash.

Obama's shamelessness isn't incidental to his actions; it's their whole point.

Surviving the strikes will permit Assad to boast that he defeated the United States.

Tzom Gedalia is one of the "minor" fast days, when we only fast during daylight.

"There are strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof of the use of sarin gas, from the way the victims were treated."

While most surviving Jews left Poland after a brief return to search for relatives, some remained.

The last election didn't fix Egypt. There's no reason to believe that another one will.

Which means that Israel has conceded a great deal during the process.

Israeli intelligence reports confirm that Syria has used chemical weapons against her own people, yet the world does virtually nothing to stop the Syrian massacre.

President Obama feels boxed in by his ‘red line’ promise.

Eventually Prime Minister Rabin, who had offered up so many Israelis as sacrifices of peace, was privileged to himself became a sacrifice of peace.

According to Jewish Law, an insane person can't sign an important contract.

I feel I have the best of doctor and I'm looking forward to being able to use my arm fully...

Drawing red lines is never a politically wise move.

The awful truth is that Israel invites foreign contempt because it shows contempt for itself.

Since my mother's death, my jewelry has suffered.

When Chassidim make a request to a government official, he pays attention.

Iran had also threatened Israel specifically if it does anything in Syrian territory, but nothing happened when it did.

In the days and hours before my operation, many of my friends, even strangers that I meet, are asking me for my name and when the operation will be.