The Bully Is Threatening

Posted on: November 8th, 2006

I am often amazed by the reaction of world governments to the bullying tactics of the Muslim world.

Only The Left Can!

Posted on: August 9th, 2006

Thank G-d Netanyahu is not the prime minister. We live in a strange environment, where the Left can make war and the Right can make peace.

A Package From Home

Posted on: August 2nd, 2006

I am not sure if many readers understand the severity of a young soldier's life during periods of conflict.

The Sanhedrin Reestablished (Part III)

Posted on: June 7th, 2006

The new Sanhedrin first met in Tiberius because it was foretold that it would be renewed there and would be relocated to Jerusalem.

The Sanhedrin Reestablished (Part II)

Posted on: May 31st, 2006

Part I of this article discussed the background and early days of the new Sanhedrin.

The Sanhedrin Reestablished (Part II)

Posted on: May 31st, 2006

Part I of this article discussed the background and early days of the new Sanhedrin.

The Sanhedrin Reestablished (Part I)

Posted on: May 17th, 2006

I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on a meeting of the "Lishka" of the renewed Sanhedrin in Israel.

A Rude Awakening

Posted on: May 18th, 2005

Last week Israel remembered the Holocaust but received a rude reminder that its immigration policy admits many non-Jews into Israel.

True Role Models (Part Nineteen)

Posted on: April 13th, 2005

Renana and Jay (Yaakov) Wolff made Aliyah in 1993 from Oak Park, Michigan, where they were serving as the Bnei Akiva internal emissaries (young couples who, prior to leaving to live in Israel, serve in towns that do not have a large Jewish college presence).

True Role Models (Part Eighteen)

Posted on: April 6th, 2005

Myrna Frankel was born and raised in New York City which, she feels, is such a fantastic place to live that she would still be there if Israel had not been beckoning to her all the days of her life.

True Role Models (Part Seventeen)

Posted on: March 30th, 2005

Many Israelis are dreading the march of time as the days of "disengagement" approach.

True Role Models (Part Sixteen)

Posted on: March 23rd, 2005

Mordechai and Barbara Goldman came on Aliyah in 1975 from Toronto, Canada. Barbara grew up in Toronto and was active in Bnei Akiva (madricha and rosh snif) and NCSY.

True Role Models (Part Fifteen)

Posted on: March 16th, 2005

As Israelis suffer the stress of disengagement and the beginning of the dismemberment of the Jewish homeland, it is still important for American religious Jewish families to come on Aliyah.

True Role Models (Part Fourteen)

Posted on: March 9th, 2005

Unfortunately, the question as to where to raise your children and where you and they should live is not a hot topic in the American Jewish community.

True Role Models (Part Thirteen)

Posted on: March 2nd, 2005

I once thought that my study of logic would prepare me to understand how the world behaves. Living in Israel these past months has cured me of this assumption.

True Role Models (Part Twelve)

Posted on: February 23rd, 2005

Purim, which is not too far away, reminds us that people often can wear masks to hide their true identity.

True Role Models (Part Eleven)

Posted on: February 16th, 2005

The entire world is in turmoil and yet people ask, "When will peace come to Israel?"

True Role Models (Part Ten)

Posted on: February 9th, 2005

It is often hard to understand the attitude of American Orthodox Jews to Israel.

True Role Models (Part Nine)

Posted on: February 2nd, 2005

Few countries in the world have the concern for its citizens that Israel has.

True Role Models (Part Eight)

Posted on: January 26th, 2005

Israel is center of the universe. What scientific evidence is there of this fact?