Posted on: January 3rd, 2007

In 2002, Israel surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to restrain a group of 39 Arab terrorist gunmen who were firing at them from inside the church.

Posted on: December 20th, 2006

We recently returned to Israel after a short visit to the United States.

Posted on: December 6th, 2006

A visit to the United States, while pleasant, often restores for us the excitement of living in Israel and reminds us of why we went to live there in the first place - especially around this time of year.

Posted on: November 8th, 2006

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

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.

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.

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.

Posted on: May 31st, 2006

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

Posted on: May 31st, 2006

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

Posted on: March 30th, 2005

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Posted on: February 16th, 2005

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