A Cartography Of Lunacy: Bush, Olmert And The Winding ‘Road Map’ To Nuclear War...
Certain Arab/Islamic critics of Israel often speak of some deeply sinister Jewish migrations to "Palestine" after World War I, neglecting to mention that (1) there has been a large and continuous Jewish presence in the land for over 3,000 years; and (2) there has been a continuing Jewish majority in Jerusalem.
Poznan
Located in Eastern Poland, Poznan is one of the oldest and leading Jewish communities in Poland-Lithuania.
A Cartography Of Lunacy: Bush, Olmert And The Winding ‘Road Map’ To Nuclear War...
Back in August 2007, the Palestinian Authority (PA), Prime Minister Olmert's "partner in peace," named a soccer tournament after Ziyad Da'as, a Fatah-Tanzim terrorist who had been eliminated by Israel exactly five years earlier. The Palestinian Da'as was responsible for the heroic January 2002 attack in which gunmen opened fire with an M-16 at a Bat Mitzvah in Hadera, murdering six and seriously wounding thirty. With equal courage, he had also planned the kidnapping and murder of two Israeli civilians in Tulkarem in 2001.
Israel, Iran And Nuclear War: A Final Summation
"It is in the thick of a calamity," we learn from Albert Camus' The Plague, "that one gets hardened to the truth, in other words, to silence." Now that Iranian nuclearization is reaching the point of no return, noisy declarations from Tehran are apt to become less shrill. Reciprocally, in Jerusalem, an inaudible truth could soon yield to action.
Exploring Jewish Roots In Poland
Before my most recent trip to Poland I gave my readers a chance to hire me to find the town of their origin in Poland.
Fundamental Errors In U.S. Middle East Policy The (Still) Multiple Dangers Of ‘Palestine’
One must wonder: Is current U.S. policy on the "Road Map" merely the result of a foolish consistency, or is something much more sinister going on? After all, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice remain determined to birth a viable Palestinian state, one that would be part of an altogether mythical "two-state solution."
Holocaust Educational Web Sites
Last week's anniversary of Kristallnacht reminded us that the Shoah happened in a relatively cultured society.
Ties That Bind: A 23rd Arab State And The Palestinian-Al-Qaeda Terror Alliance
Some things never change. First and foremost, it seems, is the determination of American presidents to assist in the birth another enemy state called "Palestine." Notwithstanding this country's "War On Terror," the Bush administration continues on a conspicuously self-destructive path that will only make us more vulnerable to terrorism.
Torah MiTzion Kollel In Warsaw
Every time I come to Poland there is some new sign of the resurgence of the religious Jewish community.
America Needs A Strategic Nuclear Doctrine – Now
My readers in The Jewish Press will already know that I write a great deal about Israeli nuclear issues. One of these inherently existential issues is the need for a coherent and codified Israeli nuclear doctrine. Moreover, this need was an integral part of Project Daniel - a private effort that reported to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ("Israel's Strategic Future," January 2003) and was most immediately concerned with Iranian nuclear weapons and the associated prospect of nuclear war in the Middle East.
Visiting The Graves Of Tzaddikim
For the past few weeks I have been describing my trip through Poland to different graves of Polish tzaddikim of the past.
Biography, Apocalypse And International Relations
Over the years, I have closely followed the work of Yossi Melman, an outstanding investigative journalist with Ha'aretz and a leading authority on Israel's intelligence communities. Not surprisingly, his earlier book, Every Spy a Prince (co-authored with Dan Raviv) was an international bestseller.
Lancut
On my many trips to Poland, I always heard of the amazing synagogue structure in Lancut.
Returning The Pink Cheek Or ‘Orange’ Look To Eretz Yisrael Supporters
At precisely 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 30 (Chol HaMoed), something happened. Something new.
Rymanow
In a recent column on the cemetery of Krakow one of the pictures was mislabeled as the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Riminov (Rymanow).
Opposing Olmert On Golan Surrender: Civil Disobedience As A Legal Imperative (Second of Two...
Can the Olmert government protect Israel's citizens? After last summer's Lebanon war, this is hardly a serious question. Further, following Iran's continuing defiance of the international community in its illegal nuclearization, a defiance carried out with literal impunity, the consequences of Israel's national impotence could soon be genuinely existential. Let us be candid. This is the case even before Mr. Olmert proceeds with his plan to give up the Golan.
B’nai B’rith International Revives Lodge In Poland
In 1938, by decree of the president of the Republic of Poland, all 10 B'nai B'rith Lodges were closed down.
Opposing Olmert On Golan Surrender: Civil Disobedience As A Legal Imperative (First of...
Amid the growing chaos of internal Palestinian violence, the manifest error of every Middle East Peace Process should be altogether obvious. Quite predictably, Fatah and Hamas now validate years of informed Jewish opposition to both the original Oslo Agreements and to the equally twisted cartography of a so-called "Road Map."
The Krakow Bet HaChaim
During my recent trip to Poland I visited many cemeteries where great tzaddikim are buried.
On IDF Refusals To Follow Orders: The Interlocking Perspectives Of National Law, International Law...
In Claude Lanzmann's monumental documentary, SHOAH, one of the surviving leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising remarks: "If you could lick my heart, it would poison you." Sadly, the time may still come - if Prime Minister Olmert is permitted to continue following Washington's cartography - that surviving Israelis will someday express similar sentiments.
On IDF Refusals To Follow Orders: The Interlocking Perspectives Of National Law, International Law...
Can the current government of Israel protect its citizens? Clearly, Israelis have already experienced the Oslo and Road Map "peace process," as a Terror Process. If Judea/Samaria are soon transformed into "Palestine," the peace process will once again become a war and terror process.
Too Close To Home
Let me begin by wishing all of my readers a very happy and healthy new year. This past year was filled with many wonderful joys and several sorrows, but we thank Hashem for another year of life.
Po-Lin
Before Rosh Hashanah - Yom Kippur, it is customary to pray at the graves of one's parents.
On IDF Refusals To Follow Orders: The Interlocking Perspectives Of National Law, International Law...
Here we go again. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Now it is Hebron, where a number of soldiers have correctly refused intrinsically wrongful orders to evict fellow Jews from their homes. Now it is Homesh, where authentic Jews labor industriously and heroically to remedy earlier IDF evictions.
A Year In Poland
For many, Polish Jewry is a misnomer; they (even those that come to visit) think that there is no longer any Jewish life, that it was all killed in the Holocaust. In the past year, I have been privileged to see just how much life there is in Poland.
Language, Ecstasy And Immortality: The Always Deeper Meanings Of Suicide-Bombing Terrorism
Terrorism is not always what it seems. When it involves suicide bombing in Iraq or Israel, it often has little if anything to do with war or politics. Rather, its truest meanings are rooted in distinctly private expressions of fear, dissatisfaction, cowardice and loathing.
Day Of Remembrance In Lodz
A Day of Remembrance for the Jews of the Lodz Ghetto was recently held in the city.
Facing Enemies Who Prefer War To Peace: The Endless Futility Of Israeli Diplomacy
Already from its imperiled beginnings in May 1948 - indeed, even before statehood - Israel has sought desperately to negotiate with its enemies. Always, always - it has preferred peace to war. Nonetheless, challenged by interminable Arab aggression and subversion, diplomacy has almost always failed Israel.
Six Thousand Miles (Part IV)
Part I of this series introduced the 6,000-mile driving tour to the Canadian Rockies that my wife, Barbara, and I took in the van driven by my brother, Avi, and our sister-in-law, Martha.
Remembrance Day In Piotrkow
This past week I had the honor of attending the Remembrance Day commemorations that took place in the Polish town of Piotrkow Trybunalski.