Pioneers of the Periphery: Olim of the South Got that pioneering spirit? You’re invited to help build Israel’s periphery by planting roots in southern soil with Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Being a Critic of Israel Does Not Make You Pro-Arab, Congressman Pascrell
Posted on: July 23rd, 2012
InDepth → Columns → America's Rabbi / Shmuley BoteachI can forgive Congressman Pascrell for his continued contempt toward me by refusing to address me directly or even mention me by name, even in his letter written in response to mine. But his attack against Israel cannot be similarly overlooked.
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Posted on: July 21st, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Fundamentally Freund/Michael FreundIn recent weeks the United Nations has gone on the warpath against Israel, defaming the Jewish state and providing aid and comfort to its enemies.
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Who Will Save the Christians in the Gaza Strip?
Posted on: July 20th, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisAccording to the Greek Orthodox Church in the Gaza Strip, at least five Christians have been kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam in recent weeks. In a rare public protest, leaders and members of the 2,000-strong Christian community in the Gaza Strip staged a sit-in strike in the Gaza Strip this week to condemn the abductions and forced conversions in particular, and persecution at the hands of radical Muslims in general.
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Kosher Hot Dogs and the Dichotomy of Tisha B’Av
Posted on: July 19th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Yishai FleisherWe are not in the era of securing Kosher dogs, we are in the era of reestablishing a Jewish commonwealth and building a country. This project needs us to focus our collective energies so that we can overcome the multiple challenges that stand in our way. Instead of watching overpaid athletes run bases after hitting a ball, we need all those Kosher-eating “accomplished professionals” to “feel very strongly” about their place in the fight for Israel!
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Israel, Iran, And The Shiite Apocalypse (Third of Three Parts)
Posted on: July 18th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresThe primary point of Israel's nuclear forces must be deterrence ex ante, not preemption or reprisal ex post. If, however, nuclear weapons should ever be introduced into a conflict between Israel and one or more of the several states that still wish to destroy it, some form of nuclear war fighting could ensue.

Posted on: July 18th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Moshe FeiglinDuring Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Israel, his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, emitted the following pearl of wisdom: “The peace treaty with Egypt saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides.”

The Tremendous Heart Of Pinchas Daddy
Posted on: July 18th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Dov ShurinWe’ve just read the Torah portion about Pinchas, an amazing tzaddik who performed an unusual act instinctively and for the sake of Hashem and His honor.

Now They Are Slaughtering Palestinians in Syria
Posted on: July 17th, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisThe world has become used to hearing and watching stories about massacres against civilians in Syria. But until recently, almost all the victims were Syrian citizens.
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Plesner Committee and a Look at Shoddy Reporting
Posted on: July 17th, 2012
Media → RadioJewish Press Columnist Yishai Fleisher is joined by alternative peace activist Baruch Widen. Together they discuss the findings of the Plesner Committee and discuss a recent piece from NPR.

Voting in US Elections and Knesset Update
Posted on: July 15th, 2012
InDepthJewish Press Columnist, Yishai Fleisher, is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan to discuss the current situation in the Knesset along with a discussion talking about Jewish Americans living in Israel voting in US elections.

Posted on: July 13th, 2012
InDepthYishai and Malkah further discuss Germany's ban on ritual circumcision along with discuss the Levy Report.

Why Abbas Will Never Make Peace With Israel
Posted on: July 12th, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisAbbas is not interested in reaching any deal with Israel: he knows that such a move would require him to make concessions. Abbas knows that Israel will never give him 100% of his demands; that is enough for him to refuse to sign any historic agreement. Like Arafat, Abbas does not want to go down into history as the first Palestinian leader to make concessions, especially on sensitive issues such as refugees and Jerusalem.

Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Moshe FeiglinThose who read my book, Where There Are No Men, already know that no real struggle can be conducted by the Yesha Council. We understood that the hard way when we established the Zo Artzeinu movement, and we have since explained how we reached this conclusion in detail.

Israel, Iran, And The Shiite Apocalypse (Second of Three Parts)
Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresFor Israel, and also its cross-pressured U.S. ally, there would be very difficult problems to solve if an enemy state such as Iran were permitted to go fully nuclear. These problems could lethally undermine the conceptually neat, but probably unrealistic, notion of balanced nuclear deterrence in the region.
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Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Focus on Israel/Dov GilorWe left Reno, Nevada, early Sunday morning and decided to take the scenic route to Salt Lake City, rather than travel by super highway, but Route 50 turned out to be not very scenic as we crossed Nevada and Utah. We stopped at a roadside table at noon, where the men heated and ate LaBriute meals while the women enjoyed their cottage cheese, peanut butter sandwiches, fruit and vegetables. We have followed this pattern of meals ever since the women decided not to eat the packaged meals.

Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Keeping JerusalemMourning, repentance – and love of the Land of Israel. These are arguably the major themes of these Three Weeks of Mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple. The first two are well known and require little elaboration. But how does love and concern for Eretz Yisrael fit in to the picture?

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed
Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Aaron KleinThousands Of Radicals Poised To Fight Assad At least 5,000 global jihadists are positioned near Syria’s borders with Turkey and Lebanon attempting to infiltrate Syria to aid the opposition fighting Bashar Assad’s regime, a senior Syrian government official told to this column. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Syrian military hopes to [...]

Posted on: July 11th, 2012
InDepthYishai is joined by Hillel Ma'or, an instructor at the Caliber 3 range outside of Efrat to discuss his journey to Judaism and also Israel.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Why a Jewish Democratic Leader Attacked Sheldon Adelson
Posted on: July 10th, 2012
InDepth → Columns → America's Rabbi / Shmuley BoteachOrdinarily, an attack by the political hack of one party about a mega-contributor to another party would not merit attention or comment. But what made Harris’s vitriol most unfortunate was that it was one Jew deriding the two foremost private supporters of Jewish identity and the State of Israel in the entire world.
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