Can’t be ‘Even-handed’ Condemning Haters of Israel and Jews
Jewish groups are having trouble confronting “Zionphobic” violence because it offends those who think they have a right to foment anti-Semitism and deny Israel’s right to exist.
Can’t Detach Leftwing Hatred for Israel from anti-Semitism
Anti-Zionists claim that violence against Jews discredits their cause; however, delegitimizing Jewish rights encourages hatred, whether or not leftists are willing to admit it.
Who Has The Answer To Human Happiness?
Aristotle had his theories about human behavior, as did Rousseau, Kant, and numerous other geniuses. One need not feel compelled to accept Freud’s theories any more than theirs.
It’s About Religion, Not Land
Why attack American or French or British Jews? Why curse "the Jews"?
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza-Déjà vu…Again?
The problem of Gaza was created by the belief that land could be transferred to the Palestinian Arabs to provide them a viable opportunity for self-governance.
How the UN Stole Jewish Homes in Occupied Jerusalem and Set Off the Latest...
In 1948, the armies of seven Arab nations invaded Israel. They failed to wipe out the newly reborn nation, but Jordan occupied part of Jerusalem and ethnically cleansed its Jews.
Arabs: Hamas Does Not Care About Palestinian Suffering
Prominent Arab writers and political analysts hold the Iranian-backed Hamas responsible for the violence and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip over the past week. These Arabs can also see that if one cares about the Palestinians, why would one want them ruled by terrorists who place weapons caches near hospitals and schools, and use children as human shields?
An Antisemitic Hate Wave Grows in Los Angeles
"Die Jew" and "Free Palestine."
Frum Jews And Swearing
If they’re speaking to me, I often wonder: Does it not occur to them that I might feel uncomfortable hearing these words?
Wokedom’s Signature Cause
Just in case you have somehow missed the person who goes by those initials, AOC actually stands for Alexandra Occasionally Coherent although there is much debate about the word “occasional.”
When Men Give Birth…
The left's moral compass always shows north as south and east as west. And men giving birth
AP: We Knew “NOTHING, NOTHING”
And the AP is complaining about what? Israel warned it that the building was a target. AP chose to share a building with Hamas and pretended not to know about it.
INTO THE FRAY: Et tu, Ahmad—The Illusion of Arab Loyalty
The situation that has arisen can no longer be seen as one centering on the question of individual rights but of collective survival—and it must be treated as such.
Are We To Be the World’s Greatest Force For Good Or Not?
America is the land of systemic opportunity, not systemic racism. The only people to deny these facts are America's homegrown America-haters. They see America as a force of evil at home and abroad.
Iran’s Proxy War Against Israel
In the past, Iran used its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, to attack Israel. Iran is now using its Palestinian proxies to achieve its goal of eliminating Israel and killing Jews. This is a war not only between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist groups. Rather, it is a war waged by Iran against Israel.
California Leaving
No children; no middle class; no future.
The Case For A Well-Rounded Education
None of the great rabbanim of the past who discussed the value of a general education stressed its financial value – not the Rambam, not the Vilna Gaon, not Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch. They stressed instead its intrinsic worth.
For Some Arabs, Preventing Peace with Israel Is More Important Than Combating Coronavirus
These [Arab] leaders and media have filled the Arab people with so much hate against Israel that participating in a positive, productive endeavor becomes a major crime.
Iran’s ‘Drug Terrorism’ Against Arabs
"[Hezbollah has become] a criminal organization whose danger has gone beyond the stage of terrorism and military operations.... The Hezbollah project has become the destruction of people through drugs."
Can a Disaster Breed Jewish Unity or Widen the Communal Breach?
Solidarity with the victims of the Mount Meron tragedy is a sign of hope. Still, the impulse to turn it into a political issue and cast blame on the ultra-Orthodox may prove more powerful.
NY Courts Prove Woke Politics Endangers Jews
A “bail reform” law led to the release of violent criminals who struck again and now to that of a man who vandalized synagogues. And still, the ADL and Jewish left are silent.
How Spielberg and the Genesis Prize Funded Anti-Israel Activism
Sur-PRIZE: The Genesis Prize was created to make American Jews more pro-Israel. Instead it’s become just another American ‘foundation’ funnelling cash to the organizations of the anti-Israel Left.
INTO THE FRAY: When Generals Stray into Politics…
This week--despite the resounding failure of the “land-for-peace” formula—3 former IDF generals penned an Op-Ed, urging the Biden administration to “keep open a path to an eventual two-state solution”
Affluence + Secularism = Boredom = Leftism
People need meaning. After food, that is the greatest human need.
Note to Jewish Groups: Work for Justice, NOT Toxic Race Theories
Americans were relieved by the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Still, the JCPA and ADL shouldn’t join with partisans and radicals to exploit it to push a racialist agenda that hurts Jews.
How Palestinian Leaders Treat Their Refugees
They want millions of Palestinians to remain stuck in refugee camps so that the Palestinian leadership can continue milking the world for money.
INTO THE FRAY: When did Palestine become Palestine?
The Palestinian-Arabs’ claim for sovereignty over what they now insist is their long yearned-for homeland arose only after 1967—i.e. when it came under Jewish administration
Re-Branding The Vilest Evil
They are deaf to protestations that there are whole areas of knowledge (even when they conform to the Torah’s perspective) that are only taught to our children when they are no longer children and ready to marry.
Atarot: The Future Of Jerusalem
Atarot's sister-settlement, N'vei Yaakov, has now become two flourishing Jewish neighborhoods – N'vei Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev – in which many tens of thousands of residents reside.
Who’s REALLY for ‘Replacement Theory?’ White Supremacists or Liberals?
The ADL wants Tucker Carlson fired for racism. Carlson says his views on immigration are the same as Israel’s. Why both assertions are wrong.