The State Of The Union And The State Of The World

Posted on: February 7th, 2007

As President Bush likely realized in his recent speech, the true state of our union is intimately intertwined with the state of our whole world. Our fate as Americans will depend upon our willing identification as citizens on an imperiled planet. Surely we now have the Iraq War to re-evaluate, but even so substantial and overwhelming a problem is just the tip of much larger iceberg. This "iceberg" is the always-universal nature of humankind.

Marine Park, Brooklyn

Posted on: January 31st, 2007

Question: Have you ever visited Israel?

Facing The Next War: Israel’s Still Emerging Nuclear Strategy

Posted on: January 31st, 2007

Jews and justice can never be uttered in the same breath. So it is too for the Jewish State, always the individual Jew in macrocosm. Whether it wishes to acknowledge the existential danger or not, Israel's only hope for survival now lies in a well-reasoned and coherent nuclear strategy for dealing with nuclearizing enemies.

O’ Captain, My Captain

Posted on: January 31st, 2007

I am upset. I am embarrassed. I am touched by the righteous anger of the average man. I am saddened by the lessons being learned by our children.

Yizkor Books

Posted on: January 31st, 2007

With the upcoming anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I thought it would be appropriate to write about Yizkor Books.

Defending Israel After Baker-Hamilton: Getting Down To Nuclear ‘Brass Tacks’

Posted on: January 24th, 2007

Following the Iraq Study Group report, it seems clear that legally-binding non-proliferation expectations for Iran may soon be abandoned, and that Israel - once again - may be offered as a convenient sacrifice to civilization's irremediable enemies.

Interesting Polish Jewish Web Sites

Posted on: January 24th, 2007

I am often asked, "Where do you get all the information that you write about in your weekly column?"

Survivor Park In Lodz

Posted on: January 17th, 2007

The city of Lodz had once been the second largest Jewish community in all of Poland.

After The Iraq Study Group: Reconsidering Israel’s Policy Of Nuclear Ambiguity

Posted on: January 17th, 2007

From the beginning, Israel's policy on its nuclear weapons and doctrine has been to keep the bomb quietly in the "basement." To be sure, this deliberate policy of nuclear ambiguity has done very little to deter "ordinary" conventional enemy aggressions or acts of terror. But it does seem to have been entirely adequate in keeping Israel's foes from mounting existential attacks.

Fifty Years Of World Bnei Akiva

Posted on: January 17th, 2007

I recently joined an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 current or former Bnei Akiva members for a reunion at the Jerusalem Theater.

Iran’s Nuclear Program And Planned Genocide Against Israel (Conclusion)

Posted on: January 10th, 2007

What [would be] the effect of Israel-PA agreements in bringing about a Palestinian state? Here, it is altogether probable that Israel's substantial loss of strategic depth would be recognized by Iran as a significant military liability for Tel-Aviv. Such recognition, in turn, could heat up Iranian intentions against Israel, occasioning an accelerated search for relevant capabilities and consequently a heightened risk of nuclear war initiated from Tehran.

Relics and Restoration

Posted on: January 10th, 2007

As of December 4, 2006, an exhibition recapitulating the international project, "Do Not be Afraid to Know Me" is being presented in the Opole town hall.

Iran’s Nuclear Program And Planned Genocide Against Israel (Part I)

Posted on: January 3rd, 2007

I have written previously here about Iran's nuclearization and its accompanying intent to annihilate Israel. Still, the whole story has not yet been told, and it is now time to think more carefully and systematically about ensuring Israel's survival. The time for exclusively visceral reactions is now over. Instead, we must ask: What, precisely, does the Iranian fusion of nuclear capability and genocidal intent really mean for Israel?

Does Anyone Care?

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.

The Jewish King Of Poland

Posted on: January 3rd, 2007

Saul Wahl's story is one of the most intriguing of all the legendary stories concerning Polish Jewry.

Chanukah In Poland

Posted on: December 27th, 2006

The Polish Jewish community held its first public menorah-lighting ceremony Sunday evening, the third night of Chanukah.

The Urgent Need For An Israeli Nuclear Doctrine

Posted on: December 27th, 2006

Israel's policy of opacity or deliberate ambiguity on nuclear weapons had already been breached long before Prime Minister Olmert's public statement on December 11th. And it was also breached at the prime-ministerial level, no less. More than 10 years ago, Shimon Peres explicitly undermined Israel's longstanding commitment to keep the bomb in the "basement."

Israel, The Baker-Hamilton Report And Regional Nuclear War

Posted on: December 20th, 2006

Blessed by newly anticipated changes in American foreign policy, certain of Israel's adversaries could soon attempt to bring the Jewish State into the eternal darkness, into fire, into ice. It is therefore essential for Israel's leadership to take immediate steps to ensure that a Baker-Hamilton [Iraq Study Group heads] engendered failure of Israeli deterrence will not occasion a regional nuclear war. Israel must continue to plan around the sound understanding that nuclear deterrence and conventional deterrence remain critically interrelated.

Chelm Revisited

Posted on: December 20th, 2006

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

‘Give Me Your Children’: Voices From The Lodz Ghetto

Posted on: December 20th, 2006

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened an exhibit last week remembering the children of the Lodz Ghetto.