Ralph Nader’s Curious New Allies
Nader and the Green Party abandoned each other, so he is faced with greater difficulty in obtaining ballot lines than he was in 2000.
Turning Our Backs On Orthodox Education
Our schools will now experience even greater pain, and the phony rhetoric used by Federation to justify its wrongful decision only makes matters worse.
The Cantonists: The Jewish Children’s Army
This thirty-year period saw the Jewish community in an unrelieved state of panic.
The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army
On August 26, 1827, Tsar Nicholas I published the Recruitment Decree calling for conscription of Jewish boys between the ages of twelve and twenty-five.
The Meaning of Jewish Existence
The Torah is teaching us that if you wish to understand who the Jew is, you must seek the perspective of the non-Jew.
Caveat Emptor: What Journalists Really Think
But study after study shows that Rather, Jennings and Brokaw are wrong: the newsrooms of major media outlets are not filled with non-ideological 'common sense moderates,' nor do they reflect a diverse range of ideological viewpoints.
My Heart Unhinged
I've been a screenwriter in Hollywood for over twenty years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen, whom I have been in love with since I was ten years old, and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen.
The Other Refugees
In fact, during Islam's golden age Jews were restricted as to their choice of occupation, mode of dress, forms of worship, even access to specific parts of some cities.
Making The Case For Israel
The sad reality is that nothing has changed on the ground. These facts are still the same today as they were in 1947 or 1948, yet the perspectives have changed so dramatically.
Ronald Reagan and the Jews
"Reagan I could trust." - Yitzhak Shamir"He was unshakable; a staunch supporter." - Shimon Peres
Forever Royal, Forever Loyal: A King’s Timeless Tribute To His Maker
His very life's breath was after all an offshoot of Adam who was fashioned by G-d's own hands.
Rav Avigdor Miller: His Years as Mashgiach
What follows below should be read in light of what Orthodoxy in the United States was during the forties, fifties and sixties.
Jews On The Precipice
The propaganda war against Israel and against Jews is staggering, both visually and linguistically.
Rav Avigdor Miller: His Early Years
The third yahrzeit of HaRav Avigdor Miller, zt"l, occurred a few weeks ago.
Kerry, Carter And Israel
Faced with running against the most pro-Israel president since Harry Truman, John Kerry started in February to modify his position on Israel.
Lizhensk 2004: Invasion of a Polish Shtetl
It seemed as if Jews had to steal visits to their holy places while the rest of Poland slept.
Bluntly Speaking: A Conversation With A Veteran Of Israeli Diplomacy
Shamir was so hesitant to express himself publicly on important issues because he didn't want to slip in some kind of remark that might boomerang later.
Back To Basics In Fighting Terror
It has become vogue in many circles to represent Middle East savagery as part of some sort of "war of civilizations."
From Russia With Terror
Because Arafat is a master of deceit - and I unfortunately contributed to that.
Al Qaeda’s Neo-Nazi Connections
Although upwards of as many as 500 neo-Nazi mercenaries, formed into a so-called Freedom Corps, were sent to Iraq in 1991, their military effect was negligible at best.
The Girl From Transylvania
"You will never see your land of Israel, your precious Jerusalem, your Carmel, your Galilee. It will never happen. You will never leave Romania."
Librarians Against Israel: The Outrage Continues
Is not such close-minded determination indicative of a lack of responsiveness from public employees mandated to serve everyone, without prejudice?
Israeli Left’s Amazing Security-Wall Turnabout
Growing up, I always found one of the most bizarre things in history to be the dramaticturnabout of the communist movement the day Germany invaded Stalinist Russia.
Understanding The Sharon Plan
Since he was elected three years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has expressed skepticism that a permanent settlement with the Palestinians is possible, and has instead sought an interim agreement.
They Said That?!
The following represents an extensive sampling of what passes for objective reporting and trenchant analysis in today's media culture.
Sippin’ Geneva Juice
Tom Friedman is certainly a man who turns silly when talking about peace in the Middle East.
Defending Israel’s Right To Secure Borders
Following the Six Day War, UN Resolution 242 called on Israel to withdraw ''from territories occupied in the recent conflict,'' while affirming Israel's ''right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries.''
Ten Years After: The Metamorphosis Of Israel's Left
In a recent opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post, Sarah Honig, one of the paper's bettercolumnists, raised the question of whether Israel's Left should be regarded as stupid orcrazy.
Whither Iraq? A Symposium
But the fact is that now the Americans are on their own. They chose it to be that way. And they have to live with it.
Deconstructing Bush’s Mideast Strategy
George Bush has a Texan approach to people that we associate with the straight-shooter. He is not interested in flimflam, small talk, or deception.