Posted on: April 17th, 2013

Last month United Torah Jewry MKs heckled a speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu and then walked out of the room. As the prime minister read out the names of the ministers in his new government, UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler shouted, “Jews don’t ban Jews” from the Knesset. (The reference was to demands by the Yesh Atid Party that haredi parties be excluded from Netanyahu’s new coalition.)

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

Now that several weeks have passed since President Obama’s visit to Israel, it is possible to get a better perspective on many of its aspects. Focus must not only be placed on what was said and done, but also on what was missing.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

April 16, 2013 Dear Mr. President, My heartfelt sympathies to you and the American people for the acts of protest carried out in Boston this week during the Boston Marathon. This really is a wake-up call for us all.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

The infamous hadith about the Jew hiding behind a tree is not some apocrophyl canon held in esteem by an unimportant few, but runs parallel to anti-Jewish motifs throughout the Koran.

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Posted on: April 16th, 2013

The very word "hero" was used by the Jordanian justice minister in joining the chorus calling for the release of a convicted terrorist.

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Posted on: April 16th, 2013

On the happy day when Assad & Tehran fight the rebels & Ankara to mutual exhaustion, Western support then can go to non-Baathist and non-Islamist elements in Syria.

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Posted on: April 15th, 2013

Choosing Life in Israel evinces what it means to be emotionally, spiritually, and viscerally drawn, as a Jew, to the siren song emitted by Israel.

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Posted on: April 15th, 2013

With Israel's military is at its strongest, the country is capable of dealing with its highly chaotic and dangerous environment.

Posted on: April 14th, 2013

The valuable Cypriot gas fields are located halfway between the Cypriot and Israeli coast.

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Posted on: April 11th, 2013

WOW threaten our very right to the Land.

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Posted on: April 10th, 2013

Erev Yom Ha’Atzmaut, 2012: As I return from a visit to my elderly mother in the northern part of Jerusalem, the bus winds its way through ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods. The stone buildings along the route are colorless shades of sand and grey, some new, some old and blackened with age. Men and women rush through busy streets, expressions of pain and joy, helpless and hopeful looks defining their faces.

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

On Thursday Night, February 28, Jews from all walks of life flocked to Barclays Center, the new state of the art arena at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn. Walking outside the area gave one an almost Jerusalem-like feel as the excitement built for a historic night of Jewish music.

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

What a week it was for Jerusalem late last month. The president of the United States arrived, transformed the King David Hotel into his (and his entourage’s) home away from home, and then began a series of meetings and visits – to the official residences of President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu, to the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book, to the Jerusalem Convention Center, to Mount Herzl, Yad Vashem, and to the grave of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. All these sites are in Jerusalem. But are they in Israel?

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Posted on: April 10th, 2013

I recently read yet another article in a Jewish publication stressing the importance of having your child tested for attention deficit disorder if he is having trouble at school or finds paying attention difficult. I would have yawned if I hadn’t gotten so frustrated. The fact of the matter is that there is no scientific test for ADD. It’s a condition diagnosed by clinical evaluation – and grossly over-diagnosed at that.

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

Radical Islamist ideology must be analyzed and challenged or the fight against terrorism wil have no end.

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

Disarmed despots are soon-to-be-dead despots. It is a lesson the North Koreans have taken on board with understandable eagerness.

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

The terrorist organizers don’t only deploy terrorists., they also deploy collaborators and lawyers.

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Posted on: April 9th, 2013

With all prior Israeli withdrawals leading to violence, why is Obama so convinced that Israelis will now get land-for-peace instead of land-for-war?

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Posted on: April 9th, 2013

At every occasion, I try to correct the impression that this so-called hadith supposedly determines the Muslims' outlook towards Jews.

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Posted on: April 8th, 2013

This is the functional equivalent of agreeing not to swing the wrecking ball after you've set the house on fire.