Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: December 12th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin was fond of the phrase “one step forward, two steps back.” In the current Middle East, we have taken many more than two steps backward – and we are repeating patterns that are more than five decades old.
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Posted on: December 12th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe conventional wisdom about the Israeli government’s decision to allow new building projects in Jerusalem in the E1 area between the city and the Ma’ale Adumim suburb is that it was a blunder.
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Posted on: December 12th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIt is striking to see that within the EU there is but one country courageous enough to stand with Israel: the Czech Republic.
Is There a Censor in the House?
Posted on: December 12th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIsrael has become the paradise of Arab intelligence analysts.
Hamastan: The Genie in the Bottle
Posted on: December 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe genie will be let out according to the strategic needs of Sunni Islam.
Better Dictators than Elected Islamists
Posted on: December 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIdeologues are dictators on steroids who don't moderate upon reaching power but dig themselves in.
Mullahs Capitulate, Human Rights Lawyer Ends 49-Day Hunger Strike
Posted on: December 10th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsShe concluded her starvation protest after the Iranian dictatorship acceded to her main demand
Morsi Engineering a Train Wreck in Egypt
Posted on: December 6th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsDealing with the material needs of the Egyptian people is not high on Morsi's agenda.
Please, America, Learn from Egypt’s Experience: Avoid Socialism
Posted on: December 6th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIt should take just one visit to the Middle East to understand what America is all about.
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A Generation In Need Of Rededication
Posted on: December 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe strength and numbers of Orthodox Jews in America have never been greater, and yet those of us concerned with Judaism’s future must admit we confront a future no less frightening than the future that was evident to Hannah’s noble sons in Modi’in all those centuries ago.
Bittersweet Chanukah For Aging Lehi Fighters
Posted on: December 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThey are in their 80s and 90s now, but when the British ruled Eretz Yisrael they were teenagers, or maybe in their 20s. Their faces were on “wanted” posters and those who were caught went to prison or were exiled to Africa. They are the remnants of the most feared Jewish militia that fought the British – Lehi, commonly known as the Stern Gang. Every Chanukah they met in Tel Aviv, lit candles, shared some doughnuts and watched their numbers dwindle.
Posted on: December 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe festival of Chanukah celebrates two miracles – the military victory over the Syrian Greeks and that one small cruse of oil, good for one day, providing light for eight days. The miracle of the light, however, is the main focus and central theme of this festival.
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UN Vote Enables Palestinians’ Most Radical Goals
Posted on: December 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe United Nations General Assembly’s vote to make “Palestine” a “non-member state” of the UN has done no less than legitimize the two Palestinian regimes that promote terrorism and Israel's destruction. How can the world claim to be fighting terrorism when it has just declared that two terrorist regimes should enjoy sovereignty?
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Marching In Support Of The Murder Of Jews
Posted on: December 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsAs an example of what the insightful commentator Melanie Phillips referred to as a “dialogue of the demented” in her book The World Turned Upside Down, Northeastern University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), paralleling the moral incoherence of anti-Israel activists demonstrating elsewhere in American and European cities, sponsored a November 15 Boston rally in support of Gaza and, presumably, its genocidal thugocracy, Hamas.
A Turkish-Muslim Perspective on Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
Posted on: December 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsMuslim Turks' attitude for centuries has demonstrated that Turks and Jews have continued to help each other in times of great crises.
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Don’t Just Stand There, Get Out your Candles!
Posted on: December 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThree thousand new apartments should be transformed into 30,000 new apartment buildings.
Abbas’s Classic Thug Extortion Trick
Posted on: December 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsMahmoud Abbas spent his speech claiming that this was the last chance for the peace process. In reality, it was simply the last chance for Abbas to remain in charge.
The Gaza Ceasefire Terms are a Security and Media Disaster
Posted on: December 3rd, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe elimination of the buffer zone by the security fence will not only leave Israel more vulnerable to attacks by terrorists, but also invite "publicity stunts" by adversarial non-governmental organizations.
Posted on: December 2nd, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIn contrast to rogue players, Israel uses force only because it has to.
Gaza is Not the Key, Philadelphi Is
Posted on: December 2nd, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsBy removing this layer of Israeli protection, an "exponential increase" in the Gaza arsenal predictably followed, culminating in the Fajr-5 missiles that reached Tel Aviv this month.
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