The European Right Are Friends, Not Fascists

First, in all European countries and other important regions in the world, the national Right is growing stronger, and therefore, we must devote our main political efforts to cultivating ties with right-wing parties. Second, the Left is becoming increasingly anti-Semitic.

What Is Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Legacy? An Appreciation on His 130th Yahrzeit

The slogan most famously associated with Rav Hirsch is Torah im Derekh Eretz. What Rav Hirsch meant by these words is that the Torah is not inherently connected to any one particular culture or civilization.

Lost Votes Could Sink Israel’s Right

A situation in which Habayit Hayehudi, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu Party, Yisrael Beytenu, and Shas are all hovering near the minimum electoral threshold would be a dangerous one. So dangerous that the right could lose power.

Stop Lying: Israel Is Not Safer Than America

On July 6, 1989, Abed al-Hadi Ganaim grabbed the steering wheel of an Egged bus and drove it off the road, murdering 16 people....

Smearing Israel: The New York Times Suggests an Israeli War Crime

Does one errant IDF bullet warrant moral equivalence with Hamas terror tunnels?

Palestinians’ New Year’s Resolutions

Palestinian leaders are not offering their people a better life, prosperity, security and stability. Instead, the leaders are urging Palestinians to continue hating Israel and the US. They are urging Arab countries not to make peace with Israel: they consider normalization with Israel an act of treason.

The Growing Poverty of Political Debate

The massive development of cyberspace has given single-issue politics an unexpected boost. Today, almost anyone anywhere in the word could create his or her own echo-chamber around a pet subject

Top Jewish Stories of 2018

This year American Jews almost experienced a tragedy: It was rumored that Entenmann’s was going to lose its kosher certification.

NY Times End of Year Epic Smear

In a 4700-word story about a Palestinian medic killed in Gaza border violence, there is no mention of the thousand Hamas rockets fired into Israel in 2018 and Israeli families sleeping in shelters. There is no mention of Hamas chieftains leading chants of "Death to Israel."

Anti-Israel Advocacy Permeates the New York Times

No New York Times editorial about Israel is complete without its knee–jerk indictment of the country, its leaders, and policies. Here too, it was inevitable that the editorial’s justification of BDS would turn into an attack on the Israeli government and policies

Cremation vs. Burial: Preserving Human Dignity in Life and Death

In contrast to popular misconceptions, cremation is neither environmental nor dignified. Burial in the earth reaffirms the eternal cycle of creation, birth and rebirth, passage and transition.  It reinforces our awareness of the eternity of the human soul and the unending mission of the Jewish people

The Jewish Threat

We don’t seek to conquer the lands of others as did the colonialist Arab, British or European empires of old. We simply want to determine our own future, the future of the Jewish people, in our own land.

Agenda for 2019: Defend Jewish Interests, not Partisanship

After a year of division, it’s time for Jews on both sides of the blue-red divide to be willing to take on their allies.

The Other Intersectionality: Victims of Islamism

The "intersectionality" promoted on campuses and beyond by Hamas/SJP and their fellow travelers seeks, in pursuit of its anti-Israel agenda, to distract attention from the Islamist onslaught, its ongoing savaging of populations in Africa, Asia and America.

The Two Major Strategic Turning Points of 2018

Last summer’s events in the Gaza Strip cast serious doubt on the feasibility of a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, as the proximity of that area to Israel’s main population centers and economic/strategic assets ensures its transformation into the main combat zone should it undergo a militarization process similar to that experienced by Gaza and Lebanon. The question is whether the IDF has an effective response to the advent of parallel major threats on several fronts.

Does A Gemara Background Help You In Law School?

Today, 25 years later, the two universes of Gemara and secular law coincide seamlessly for me more than ever. As a rav and law professor, I sometimes teach the same concept TWICE during the same week – in Torts class and in Gemara shiur.

LeBron James Committed a Foul and Doesn’t Deserve a Free Pass

Apologies filled with rationalizations, explanations and deflections are not apologies. LeBron’s apology is the perfect example of how not to say you are sorry.

Does Anyone Care About The Prisoners Of Zion?

High schoolers in the dati-leumi school system remember us because the struggle for Soviet Jewry is a part of the curriculum. Otherwise, to most Israelis, I am just another beard in the street.

Making The Jewish Nation Great Again

Over the past two years, we have repeatedly heard the slogan, “Make America Great Again.” What would it take for the Jewish people to be “great again”? What would it take for us to restore the glory of the kingdoms of King David and King Solomon?

The Gaza War Continues

As the commander of the operation, I recommended to ‎my superiors that Israel should make the most of ‎this success and expand the campaign by allowing ‎Southern Command forces to seize control of Gaza ‎City bring Hamas to its knees by either eliminating ‎terrorist or capturing them. My recommendation was ‎denied.

Yaffed And The War On Jewish Education

The Yaffed organization, claims to promote discussion by “rais[ing] awareness” in the community, but in reality aims to end it via coercive action. Yaffed sued New York State in federal court, demanding that the state’s Education Department force Jewish schools to change their curricula.

Deterrent or Political Tool? Breaking Down the Barrier

{Originally posted to the JNS website} Many have pointed to Israel’s security barrier in Judea and Samaria as being one of the primary contributors to...

How Will the Cookie Crumble? A Post-PA Scenario

If and when the Palestinian Authority (PA) collapses, Jordan will bear the greatest brunt of the resulting humanitarian crisis. Such a collapse will almost certainly lead to a mass exodus of Palestinians from Areas A and B.

To Fight Anti-Semitism, US Jewry Should Learn from Early Days of Amnesty International

The silver lining of the Pittsburgh massacre is that it seems to have awoken Jews to the need to stand together in fighting the scourge of anti-Semitism regardless of its source

Why Did Abbas Proclaim the Dissolution of PA Parliament?

Following the move of the other organizations toward Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas was not able to convene the PLO institutions in Ramallah, which very likely led to his resolution to dissolve the Legislative Council.

Election April 2019: Trial by the Jury of Public Opinion

It is quite clear to all: The snap elections are less about the legislation and more about the impending criminal indictments awaiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Still pro-Israel?

Some hard-left Jews are out to sabotage the Birthright program. They are cutting away the limb – love for, and identification with, Israel – upon which all pro-Israel Jewish community activity must be based. J Street has become a hostile hobgoblin. Its campus arm, J Street U, has become a primary vehicle for conveying the most poisonous messages against Israel to students, and the sapping of support for Israel at American universities.

Does Social Media Give Israel An Advantage in Public Diplomacy?

It is hard not to see social media as a two-edged sword. If it can be used as a tool to enhance Israel's image in the world, it can be -- and has been -- used as a weapon to damage that image as well.

Israel’s Nationality Law Does Not Discriminate Against Minorities

Some non-Jewish citizens of Israel continue to be upset by the passage of the Nationality Law over the summer. They needn’t be: in concert with the Basic Law, the Nationality Law ensures the civic equality of all citizens regardless of religion or ethnic affiliation.

How Does Israel Spell Security? IDF

Sometimes, it seems as if the Israeli left longs for the return of Donald Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, more than they do in America.

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