How Trump Can Blaze a New Trail in the Middle East
Mr. Trump, you have said you want to apply your unique negotiations skills to the Israel-Palestinian dispute. Suggestion number one: Move the United States embassy to Jerusalem where it belongs
American Jewish Liberals Have Lost the Plot
Far left-Liberals are free to engage in political campaigns but leaders of mainstream Jewish organizations must cease exploiting their positions by using anti-Semitism to promote their partisan agenda
Friends in Jordan
The Jordanian Opposition Coalition (JOC) received intelligence that the Jordanian intelligence desk in cooperation with the PA's Pres. Abbas were plotting “An unprecedented mother of all Intifadas”
My Debt To Lippman Bodoff
A paean to a teacher, friend, and mentor.
France: Decomposing in Front of Our Eyes
This demonstration by one pillar of French society, the police, was the biggest that ever happened in modern France. Yet, virtually no one in France's mainstream media covered the event.
Ellison Would Be Troubling Pick For Democratic Party
Given Ellison’s troubling voting record on Israel and disturbing past affiliations, his ascension to DNC chair could spell disaster for the Dem. Party and the bipartisan nature of US-Israel relations
The New Attorney General And American Victims Of Palestinian Terror
At least 141 US citizens have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists since the 1960s. Yet the US has never asked the PA to extradite even a single terrorists for prosecution.
Keith Ellison – The Wrong Man at the Wrong Time
Ellison represents the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party, just when the party -- if it is to win again -- must move to the center
Kerry’s Bitter Alternative Reality
Kerry let loose with a harangue putting the blame for the lack of Mid East peace on Israel and gave the PA and its undemocratic ruler, Mahmoud Abbas, a pass for their refusal to negotiate seriously
The REAL Illegal Settlements
The EU and others pay for constructing illegal Palestinian settlements while demanding Israel halt building new homes for Jewish families in Jerusalem neighborhoods or existing West Bank settlements
An Open Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry
Dear Mr Kerry, saying that the majority of violence is where the settlements are is like saying most traffic accidents take place on roads. Your logic is classic victim-blaming.
“And Yaakov Left…” A Year Since Rav Yaakov Litman and His Son Were Mudered
A year has passed since the Litman's were murdered, and in that year I have begun to understand in a different way what our sages meant when a tzaddik is alive even in their death.
Brooklyn College Needs To Shed Its Image As A Hotbed Of Anti-Zionism
We are losing the battle of social media that allows today's youth to be educated with lies and deception. Organizations must highlight Israel’s peace efforts and the resistance of the Palestinians
My Lucky Day
The 3 concepts of learning to accept help, setting up cues for positive habits, and always seeing the good have enabled my friend’s mother to succeed in childrearing and in her post-childrearing life
Sue the Universe!
"Lawfare" at its finest: The Palestinian Authority intends to sue the British government because of the Balfour Declaration
The Cynic No Longer Whispers
Cynicism is insidious; sly; cunning. hard to silence, It is so obviously wrong on all levels- the personal, the communal, the religious, paralyzing even the most logical and appropriate response
Rescuing My Home And Neighborhood From The Haifa Fires
We couldn’t sleep that night, thinking of all emergency personnel still involved in the battle for our beautiful city of Haifa, of the fire that refused to be put out, of our neighbors who all
An Obama Post-Presidency and Israel
If Obama chooses to use his post-presidency to pursue his vendetta against Netanyahu and to push for pressure on Israel, he could be almost as much a problem for Israel out of office as he was in it
10 Reasons Left-Wingers Cut Trump Voters From Their Lives
Many Clinton voters have ceased communicating with friends, and even family members, who voted for Trump. It is so common that The NY Times published a front-page article on the subject
Faking the News
The outrage with the media is because many believe false news stories attacking Clinton cost her the election. Israel has long been the victim of fake news stories. Where has all this outrage been?
ZOA Urges Hadassah and Conservative Judaism Movement: End Your Campaign Against Stephen Bannon
If leading friends of Israel and Israeli leaders all say that Mr. Bannon is not anti-Semitic, why are the Conservative movement and Hadassah committed to spreading lies about him?
Obama Plans to Rule America Outside the White House
Obama is not a conventional politician. He’s an organizer and a campaigner at the vanguard of a radical movement that seeks to control traditional institutions, but doesn’t feel bound by them.
Beware the Pyromaniacs
Radical activists are threatening to burn down the edifice of Israel-Diaspora relations.
Israel On Fire: Where’s the Coverage?
Reuters' bureau chief in Israel tweeted a sensationalist Palestinian claim that the fires were set by Jewish settlers trying "to destroy as much as possible of the Palestinian agricultural land."
Why I Support Steve Bannon and Breitbart
Bannon is the target of a political ideology in desperation mode, which has been excusing antisemitism for over a decade and euphemistically referring to the murder of Jews in Israel as “resistance.”
When Jewish Boxers Were Symbolic Warriors Against Anti-Semitism
Between 1910 to 1941 there were 628 professional Jewish boxers in the United States. Many of them, including the greatest, Barney Ross, were raised in Orthodox homes
My Problem With Stephen Bannon
Many of the world's illiberal and authoritarian states will become our friends and trading partners and our newfound tolerance of their norms will eventually come into conflict with preserving our own
Our Anti-Semitism Ambassador’s Curious Silence Over Attacks On Jewish Holy Sites
For some reason, the US government's special envoy for combating Anti-Semitism does not seem to exhibit a sense of urgency in his response to Palestinian desecrations of Jewish holy sites.
You Didn’t Know I was A Trump Voter, Did You?
How did Trump win? Because I and many like me never felt comfortable admitting publicly we were voting for Trump. At work and play Democrats assumed everyone around them was in lockstep agreement.
Israeli Settlers Recruiting for ISIS
The NY Times dismissed the canard that Trump or Clinton were recruiting tools for ISIS yet editorialized that Israeli settlers are at the heart of the reason people join the terror group.