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This year, as usual, demagogue politicians are joining the calls for yet another state commission of inquiry into the hysteria of "kidnapped Yemenite children"

We, the Jewish people, are like the candles of the menorah. Once “lit,” we must remain lit, a living source of light.

Never mind the absence of a bipartisan consensus about what we should do; our politicians are engaged in unsightly squabbling about the nature of the problem itself, divisions abound,

It is easy to dismiss, as some have, this presidential election cycle as a 4-year diversion. We just have to get through the next four years and all will be well, they say. I could not disagree more.

Not only is the weather heating up, but so too is the election season. Included here are some highly recommended books on presidential campaigns.

Shabbos is not only the culmination of the week but of creation and a great time to contemplate both-and then nap.

Paradoxically, only Israel has the ability to subdue Islam and live with it in peace. Israel, of course, has not actualized this potential.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has voted against a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

Cuomo’s anti-BDS executive action mirrors those of the states that refused to do business with North Carolina because of its transgender discrimination.

Bar-Ilan tenured professor Menachem Klein is one of the leading Bash-Israel academics who has a special passion for the idea of dividing Jerusalem and removing Israel from its sacred shrines.

The difference between Jewish and Arab violence is nothing less than the difference between what is right and what is wrong.

A modern allegory of politics, Israel and the world by Rabbi Cardozo based on a Dutch fairy tale

A Palestinian terrorist convicted of murdering a Christian clergyman has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize – by one of the world's most prominent Christian clergymen

Modern Israel has developed into an economic miracle, as a result of economic liberalization, driven by entrepreneurship, innovation, investment, and the accumulation of human capital.

Trump insists he is a conservative, then it is incumbent upon him to explain clearly how and why he is a conservative and what conservatism means.

My advice: Sit your children & grandchildren down when they're older and tell them about the person whose name they bear; tell them stories about that person, what made him or her so special to you.

There are no screaming sirens. Hezbollah isn’t bombarding us with a myriad of missiles, and Hamas tunnels aren’t disgorging terrorists near kibbutz dining halls. Nevertheless we are at war.

If you don't know who you are fighting, you can't win the war.

“How many bodies will it take for Americans--especially the intelligentsia, feminists, gays, elected officials--before they understand that we--the West--have a very real enemy?"

Many educators broadcast a message that while TaNaCh is important, TALMUD is where their focus needs to be. It is time to change that approach!

While Israel mourned the Tel Aviv terror attack, much of the world blamed Israel as Palestinian Arabs danced in the streets celebrating the brutal murders

The American national blind spot is not seeing that we share this lovely space with people who want to kill us for the peculiar people we are.

"The Jews consider Judea and Samaria to be their historic dream. If the Jews leave those places, the Zionist idea will begin to collapse... Then we will move forward" PLO ambassador to Lebanon

There can be no excuse for law enforcement to stand by watching peaceful citizens be attacked and do nothing. Regardless of one's opinion of Trump, no political antipathy justifies that.

The pool of hypocrisy is deep at The New York Times when it comes to double standards against Jews, especially Observant Jews.

5 wrongs do not make a right.

What stands out about the halachot of Shavuot is the lack of any specific halachot for Shavuot.

Torah teaches us not to attribute our success to our own strength. The innocent and the arrogant believe in themselves. The wise and the holy believe in God.

Clinton should be wary: any effort to embrace the 'Sanderistas will backfire.'

How long does the city have to be reunited for people to stop talking about division, but instead to see how things are better under Israeli rule?