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The simple reality is that it is a dangerous world out there – and not just for Jews. But Jews are particularly vulnerable because we are seen as easy targets. We get picked on because the bullies know we won't fight back.

Much has been said of the popular uprising in Egypt that led to the demise of the 30-year autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak. For the most part, the discourse has centered on the issue of whether or not Egypt can emerge from its uprising as the first "self-made" democracy in the Arab world. In this respect, most pundits have focused their analyses on those obstacles that might prevent Egypt's democratization, in particular, the hindering influence of the radical Islamic Muslim Brotherhood.

Why do 5 prominent US universities continue to have professional relationships with Al Quds University, a school which honors and glorifies terrorists thereby encouraging acts of terrorism?

Attendees at this year’s AIPAC conference experienced a more intensive push toward bipartisanship

A recent report indicates that President Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner suggested that then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other policy makers read a January 2018 Wall Street Journal piece regarding the cutoff of American funding for UNRWA, the international agency for Palestinian ‘refugees.’ As authors of the piece referenced in the leak, we are flattered. With the administration’s much discussed peace plan to be announced in June, let us offer some last minute suggestions.

What will each of us do to maintain this brotherly bond once the battlefield quiets?

Jerusalem's International Challenges

Many who recognize the legitimacy of Jewish national rights in the Land of Israel are troubled by the new Basic Law. A look at the background and some of the facts about the law that are misrepresented.

Israel – the land and the nation – lost a giant earlier this month with the passing of Justice Menachem Elon, a monumental talmid chacham who served on the Israeli Supreme Court from 1977-1993, and as its deputy president from 1988-93, bringing a deep Torah viewpoint to the highest tiers of the Israeli judiciary.

The PA’s failure to control its territory has forced Israel to make increasingly frequent raids on PA territory in order ...

Israeli liberals cheered for Trump's downfall and the Democrats' rise to power because of their need to appear enlightened. We are all paying for this sin.

Our society to a great extent does not look upon itself as fostering immorality. When it comes to lifestyles the very term is stripped from our lexicon.

Not everyone is a confirmed anti-Semite. Many on the wrong side of morality are just plain clueless

During the time of Joshua, the Israelites wanted to conquer the entire land, but lacked military strength. During the time of the Judges, they had the strength, but lacked the will.

Miles-Shashitsky is running for district leader. If elected, the damage she will do as a more prominent role model to our impressionable youth will increase exponentially. She will also undoubtedly cause many a chillul Hashem as she advances her admittedly ultra-liberal social agenda.

Hillel International’s view was that the dispute with NEU Hillel was anomalous -- one negative case out of what officials described as “a thousand positive cases” to be found throughout Boston and the rest of the country.

Peace garnered by appeasing terrorists last because they will hunger for more victims.

In an era where Democrats embrace openly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel leaders and movements, the Jewish left has launched this witch hunt against individuals - like Trump, Bannon, and Gorka

As you begin this year, remember how much the world needs you

Obama is insulated by his race and his special place in the nation's history.

The medical help that Palestinian leaders get from Israeli hospitals is an open ironic secret because these Arab leaders accuse Israelstate of all manner of war crimes and apartheid -- all while availing themselves of those medical facilities.

In addition to reminding us of our mortality, Sefer Bereishis teaches us another significant lesson: Although we cannot extend our lives beyond our allotted time, the way we conduct ourselves during our lifetime can potentially afford us immortality in this world.

On the 25th day of Kislev we will celebrate Chanukah. On the 4th day of Kislev Jonathan Pollard celebrated the start of his 25th year in prison.

Unfortunately, publishing houses don’t always offer publicity. It’s usually up to the author to promote themselves. If you’re self-published, you have to do everything on your own.

Right now, there is a gnawing fear that the gestures that Trump has taken are merely the first shoe to drop, and that there will be payback in the form of concessions that Israel will be asked to make. This would be a shame, because these steps were right and appropriate in and of themselves.

Coates saw graduates of Middle East studies programs "who were just utterly convinced of things that were not true" at that time, even if they were true years earlier.

I resent the fact that the murderer Arafat is continuously placed on a pedestal created by your falsely named organization as you continue to vilify my own flesh and blood.

- JNS.org Einat Wilf also suggests linking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip with a Palestinian peace pledge.

Academics and intellectuals must stand up proudly and loudly, and say that Zionism is not racism or colonialism or apartheid, that it is the liberation movement of the oppressed ...persecuted Jewish people.

It's j not the same...