Setting the Record Straight: Part XVI: The Western Addiction to Bad News about...
The international press in Israel had become less an observer of the conflict than a player in it. It had moved away from careful explanation and toward a kind of political character assassination on behalf of the side it identified as being right
How Peter Bergson Brought Activism Into The Mainstream
Seventy-five years ago this summer, Peter Bergson (real name: Hillel Kook) and a handful of colleagues launched what became the most dramatic political action campaign in US Jewish history.
Puddingate
Emigration from Israel is at an all-time low, far lower than immigration to Israel from Europe.
Note to the Left: Four Years Ago, Conservatives Were Just as Depressed
When Obama was re-elected president, conservatives were just as depressed as you are now that Clinton lost and Trump won. I describe this as news because this undoubtedly surprises many of you.
Flip-Flop To Victory
Beginning with Kennedy and Nixon in 1960, major party nominations and presidential election campaigns have increasingly been subjected to forms of circus television we carelessly label "debates."
Israel’s Defiant Economic growth
Assuming that Israel's economic growth depends on the conclusion of peace accords is inaccurate.
Bo: Leave My Land Alone
Pity Netanyahu and Gantz weren’t “tough” like Moshe and Aaron, telling Trump, lay off our land, and watch us apply sovereignty to all of it, in front of the eyes of the whole world. And, you’re going to recognize it. There’s no such thing as “Palestinians,” and there will never be a “Palestinian State.”
The Hurricane We’re Ignoring: Ukrainian Jews In Crisis
LifeChanger FSU, seeks out Jewish children living in the most economically repressed areas of Ukraine who are grappling with extreme poverty, neglect, abuse, and overlooked physical and emotional disabilities, and works with the leadership in local Jewish communities to provide frameworks for their housing, education, and healthcare.
The ‘S’ Word Has No Place In A Religious Jew’s Vocabulary
Last week I delivered a sermon based on the Torah portion of the week and which compared Moses, the great Jewish redeemer, with Abraham Lincoln, the martyred American emancipator.
Why did HIAS Move Away from Helping Jews?
Jewish pride is not something we should hide—I learned that a long time ago from an organization called the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society.
Palestinianism is Opening up a Posthumous Nazi Front Against Jews
In the United Kingdom, a strategy of cultural manipulation and intimidation threatens to push politicians into hostility towards Israel, and it is actively imperiling the security of British Jews.
A Humanitarian Travesty in Gaza
Gaza's power shortage is creating a worse humanitarian crisis than Israel’s partial blockade ever did, yet neither Amnesty nor Human Rights Watch has published a single press release about the electricity crisis
Hekhsher Tzedek: Theory And Practice
The kashrut certification industry is being galvanized by a provocative, innovative initiative called Hekhsher Tzedek (i.e., justice certification). The brainchild of Rabbi Morris Allen of St. Paul, Minnesota, Hekhsher Tzedek is a supplement to current kashrut certification.
Obama to Palestinians: Accept the Jewish State
This will likely be Obama's most important, most lasting and most constructive contribution to Arab-Israeli diplomacy.
Fight or Flight–What Is the Right Strategy with Hamas?
What should the strategy regarding Hamas be –make concessions or initiate a fourth round of fighting? It is best for Israel to prolong the negotiations as long as possible, concede as little as possible, and wait until the sanctions against Iran come into full force. Then Israel should prepare for the next big round – not to defeat Hamas, but to tame it and keep the Palestinians divided.
The Conflict over Jerusalem Is ALL Obama’s Fault
America often stands alone with Israel against the world. The bias of the international community against the nation state of the Jewish people has been long standing and evident, especially at the UN.
Why Can’t Racheli Read?
Seventeen visual skills are needed for success in school, sports, and everyday life.
See the Change; Be the Change!
The Netzach Education Network has been asked by the Ministry of Education to develop an entire curriculum of Civic Studies, customized to include Charedi values, and this will be shared with 74 state-regulated Charedi elementary schools around Israel.
Remembering Entebbe
Thirty-three years ago this week in Entebbe, Uganda, it took Israeli commandos mere minutes to conduct one of the greatest and most daring rescue missions in modern history.
Jewish Home Demolitions Won’t Bring Peace
The best case scenario is that the demolitions in Netiv Avot will have little to no effect on Israel moving forward. In the worst case scenario, the evacuations will drive peace further away.
“A Glorious Surrender”
What should be done? The responsibility lies with the public to protest persistently. Even if we don’t achieve everything, it will strengthen the government’s resolve in the face of external pressures.
Life, Liberty, And Gratitude
Respect & appreciation for our country is not only a civic value but an essential Jewish one as well
A Letter To Rachel And Jon From Out Of The Depths
Your request to us Rachel was that hope is mandatory. Those words remained with me this entire year.
Torah Values vs. “LGBT” Agenda
I want to have a wife and children in the natural way. I believe that is Hashem’s plan.
Kahane and Carlebach: Counterculture and its Rabbis
While their unconventional approaches isolated them, Kahane’s Jewish pride and assertiveness on the one hand, and Carlebach’s warmth and music on the other, were eventually co-opted by more conventional outreach venues
Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria: Historical and Legal Milestones that Make the Case
Persistent Palestinian Refusal to Negotiate Leaves Israel No Option but to Act Unilaterally to Protect Its Rights
Sovereignty: Remedying the Damages of Oslo
Loss of our path and fear of the Arabs living in our land led us not to go all the way in concluding the Six-Day War, paving the way to the Oslo Accords, for which we paid the price of thousands of victims
The Next Frontier for Arab-Israeli Normalization
Developing the Red Sea basin has virtually unlimited potential.
Abbas Rejects Arafat’s Statehood Strategy
Over the past several weeks the media have been enamored by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s push to obtain United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. The media coverage has exclusively focused on the political aspects of Abbas’s effort and its relationship to the so called peace process involving the Israel and PA.
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