The Need to Respect the Sovereignty of Others
One must accept that Palestinian Arab leaders are engaged in "a zero-sum game" in which
France’s War to Delegitimize Israel
France's financial antagonism towards Israel goes far beyond its government's 2016 decision to support labeling products produced in YESHA. Instead it supports an outright boycott of these products
Temple Emanu-El Silences a Pro-Israel and Amplifies an Anti-Israel Voice
Temple Emanu-El CANCELS Dershowitz!
The Hardest Choices
I have been blessed to experience, four times over, the moment when the theoretical child that has been growing in your belly looks up at you, blinking, and leans against your heart.
How Hamas Brought Israel to the Brink of Election Chaos
Hamas didn’t achieve a military victory. But toppling the defense minister is a kind of victory because it shows that Hamas can shake Jerusalem’s politics at the very top
I Give Up On Israel
As a journalist I found that Israel was the only country in the Middle East that respected the free press.
Israel’s Weather Brightens as NY Times
Perhaps a map of ISRAEL would help the NY Times to improve their knowledge of Israel's geography
China’s Ultimate Aim
Instead of kowtowing to the Beijing regime, the world must rally together and hold them accountable before the Red Flag unfurls yet another pandemic upon the survivors of this China Virus.
Erasing the West
After UNESCO voted Christian and Jewish heritage off the Temple Mount, the question remains how to convince nations in the West to stand resolute in the face of Islamists committed to replacing them.
Living Respectfully among Non-Jews: an Open Letter to Jewish Parents
Across Europe, the lid has come off the demons repressed for a few decades after the Holocaust.
New Hope For Agunot Or Halachic And Constitutional Problem?
In California, a judge can grant sole custody to one parent who demonstrates that the other parent is engaged in a pattern of behavior that in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person’s free will and personal liberty.
Killing a Terrorist is Moral
Putting Elor on trial was not moral. Convicting him was immoral! When terrorists act, they lose their right to exist, and anybody who eliminates a terrorist performs a most just and lofty moral act.
Gary Ackerman: The Jew And The Politician
In January 2001, as President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Ehud Barak begged Yasir Arafat to take a break from killing Jews to accept the Old City of Jerusalem, hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied in Jerusalem to oppose the city’s division. Simultaneously, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein's Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun hosted an event in solidarity.
Jewish Heritage Under Siege
Purim zaniness came early to Israel this year. Speaking at a conference in Herzliya at the beginning of February, Prime Minister Netanyahu called for the rehabilitation of Jewish heritage sites in the Land of Israel.
The Olympics Obsession With Body Glorification and Might-Makes-Right
There is nothing wrong with competition and testing the limits of the body, when it is coupled with mutual respect and ethical sportsmanship.
Christian Zionists Key To Continued U.S. Support For Israel
They number in the millions and wield increasing power and influence across the United States. From year to year their voice grows stronger and more resolute, as their role in shaping policy, and the future of American society continues to expand.
Support Talmidei Chachamim – But Get Results
When we give to the poor, pray for the sick, donate to a medical center, we do so asking for results. When we support talmidei chachamim, shouldn’t we expect them to strive for practical results as well?
Did Israel Have To Arrest A Conservative Rabbi Early In The Morning?
A society regulates marriage for reasons pertaining to health and social order. Until the rise of political correctness, couples first had to be tested for STDs. Bigamy is illegal for a wide range of obvious reasons. Thus, it is thoroughly reasonable for Israel to adopt and enforce its own marriage laws
Beware the Ides of March—REDUX
Not unlike Julius Caesar, Israel received a number of stabbings over the past few weeks, none of which, fortunately, have been fatal.
Irving Bunim: Torah Activist, Ardent Zionist
My father, businessman and philanthropist Irving Bunim, z”l, was one of the foremost leaders of American Orthodoxy during its formative years. When he passed away in December 1980, Reb Moshe Feinstein declared, “This is not an aveilus d’yachid [a private loss]; this has the halacha of aveilus d’rabim [a public loss] because [he] represented the rabim of Klal Yisrael [the Jewish pubic].”
No More Slogans
The inane messaging and feckless leadership behind the ‘No Fear’ campaign shows that mainstream Jewish organizations are running scared and the Antisemites are winning
Build Homes, NOT Blockades
Israel's capital will not be bought with countless defenses, fences, and the thwarting of attacks. Security is the means. Life in Zion is the goal.
The Vanishing Two-State Solution
A growing chorus of influential voices is arguing that Israel needs to finish the job in Gaza.
Pataki Opened Republican Jewish Coalition Event: BDS Is Anti-Semitic
Pataki is the last Republican Governor to win a majority of Jewish votes.
We Hold YOU in Contempt
Your days of deciding the fate of the Jewish nation are over. How frustrating it must be, after all your zealous attempts to annihilate us, not to see your efforts come to fruition.
Is Trump’s Critique of American Jews Justified?
The response to the former US president's Truth Social post has been nothing short of a hysterical – purposeful – misreading of his words, which were neither threatening nor antisemitic
Where Is the Hate?
2 peoples/2 sides. One believes the land is his entirely. The other is unsure despite G-d's pledge.
France: Muslims In, Jews Out
Hatred of Jews has become the gateway to "la France soumise" -- the submission of France. Anti-Semitism is devouring the French Republic.
We Are Not ‘Lost to Secularism’
The reason young people like myself are leaving Modern Orthodoxy is that our education has succeeded beyond compare.
The First Lesson of the Holocaust: The Jewish People Will Never Allow Anyone to...
What has the modern state of Israel learned from the horrors of Bergen-Belsen, and the Holocaust, more generally?