The OLDEST Hatred Fulminates and Flourishes at 1600
How can Jews blind themselves to official antisemitism?
Fetters on Israel’s Political Passions
A straitjacket “change” coalition would be good for Israeli politics and society. National unity, however temporary and fragile, along with a change of leadership after 15 years, is necessary and worthwhile.
The Price of Friendship with Biden’s Washington
Leaders whose most important goal is maintaining friendly ties with the Biden administration will necessarily be less willing to approve operations that will anger it.
Why are SO many Israelis Angry with Naftali Bennett?
The head of Yamina has made himself an accomplice to what the right sees as the left’s take-down of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through illegitimate means.
When Scientists Support Hate, Racism and Antisemitism
Always employing the virtuous grandiloquence of “justice” and “rights,” Marxist ideas may be comforting to and mislead those who have not been exposed to them in their crystalline form.
Between Conflict and Containment: Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel
Both the Jewish discourse and the Arab discourse disregard the self-identification of many of Israel's Arab citizens as part of the Palestinian national collective.
Antisemitism Rages While Diaspora Jews Cling to their Bubble
While the scale and ferocity of the antisemitism now on display are indeed shocking, how can Jews possibly be surprised? The libelous demonization of Israel and the consequent rise in attacks on Diaspora Jews have been going on for decades.
On Farhud Day, Many Ask: Could It Happen Again?
Israel is fighting the same Hitler principles today as civilization was in the 1940s.
The President of World Jewry
A reflection on President Reuven ‘Ruby’ Rivlin, the world’s most popular Israeli president, as the nation prepares for his stepping down.
Left or Right, We Have no Other Country
Is there room for demonstrations, protests and debates? Absolutely. However, we need to maintain boundaries so the delicate fabric of Israeli society does not become unraveled in the name of politics.
Birkat Kohanim And The “Asajew” Jews
You cannot bless the people unless you love them, and that is not a feeling that can be summoned in just a moment.
When Hard News Hits Too Hard
Staying informed about current events, especially concerning Israel and the Jewish people, can feel like a very stressful full-time job.
When It’s Cool To Hate The Jews
For years, proportional to our population numbers, Jews have been the target of hate crimes far more than any other group, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute based on the FBI’s hate crimes data.
Bring Hadar And Oron Home
The opportunity to redeem Jewish captives is extremely rare, but these days it has taken a macabre form.
Hamas Rains Rockets; NY Times Rains Rebuke of Israel
It was nothing less than a call to support the murder of Jews, published in the pages of the New York Times
The Deafening Silence of Biden’s Jews
The disappearance, possibly forever, of Democrat Jews who stand firmly for Israel
The Joy That Binds
No one says it’s too late when a man of any age has his first aliyah to the Torah after discovering, or rediscovering, his roots.
French Judiciary Frees Extremist Antisemitic Murderer
"[T]his affair... is also the illustration for those who might still need it, of the vital utility of Israel so that justice is done to the Jews all over the world.... due to the failure of French justice". — Raphaël Nisand French radio commentator, Tribune Juive, April 25, 2021.
What’s Worse Than Hamas Terror? Arabs Rioting in Arab-Israeli Communities
What is happening in Lod seems to be indicative of the larger problem happening in the Arab-Israeli communities, which affect Jewish communities and Israel as a whole.
Social Media Validates Antisemitism by Censoring EVERYTHING BUT Antisemitism
The current social media have the worst of both worlds: they censor material that is neither dangerous nor necessarily false; and then permit material which is both highly dangerous and demonstrably false.
Google, Amazon, and Israel in the NEW America
The tech giants’ organizational culture raises significant questions about the wisdom of granting them exclusive control over Israel’s government data for the next seven years.
China isn’t Winning; the West is FORFEITING
For some on the left, challenging China means standing up for Western values like democracy and human rights and this, in turn, raises questions about America’s own commitment to those principles.
Israeli Arabs Crossed a Red Line
Anyone who identifies with Israel’s enemies at any time, let alone in wartime, should no longer be considered a citizen of the country and forfeit the right to benefit from its advantages.
What to Answer Anti-Israel Idiots (but it won’t help)
Debates on subjects specific to this region are always about who hangs in the longest, and not about either facts or history.
Cozying up to the PA and Fighting Antisemitism
The question is, can America do both?
Jewish American Heritage Month: Understanding the ‘Relationship Triangle’
Charting a better course in Israel-American Jewry ties requires a paradigm shift—not as a bilateral relationship, but as one between Israel, the U.S. government and the American Jewish community.
Biden’s Palestinian Mission is Doomed to Fail
The bad news for Mr Biden is that Hamas not only has zero interest in working with the US and other aid agencies on reconstruction projects in Gaza and other Palestinian territories. It has no interest in resolving tensions with Israel.
Rabbis for Hamas
Ever since the 1960s, the Western academy has been churning out “scholar-activist-warriors” who carry the mantle of activism in lieu of scholarship. The result is generations of well-meaning yet ill-informed and brainwashed students, especially with regard to the Middle East. So warped are the perceptions of Western academics of both Israel and its enemies that even American Jewish rabbinical students are effectively shilling for an Islamist terror organization committed to killing Jews wherever they are.
Racists Murder People Of Color – Where’s The Outrage?
Palestinian Arab murders of people of color in Israel is a subject you won’t hear very much about.
Yahya Sinwar: Oops
Hamas did not expect Israel to hit back hard. Apparently, they expected a proportionate response.