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The editor is not merely criticizing Israel. He is deliberately lying about its actions and policies in order to delegitimize its very existence.

On campuses, those who speak up for the Jewish state are often the ones being shut up. The atmosphere at many, if not most institutions of higher learning is one of intense hostility to pro-Israel advocates

Palestinian statehood could meaningfully enlarge the prospects of both mega-terror attacks and regional nuclear war.

A hearty recommendation for "Reason to Believe," not only for those who struggle with our religion and faith but it will enhance the understanding of those without questions of faith.

WHO can we trust? WHO is telling the truth?

Conflict management has not countered successful Palestinian efforts…to change crucial strategic facts on the ground with deleterious long-term implications on Israel’s security.

Avraham’s message to Eliezer was: You are my CEO. I trust you with my possessions and my material wealth, with the blessings of this world – but not with my spiritual future or the spiritual future of my progeny. That is why he made Eliezer take the oath.

The real question is not why Lot returned to Sodom, but why Avraham endangered his entire historic mission to save him. The answer: Avraham did not only go to war to save Lot; he also went to SAVE his mission which Lot’s capture placed in jeopardy.

Adalah doesn’t hide its agenda. It's openly and proudly against Israel. No, it’s the New Israel Fund that’s doing the hiding. Buried deep in the NIF brochure was a passing reference to Adalah as one of the NIF-supported “human rights organizations”

I’m not ignoring my beloved mom. I simply stopped mourning my loss, as her life is now instilled in our children, whom we will raise in the way she would have loved – with manners, respect, and a healthy Jewish identity.

With the Syria-Iran-Russia axis on the move against both Saudi Arabia and Israel, the IDF has little time for a final decision on whether or not time has come to directly face Syria itself. The time to decide NOW!

Avraham and Sarah ended up in the land of Canaan. Canaan? The most debased and decadent society! Yet, there Avraham and Sarah build their destiny and shape world history. Canaan actually held the key to Avraham and Sarah's redemption.

The pretext for Iran, as always (since 2014), is “defeating ISIS.” Iran has exploited this strategic pretext in order to gobble up the territory that will form her land bridge.

Is it “cynical politics,” as some claimed last week, when a president resolves to attack a palpable problem at its source?

The key would seem to be that with the Russian efforts against ISIS in Iraq and Syria came the embedding of a vast Russian military presence.

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For those with eyes to see, there were hints during the 1976 campaign of the troubles to come.

the Balfour Declaration is the modern equivalent of the Jewish Magna Carta, constituting a recognition by the powerful of the rights of the powerless.

100 years ago with the Balfour Declaration, the international community, including the world’s foremost Muslim power, the head of the pan-Arab movement, and most Palestinian Arabs, accepted the legitimacy of Jewish statehood.

Balfour believed that the Christian world owed the Jewish nation a morale debt and he felt that what he had been able to do for the Jews had been the most important action of his life.

The Palestinian objection to the Balfour Declaration is enshrined in its national charter, “The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.”

"Before the Balfour Promise (i.e., Declaration) when the Ottoman rule ended (1517-1917), Palestine's political borders as we know them today did not exist, and there was nothing called a Palestinian people

The administrative management of this place of worship, holy for Judaism and Islam, should provide hospitality, dignity, and security to all law-abiding visitors and sincere worshippers respectful of the place, without religious, racial, or political discrimination.

A tribute to the great Rav and longtime columnist for the Jewish Press. May his memory be a blessing and may we learn from his prescient teachings.

Yoni Hikind's yeshiva was the perfect fit for boys that didn't seem to fit anywhere else.