The Death of Light and Truth on the American Campus

Universities and their students once cared about “light and truth”; they don’t anymore.

Yom HaShoah after Oct. 7: How Holocaust Education Failed

A generation of young Americans was taught to universalize the Nazi war on the Jews, leaving them vulnerable to being seduced by antisemitism and woke lies about Israel.

If ‘Never Again is Now,’ We Must Finish the Mission in Gaza

We have severely compromised our autonomy and mobility due to our longtime dependence on others.

Why is Antisemitism on the Rise?

As Jews are fighting a war of self-defense against Hamas, the PLO, and other terrorist organizations, Israel is accused of genocide, war crimes, and perpetrating a Holocaust.

The Fight for Israel IS a Fight for American Values

We are losing America to radicals who hate the West and everything we stand for.

Never Again?

The obligatory Holocaust Remembrance Day mantra rings hollow in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre.

Germany’s Obsession with the Jews

Jews came to represent everything men feared

The Jewish Vote is up for Grabs, and it May Decide the Election

The White House and its supporters are using Muslims in Michigan to justify a slew of deeply hostile policies against Israel. Will that matter come fall?

Thomas Friedman’s Misguided Trade of Crushing Hamas for Saudi relations

The columnist is a master of the journalistic technique of interviewing people who agree with him and then quoting them to “prove” his views are correct.

The Campus Eruptions: We’ve Seen This Movie Before

Surely it is well past the time when the illogic of his position needs any further elucidation.

The Charedi Draft Crisis: How To Move Things Forward

The Hamas attack and subsequent war have generated two military needs. In the immediate short term, the army must replace thousands of soldiers. In addition, the military needs to increase the size of its forces.

SCOTUS And Trump’s Immunity

We have said over and over, that Donald Trump was not the issue, but that it behooved all of us, even the most diehard anti-Trumpers, to be concerned about the blatant targeting of predecessor political enemies by those who succeeded them in office.

Yom HaShoah – May Our Enemies’ Names Be Erased

After the attack, the police packed the contents of their car into boxes and delivered them to our home. This included the girls’ phones, jewelry, luggage, and other items that were in the glove compartment or trunk of the vehicle. One such item was a small book of Tehillim that belonged to Rina. This would not have been remarkable except for one thing. It seemed to want me to open it at a particular page, because it was slightly propped open.

Deterrence? Maybe Yes. Maybe No

Israel had shared its intentions with the Biden team so when the muted strike came it was fully expected and quickly acknowledged. In quick succession, the U.S. vetoed a United Nations Security Council Resolution that would have recognized Palestinian statehood within the pre-197 border with no revisions.

U.S. Campuses: Grooming Terrorists

If the US and other Western countries do not wake up to the fact that Jihad has come to their universities, they will wake up to October 7-style massacres on the streets of New York, London, and Paris.

Where Sesame and Arab Streets Meet

Something has gone terribly wrong when kids, raised the world over on Sesame Street, have forsaken Bert and Ernie, and their colorful Muppet cohorts, for murderous jihadis far grouchier than Oscar.

Diversity Of Viewpoint Not Welcome At Cardozo Law School

Students are afraid to express these contrary views for fear of reprisals.

Timing Is Everything

The more obvious interpretation is that these were events in which the laws of nature were suspended, as exemplified by the parted waters standing on end on either side like a wall. On the other hand, we could also say that the events were miraculous not because the laws of nature were suspended, but because these were natural occurrences happening exactly at the time they were needed.

Colleges Can’t Be Safe Spaces For Antisemitism

What is really going on is that hateful speech against Jews has not just been accepted but glamorized by intellectuals who have been indoctrinated in ideas like critical race theory and intersectionality, which grant a permission slip for antisemitism.

Every Last Crumb

Don’t underestimate the impact of a crumb. One mashehu, a drop of ink, is the difference between a hei of matzah and a ches of chametz. Don’t let the yetzer hara convince you not to care about the mashehu.

Another Passover with the Jewish People Under Siege

The Haggadah teaches that “in every generation, there are those who rise against us.” It has never been more relevant.

Now is the Time for Choosing

What is important now is for all of us, all of us who … cherish our values and our civilization to stand up together and to say: Enough is enough,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Will Geulah Be Selective Or Inclusive?

In addition to the merits of our monotheistic legacy, modern-day Jews possess an additional merit which includes them in redemption.

Many Culprits Behind Rise of Antisemitism, Including the Media

Who indeed is to blame for the wave of hatred toward Jews that is roiling Canadian workplaces, universities, unions, social media postings, even our streets and neighbourhoods? Who are the purveyors of antisemitism?

Empty Black Taxis

It isn’t the benefit of hindsight that make Chamberlain’s claims so risible. Plenty of his contemporaries saw exactly how ridiculous their Prime Minister’s confidence was and how catastrophic his appeasement of Germany had been. An empty black taxi indeed.

Biden Caving to BDS Tactics

Extreme political NGOs and rights organizations often falsely accuse Israel of committing human rights abuses.

Israel’s Deterrent Dilemma

It’s noteworthy that within hours of the toned-down Israeli action against Iran, the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have recognized a Palestinian state as a full member of the UN.

Silence Is Despicable: History Is Repeating Itself

At Columbia University, Yale and other schools we see scenes which we haven’t seen since the days of the Holocaust. Its not just the celebration of people, it’s the universities permitting it. Its professors encouraging it.

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