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In his State of the Union speech two weeks ago, President Obama seemed to echo his predecessor’s extravagant “Mission Accomplished” declaration respecting the war in Iraq when he announced that in light of the substantial gains in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, some 34,000 U.S. troops will return home by this time next year.

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Those of you who feel the way I do will immediately relate to this: I hate having to listen to pedantic women discuss their Pesach cleaning before Tu B’Shevat is even a blip on the horizon.

This is all a tragedy for the poor victims in the Middle East and a farce for the well-paid, much-honored careerist opportunists and ideologues in the West.

This is Torah. This is its rightful place in all our lives, both private and public.

A 'pinkwashing' conference - focused on how Israel allegedly uses its protection of gay rights to cover up its treatment of Arabs - is being sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Studies Center at CUNY's Graduate Center this April.

Tinseltown is pretending to be artistic and creative, even while both qualities are dead as doornails.

Both law enforcement, the media and elected officials are reluctant to give out information about the attackers' religion, much less their motives.

It now remains to be seen whether Obama is aware of this attempt to put pressure on him, or whether he will continue to turn a blind eye.

Especially remarkable is the behavior of Esther. Warned of Haman’s plan, Esther wants to do nothing lest she place herself at risk.

Men ultimately fall in love with those women who bring out their best qualities.

There is a foreign-policy aspect of 'perception benefits' Obama hopes to garner from a photo-op tour of Israel.

When a civilization destroys its families, then it destroys itself.

Government workers need to surmount their timidity and apply normal procedures even to those wearing full-body covers.

It’s bad enough to be mugged repeatedly but it’s even worse to provide the weapons and money for the assailants while also praising them.

Despite the admissions and the remorse, Jonathan continues to remain in jail for a period of time unparalleled in its harshness.

Dear Editor, I read with interest Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu’s February 24, 2013 article entitled, Women of the Wall Rabbi Calls Knesset Achashverosh. In 2003, the Israeli Supreme...

A Purim lesson: Be wary of enemies, posing as partners of peace, concealing a strategic goal of extermination.

While the New Age Jews sneer at the Holocaust obsession, Jews know that the past in all its awful terrors is a map and that forgetting it carries a terrible price.

A secretary of defense should not just be a “yes-man.” He should represent an independent point of view and also represent his department’s interests.

Today, it is clearer than ever that neither Hamas nor Fatah is interested in achieving unity -- each for its own reasons.

Israel must respond to its Western neighbor's recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Coalition talks are mixing in Purim traditions to produce the obvious candidates.

Purim is a good opportunity to speak with our teenagers about the dangers of alcohol and substance abuse.

Recently I had the opportunity to spend some times with Bernard (Bernie) Walz and get a glimpse of his war experiences.

He has never before uttered these words…at least not with a video camera present: “I will not debate an Israeli.”

If, God forbid, the Lapid-Bennett axis succeeds in forcing itself on Netanyahu "as is," we will have created the most formidable enemy of the settlements since the time of Yossi Sarid and Yossi Beilin.

In an exclusive interview with the Jewish Press, newly elected MK Moshe Feiglin affirms he is still trying to revolutionize Israel.

When, against all odds, we managed to restore the Likud and the national camp to power in 1996, it turned out that the Right really didn't have an alternative to Oslo.

Palestinian terror seeks national self-determination but shouts endlessly to the world that even after statehood violence will continue against 'The Jews.'