Accommodation Is The Way Forward In America
Let me explain what Rabbi Feinstein is hinting at. An alternative to “live and let live” is that the government promulgates (to use Rabbi Pruzansky’s word) substantive moral values such as family values, revealed truth, social justice, or national identity.
Biden Compares Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust victims. Where’s the Outrage ?
Millions of economic migrants crossing the U.S. southern border want a better life. But most are neither refugees nor analogous to Jews fleeing Nazi slaughter.
The Middle East Is Percolating
We believe this departure from the norm was designed to set the stage for a rollback of much of the Trump tilt towards Israel, something President Biden intended all along.
Time to ‘Shackle’ Israel’s Supreme Court
The court is primarily responsible for the criticism that now calls for a legislative remedy.
TOO Woke to Say The Prayer
Hmm. So a Rabbi and Temple of “Conservative Judaism” Now Will Not Recite the Prayer for Israel
A Progressive Power Play
That the governor gets this is evidenced by her nomination of Justice Hector D. LaSalle to New York’s highest judicial post, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.
Has America Become the Greatest Exporter of Destructive Ideas?
The most obvious example of America in decline is the perverse American doctrines surrounding transgender issues
Palestinian Terror Groups Challenge PA Forces
During 2022, the PA lost its security control over the Nablus and Jenin areas in the northern West Bank
Dad Goes Transgender to Gain Custody of Kids
"As of this moment, I am female. Now I’m also a mom"
INTO THE FRAY: Palestine: Perverse and Perplexing Paradox
Why do professed liberals persist in support of an entity that would comprise the utter negation of all the values they allegedly cherish?
LET MY PEOPLE PRAY
ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY (1994) GUARANTEES JEWS ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Happy Anniversary Mahmoud!
Today, Abbas starts the 19th year of his first 4-year term as Chairman/Dictator of the PA. No doubt, he will celebrate more anniversaries in the years to come.
Antisemitism and THE NY TIMES
The paper of "Record" is obsessed with exposing wrongdoing in the Hasidic community-whether or not it exists
Why Christian Zionism is MORE Important than we Think
Despite some troubling trends among their youth, evangelicals remain the most ardent custodians of the US-Israel bond.
Table D’Hôte
I never knew my paternal grandparents. They died in Auschwitz, Hy”d. My father didn’t speak much of his life before the war, and much of what I’ve learned about my family has been supplied by Shayna.
Background: The Fight Over the Temple Mount
AFTER 150 YEARS OF CONFLICT, IT IS TIME FOR THE ARABS TO SHOW SOME MATURITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AND STOP THEIR RACIST INCITEMENT,
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: No Solution Other than Permanent Resolution
Jordan must be recognized as the homeland of Palestinians.
Your Jewish Observance Is Between You And G-d
It makes me feel good when my non-observant friends come over and they’re excited to say the blessing for washing their hands or they hum along to the bentching. I’m happy when they like my cooking and learn that hey, kosher food is actually quite delicious.
United Nations: Empowering Terrorists
The "human rights defender, " about whom the UN is so worried, was arrested in 2005 and accused of plotting to murder Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party and former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel.
The Death of Eternal Truths and the New Paganism
What happens when we discard those truths? Disaster
Jewish Values: The Real Issue
It is hard to refute the fact that the American exile has been the stopover most amenable to fulfilling the Gemara’s teaching (Pesachim 87b) that G-d only exiled the Jewish people among the nations of the world so that we should gather in converts.
Listen: This is How You Defend Israel Against the BBC
Yishai Fleisher takes on the BBC, and wins.
Rav Chaim Druckman, zt”l – A Personal Reflection
My political and theological views diverged sharply with those taught by Rav Druckman, and my reverence for him became the stuff of childhood memories.
Why the Spike in Online Antisemitism is Worrying Israel
Since its founding, the State of Israel has faced many boycotts, all aimed at leading an agenda in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or bringing about...
Jewish Military Veteran And Former Trump Aide Takes On Congress
I believe our recruiting numbers prove that our military loved Trump more than Biden. The only branch that isn’t down in recruitment is the Marines and it’s a direct result of this administration’s policies and the way men and women feel.
The ‘Beautiful People’ HATE ‘Ugly Israel’s’ New Government
And, That’s how you know it’s on the right track.