Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Israel Liberated From Assault Of The Corries
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIt is now official. Rachel Corrie, patron saint of the pro-terror radical left and its Islamofascist allies, essentially committed suicide in order to assist Palestinian terrorists. She was not killed in cavalier fashion by Israel. Israel had no particular reason to want her dead (as opposed to deported).
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
JudaismThe start of the Jewish New Year, the month of Tishrei, is filled with holy days, among them four foundational celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah-Shemini Atzeret.
The Jewish Vote And The 1948 Election
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
InDepth → Front PageBob Weintraub chuckled appreciatively the first time he heard that Barack Obama described his job before he went into politics as “community organizer.” Bob knows a thing or two about community organizing: during the late 1940s, he helped organize a series of remarkable grassroots election campaigns in New York City that sent a powerful warning to President Harry Truman about the Jewish community’s unhappiness over his administration’s waffling on Zionism.
Risking Death, Man Tears up Koran in Egypt; Islamists Now Openly Call for Murder of Infidels
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsRecently an Egyptian Muslim posted a YouTube videotape of himself cursing Islam and its holy book, the Koran; then tearing it to pieces and throwing it in the garbage. On a talk show guests called for the man's death. Already under President Morsi's first two months, Islamists have become more emboldened—whether by pressuring women to wear the hijab, by killing a Muslim youth for publicly holding hands with his fiancée, or by disseminating flyers that call for the total genocide of Egypt's Christian Copts.
The Sectarian Genie: The Sunni-Shi’ite Struggle Released by the Arab Spring
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
InDepth → Analysis → Dr. Mordechai KedarA more important and stronger phenomenon than Islamization is the escape of the factional genie from the bottle in which it was confined while dictators controlled the region.recognized the "factional genie" well , whether in the Shi'ite version or the Sunni version. The dictators took every means at their disposal, principally torture chambers, in order to deal with the factional jihadism which has no boundaries of law or ethics. Today, dictators are taken down one by one, and jihadism is flourishing.
Why didn’t they leave the platform alone?
Posted on: September 5th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismThe interesting question is “why did they change it?” A platform is not a binding document; it is intended as a general statement of a party or candidate’s positions. Its planks are generally written to appeal the broadest possible constituencies. Most voters never read platforms or care about them. Is the change is intended to send a message to the leadership of the Muslim nations that Obama has been courting since his 2009 speech in Cairo that he is taking concrete steps to weaken the bond between the U.S. and Israel?
Bais Yaakov Dropout: So Where Were My Parents?
Posted on: September 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsWhen I said I wish someone had been there to tell me all the things I know about Judaism now, I was wrong. There were people who would have told me, had I been brave enough to ask. I have had many amazing influences in my life - my siblings, friends, families in my community. Now, looking back, I can see the effect that they had on me. But when I was fourteen and feeling like I didn't fit in, I didn't think anyone would understand.
Eight Reasons why Containment is not an Option with Iran
Posted on: September 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsReason #1. Iran's regime is outspokenly dedicated to the goal of destroying the State of Israel. Iranian political, religious, and military leaders have expressed their desire to annihilate Israel at every opportunity they have received....
Egypt Kicks Sand in Obama’s Face
Posted on: September 4th, 2012
InDepth → Analysis → Rubin ReportsEgypt, the Arab world’s most important single country, has been turned from an ally of America—albeit an imperfect one of course—in maintaining and trying to extend Arab-Israeli peace into a leading advocate of expanding the conflict and even potentially going to war.
Will the Greek Revolution Spread to the Rest of Europe?
Posted on: September 3rd, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisAfter Greece's second parliamentary election this year (June 2012), there was a collective sigh of relief in Europe. The political parties that negotiated the bailouts of Greece in 2010 and 2011 had secured a majority in the new parliament and formed a government that was committed to avoiding a Greek default. Europe's political leaders could now hasten to damp down the next brush fire in the Eurozone, the crisis of the Spanish banks. What those political leaders overlooked was that the Greek political scene has undergone a revolution.
Will Romney or Obama Save Israel from Iran?
Posted on: September 3rd, 2012
InDepth → Columns → Yishai FleisherWhile many American presidents give off a warm gooey "Shalom Chaver" feelings, this leads Israel to accept their practical actions which hurt the Jewish state. At least Obama's anti-Israel agenda is transparent. If he should win a second term that could be a good thing in the long run.
Are the American voters idiots?
Posted on: September 3rd, 2012
InDepth → Analysis → J.E. DyerThere has been a tremendous growth in vague, elliptical, and/or tendentious narration of what’s going on in the nation and the world. The people can be pardoned for being tired and confused.
Democrat Convention Plan Shows Obama will Lose the Election
Posted on: September 3rd, 2012
InDepth → Analysis → Rubin ReportsThe information released about the Democratic convention seems to show it is designed to prove how radical the party is, to play to the most limited possible sector of the population.
Posted on: September 2nd, 2012
InDepth → Columns → America's Rabbi / Shmuley BoteachDoes the German government really want to get into a public battle over whether they are better guardians of the health and welfare of Jewish (and Muslim) children than their parents?
Defense Round Up: U.S. Showing Weakness Abroad
Posted on: September 2nd, 2012
InDepth → Analysis → J.E. DyerThe U.S. is being made to look weak in Egypt, and is actually acting weak with allies and foes alike.
Will Congress Rise to the Occasion?
Posted on: September 2nd, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisRussian worries about Israel gas potential may be causing it to lesson support for Iran; More U.S. companies are investing in Israel; Will Congress pass the US-Israel Water Cooperation Act?
The Trouble with Tunisian Values
Posted on: September 2nd, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThere is no doubting the Islamist revolution in Tunisia.
How Bais Yaakov Almost Ruined my Life
Posted on: August 31st, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIn Bais Yaakov, you were either they way they wanted you to be, or you were wrong.
Syria’s Civil War is Spilling into Lebanon
Posted on: August 31st, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsExtremist Sunnis could eventually ruin what began as a peaceful movement for reform and change in Assad's Syria. It would be even more tragic if they did the same thing in Lebanon after the Beirut Spring showed so much promise.
Zionism, Neologism and Nationalism
Posted on: August 31st, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisThe first step to remaking Zionism in the future is learning what Zionism meant in the past.
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