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Severing Our RootsJews of all political persuasions joyously celebrate Tu b'Shvat with beautiful fruits grown on trees planted and nurtured by the residents/settlers of...

The opening of the first full-time Chabad center in Poland, under the direction of Rabbi Shalom Ber and Dina Stambler, was made official at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim earlier this year.

It’s time again for the Monitor’s latest listing of worthwhile websites and blogs. (As always, there is no particular order to the list; names appearing toward the top are not necessarily more valuable than those closer to the bottom.)

Parents may push for a different type of shidduch from the one preferred by their son or daughter.

How can any leadership accept a situation where Jewish citizens need to constantly run for cover into shelters?

The knee-jerk response from much of the Jewish world has been outrage at the ZOA.

The Bush administration has promised Israel that it will not recognize any Palestinian government in which Hamas participates.

The Times editors hint at another rationale for continued engagement and financing of the Palestinians; an expectation that having to govern could well oblige Hamas to moderate its terror.

It is unclear why the FBI decided to go after AIPAC officials.

A Jew who participates in the suffering of his nation and its fate, but does not join in its destiny, which is expressed in a life of Torah and mitzvot, destroys the essence of Judaism and injures his own uniqueness.

Aaron Klein is Jerusalem bureau chief for WorldNetDaily, co-host of ABC Radio's national John Bachelor Show, and he appears throughout the week on other U.S. radio programs.

They can't quite take credit for inventing them, but Jews had a long, colorful, and mostly profitable involvement with the great retail emporiums - the large scale specialty and department stores that came, literally and figuratively, to dominate the landscape of 20th century America.

We who care desperately for Israel and for the Jewish People don't need a propaganda film to make our case. A completely truthful account - as Spielberg has given us - will always be in our interest.

Not Convinced By Plaut I always enjoy Steven Plaut's articles in The Jewish Press and until last week ("Israel's Plague of Conspiracism," front-page essay)...

It is not uncommon for Observant Jews to want to be buried in Eretz Yisroel.

The winner of the Monitor’s second annual Henry Schwarzschild Award for most offensive comments by a Jew in the public spotlight goes to Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. The prize, which last year went to Israeli uber-leftist Uri Avnery, is awarded to the person who, in the Monitor’s considered opinion, by his or her statements displays a contempt for the Jewish people, a disregard for historical truth, a desire to sup at the table of Israel=s enemies, or who otherwise plays into the hands of the enemies of Jews and Israel.

Over the years, I have lectured and published widely on Israeli security matters - often with special reference to assassination and international law. Usually, in these matters, I have tried to point out the positive side of assassination, including informed support for Israel's ongoing policy of "targeted killings."

After I wrote about the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland last week, many people asked me to report more on this group and the important work they are doing.

Editor's Note: The first few words of the second sentence in Ray Kestenbaum's letter in last week's issue should have read: "Over the years...

Milton Himmelfarb died earlier this month at age 87, and chances are you never heard of him if, like most Americans, you tend not to be a devotee of intellectual and political journals. But Milton Himmelfarb — Mendy, as he was known to his family — was, by virtue of temperament, history and family, a seminal figure in the development of neoconservatism as one of the country’s most influential political forces.

Rabbi Nachman's "Tale of the Master of Prayer" describes a royal court that includes a bard, or melitz in Hebrew, who is a master poet and orator.

These polls over five years clearly indicate that Palestinians do not accept Israel and are not ready for peace with the Jewish state.

The morality of avoiding Palestinian civilian casualties may be unquestionable, but the failure to protect Israel's citizens is downright unconscionable.

What could 250 neighbors, friends and supporters - men, women and children - do against their own soldiers and police?

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.

Conspiracism is probably best characterized as a form of mental illness.

JERUSALEM - Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar took the time last week to speak with The Jewish Press at his home in Jerusalem.

Public discussions of Israel's nuclear policy almost never delve into core questions of targeting doctrine. Yet, the actual extent to which Israel's security will be affected by its nuclear weapons will depend considerably upon the IDF's codified targets and on the precise extent to which these targets have previously been identified.

The mainstream media have long sought to demonize Jewish settlers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, painting them as violent destructive bullies.

Lessons From MisfitsPat Robertson declares that Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was the result of divine wrath for dividing the Holy Land. The ADL's Abe...