Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.

Understanding Israel’s National-Security Policy
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresNeeded changes in Israel's decision making process have simply not kept up with the growing complexities and synergies of Israel's always-hostile external environment.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Dov ShurinI want to share a Holocaust story as told to me by Heshy Frank, owner of Quality Carpet and my radio sponsor for the past 32 years.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Fundamentally Freund/Michael FreundThe state of Israel this week turned 65, defying history and the odds to celebrate its continued existence in a very dangerous part of the world.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsLast month United Torah Jewry MKs heckled a speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu and then walked out of the room. As the prime minister read out the names of the ministers in his new government, UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler shouted, “Jews don’t ban Jews” from the Knesset. (The reference was to demands by the Yesh Atid Party that haredi parties be excluded from Netanyahu’s new coalition.)

Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsNow that several weeks have passed since President Obama’s visit to Israel, it is possible to get a better perspective on many of its aspects. Focus must not only be placed on what was said and done, but also on what was missing.

Shimon Peres Writes A Letter To President Obama (Forwarded To The World By Steven Plaut)
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsApril 16, 2013 Dear Mr. President, My heartfelt sympathies to you and the American people for the acts of protest carried out in Boston this week during the Boston Marathon. This really is a wake-up call for us all.

Islam’s Jew-Hating Hadith in Context
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → AnalysisThe infamous hadith about the Jew hiding behind a tree is not some apocrophyl canon held in esteem by an unimportant few, but runs parallel to anti-Jewish motifs throughout the Koran.
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialThis week Jews around the world celebrated Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Sixty-five years ago on the day before the British mandate over Palestine was set to expire, the Jewish People’s Council, comprised of the political leadership of the Jewish residents of Palestine, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialRecent events demonstrate that the Jewish community is fast losing the free speech wars. Those who wish to condemn Israel at public forums are seemingly immune to efforts at having an alternative view heard, while those who seek to talk tough about radical Islam are vulnerable to being blocked altogether.
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialWe initially thought it rather odd that President Obama chose an audience of mostly students to deliver an important speech during his visit to Israel last month. Indeed, his message was a call for them to change the Israeli system from within so that the government might be more receptive to peace proposals.

Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Front PagePeople are generally attracted to articles that cover subjects with which they can identify on either a personal or professional level. Of course, there are articles that are interesting in their own right and have little or no connection to a particular reader’s life. More often than not, though, subjects that touch people personally will be that bit more attractive.

All We Know for Sure is that Boston Will Rise
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Analysis → J.E. DyerIt is not obvious that any group or type of person in particular mounted this one, nor can any be ruled out.

Adelson: From Caricature to Life
Posted on: April 17th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → America's Rabbi / Shmuley BoteachLet us also not forget that Adelson criticized many of the social values of the Republican Party before it became fashionable to do so.

Posted on: April 16th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Khaled Abu ToamehEven if Mashaal himself changes, Hamas will always remain the same Hamas.

As Israelis Mourn the Dead, Jordanians Glorify Killer
Posted on: April 16th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsThe very word "hero" was used by the Jordanian justice minister in joining the chorus calling for the release of a convicted terrorist.

Posted on: April 16th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsOn the happy day when Assad & Tehran fight the rebels & Ankara to mutual exhaustion, Western support then can go to non-Baathist and non-Islamist elements in Syria.
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The Ups and Downs of Life in Israel (Book Review)
Posted on: April 15th, 2013
Sections → Books → Book ReviewsChoosing Life in Israel evinces what it means to be emotionally, spiritually, and viscerally drawn, as a Jew, to the siren song emitted by Israel.

Counting and Remembering the ‘Dust of Jacob’
Posted on: April 15th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Daniel GreenfieldThe dust is the memory of ages and the children shall always return to the dust of their ancestors.
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