The United States has quietly approved a plan to relocate its consulate from the eastern section of Jerusalem to a western Jerusalem neighborhood, with construction of the new facility already beginning and some in Israel are worried the move may be related to the Jewish state withdrawing from eastern Jerusalem and giving the area to [...]
I recently heard that an acquaintance of mind got divorced for the 2nd time. The marriage had lasted a very short time, but I was not surprised.
Can the Sharon government protect Israel’s citizens? Clearly, “disengagement” will open the door widely to “Palestine.” In consequence, once deprived of its remaining strategic depth, Israel will become an irresistibly tempting object for aggression by certain enemy states.
Sharon’s PledgesI am distraught by the pledge made by Prime Minister Sharon that Jerusalem is non-negotiable. Those of us who have been following the prime minister’s career and statements over the past few years realize that his saying that Jerusalem is non-negotiable is cause for great concern about the future status of Jerusalem. Given his [...]
Writing of the Jews as a “people of solitaries,” E.M. Cioran, the most dazzling French philosophical voice since Paul Valery, observes of the Jewish “nation” that this people, “…unsuited to the complacencies of despair, bypassing its age-old fatigue and the conclusions imposed by fate, lives in the delirium of expectation, determined not to learn a lesson from its humiliations….”
Our friend, Mr. Ben G. Frank – the famous, inimitable Judaic travel writer – has written a new edition of A Travel Guide To The Jewish Caribbean & South America.
We all know them – the sad sacks who seemingly were born under a bad constellation.
Reckless TalkThe growing incitement against Israeli government officials in response to the disengagement policy must be condemned by all people regardless of their stance regarding that policy. The atmosphere being created is one that should be abhorrent to those who respect the guiding principles of democracy, the very tenets of freedom which we all cherish.As [...]
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