The Last Hora…
Will this current battle be—to paraphrase Edwin O’Connor’s novel and the Spencer Tracy film—the last hora of the remnants and inheritors of Mapai/Histadrut domination that exerted its firm grip on Israel’s politics, economy, culture, academia and military for half a century?
Jerusalem’s Demography 1880-1948
Is Jerusalem a 'Jewish city'?
What Has a Map of the Khazar Empire to Do with “Palestine”?
An anti-Semitic canard, it has been going through yet another revival.
When It Was Suggested Jews Buy Milking Stools
The Mufti would not allow Jews to place benches at the Wailing Wall...
Belittling Jabotinsky
Was Jabotinsky a great admirer of Polish Nationalism? Really?
Beinart Reached his Yavne
As a writer, he has been twisting ideas, terms and concepts so as to confound and discombobulate a younger generation of Jews. But he may have reached an impasse.
No Four Years, Mr. Trump!
There is a way out. True, the Arab side over decades has never really been pressured, pressured the way Israel has. The time has come for Abbas and Co. to feel the diplomatic heat.
1920 – The Year The `Conflict` Commenced
Anyway you look at it, it is our land.
Bernie’s Kibbutz – A Research Challenge
Kibbutz conspiracy
Hanukah Geography
If we apply contemporary terms, the main site of the miracle we celebrate by lighting candles for eight days, Temple. is now in... "occupied East Jerusalem".
What we need is a linguistic revolt, especially among Jews.
The New York Times Goes Cockamamie
{Originally posted to the author's website}
Only in the New York Times would one find such a cockamamie* defense of anti-Semitism
...critics have complained that such...
Reform’s Rabbi Jacobs, Eretz Yisrael and the Reformatting of Reform Judaism
The Midrash makes it clear that the Bible specifically notes land purchases and transactions, so that nations can never castigate the Jewish people and say, “You are occupying stolen territory.”
Readers: Can You Help Us Find This Rabbi?
Murdered in Jerusalem, in 1920, please help us find out more about Rabbi Yehudah Leib Lozovsky.
Palestine Arab Rejectionism: The Beginning
A recent regional history of the "NO"
Jabotinsky, Jerusalem, Jewish Defense, 1920
A century of terror, courtesy of our Arab neighbors.
The Territoriality of the Balfour Declaration
Zionism has been yielding territory since 1919
“From the Breasts of the Youth”: Poland 1922
Jews were always "aliens" in Poland. No matter what other charge Polish nationalists make, justified or not,... at the end, Jews were not real citizens
No Protection for Jewish Holy Sites?
Only Israel can be trusted to guard Israel's Jewish sites.
It’s Gelt. It’s Gold. It’s Chanukah
{Originally posted to the author's blog}
As received from the Israel Antiquities Authority:
Hanukkah Gelt:
A cache of rare gold coins and a 900 year old gold...
Jordan, Part of Palestine
Any resolution of the so-called "Palestinian Arab problem" need include in its geographical elements the participation of Jordan.
An Exercise in Deconstruction
"Roses are red; wiolets are blue; Israel should not be home to a single Jew"
On The Voices Denying An “Arab Palestinian People”
To all of you, know that if anything, today you’ve pushed me away, further, and you've made my case for me. You are the problem
Make “Palestine” Eretz-Yisrael
Clothes make the man...
Dealing with IfNotNow’s “Facts”
Supposed 'facts' of IfNotNow. The question is, 'When' will they tell the truth?
Jewish Groups Tolerate Abbas’s Anti-Semitism for Hope of Two-State Solution
These groups will, I think, tolerate naked anti-Semitism.
Abbas Unhinged and Identity Theft
Abbas never fails to amaze with his alternative theories to reality.
Being Religious and a NYT Letter to the Editor
Fifth, is it "profanity" in naming a train station after President Trump? Truly? Of course, if it is Trump himself that bothers you, rather than naming the station after a person, a non-Jew, then we are left with a political dispute.
Abbas Talks, Medad Comments (UPDATED)
How to respond to lies
Childish Congresswoman
Minnesota congresswoman Betty McCollum, has introduced a bill that seeks to prevent the United States from funding Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children. The law defines 'child' as anyone 18 or younger
Hillel At Princeton: On the Roof?
Someone get them a ladder over at Princeton's Hillel.
