How Can President Trump Put Pressure on Hamas?
Senior Israeli security officials have proposed a series of measures that President Trump could implement if the hostages are not released by the time he assumes office on January 20, 2025
Gen. Patton’s Appalling Anti-Semitism
Patton not only showed utter contempt, even hatred, for Jewish survivors, he also expressed a kind of admiration for the Nazi prisoners of war under his watch and bitterly criticized attempts to bring Nazi leaders to justice for war crimes.
Remembering San Remo: When the World Powers Recognized our Rights to OUR Land
103 years ago in San Remo recognition was enshrined in international law and has not changed since.
An Open Letter to Seth Rogen
Seth, you spent an hour of prime time savaging your fellow Jews, misrepresenting Jewish history, defaming Israel and Israelis, and slandering Judaism. What gives?
Maimonides: Islam Good, Christianity Bad, Muslims Bad, Christians Good
Rabbi Moses Maimonides is our fundamental source for relating to Islam and Christianity, and his views are clear and occasionally unexpected.
A Crisis of Judicial Proportions: Part III: Anatomy of the Protest Movement
The protest organizers are doing irreparable harm to the state, its institutions and its economy, in a classic “cutting off your nose to spite your face” campaign.
It’s The Olive Trees, Stupid!
In case you didn't notice, olive trees in Judea and Samaria are under attack. The alleged culprits are Jews living there. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry called it "terrorism."
Mishnitz, Myszyniec
Recently I received a letter with an inquiry about the town of Mishnitz.
Menachem Begin To Joe Biden: I Am Not A Jew With Trembling Knees
America must respect the will of the Israeli public, whom overwhelmingly re-elected a Bibi led Likud
Re-Branding The Vilest Evil
They are deaf to protestations that there are whole areas of knowledge (even when they conform to the Torah’s perspective) that are only taught to our children when they are no longer children and ready to marry.
Holy Sticks
If some Israeli cops got a Jewish education & learned to love Jews, Israel would be a better place
Arab Israelis: Opportunity or Threat?
Two new studies warn of radicalization among Arab Israelis and urge robust government action.
The Enduring Power Of Orthodoxy
In 1964 the eminent sociologist Marshall Sklare declared Orthodoxy to be irrelevant. His view was that Conservative Judaism was the wave of the future in America.
What the Benghazi Leaks Mean, and what Difference Would it Have Made?
Did President Obama have to lie in a UN speech?
Almost Half Of NYC Bus Riders Don’t Pay: An Explanation
The no exact change excuse is typical of people who break laws – they don’t blame themselves; in fact, they regard themselves as perfectly innocent.
Remembering My Mentor, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
While his voice was heard, and it is still heard, it was not heard loudly enough; and so, his vision still remains marginal to most discussions, whether between the religious and secular or amongst the religious themselves.
Rav Herzog’s ‘Rabbits’ And Other Rabbinic Pesach Correspondence
There is a whole other transcendental level of delight, enchantment, and reverence that applies to collectors of Judaica documents.
The Antidote to Tyranny is Liberty, Not Democracy nor International Government
Is it not startling, then, that Western leaders extol democracy, yet pay such little homage to personal freedoms?
Bridge Over Troubled (Roger) Waters
For Waters, normal is “rapid, neoliberal capitalism gone completely crazy.” (This from a man with an estimated wealth of $270 million, and homes in both the Hamptons and New York City.)
The Defense Minister’s Pen
Every building project in Judea & Samaria, every road, house, Yeshiva, factory and mikva can only be built with… the signature of the Defense Minister! Well, Defense Minister Lieberman, will you sign?
All Death and Mourning Are Felt by the Cosmos
The meaning of "God’s watch" here is not entirely clear.
Testimony In British Parliament Proved British Had Advanced Warning of King David Hotel Bombing...
Adina Hay-Nissan, recalled that she called up the British command that was stationed in the hotel and warned them, ''This is the Hebrew resistance uprising. We planted bombs in the hotel. Please vacate it immediately. See, we warned you.''
On the Bookshelf
I have closde to 10,000 books, covering all kinds of things in Jewish studies.
United We Stand
If the recent pictures of destroyed outposts had been of Bedouin villages or illegal houses in the Galilee, the whole country would have been up in arms.
Setting The Record Straight: Part VI: Introducing a Religious Component to Wafa Idris’ Death
To preserve the terrorist Wafa’s memory and have her continue to serve as a model for other women to emulate, the Palestinian Authority has named places and events after her
We Know Not What They Speak: Evangelical Wordplay Part II
Some evangelicals are impatient zealots who burn for the gospels, others burn as well, but they have the patience and discipline of a monk. Yet all of them burn for the day when they can bring the cross to Jews.
The Plot To Depose Netanyahu
In an interview last Wednesday with Israel Amy Radio, Alscheich revealed that the various criminal investigations and prosecutions mounted against Netanyahu were designed not so much to pursue his alleged criminality but rather to pressure him into resigning from office.
Not Your Ordinary Scribe
As a guide to others and a foremost member of the Great Assembly, Ezra provided strong leadership and a moral conscience to a people that had lost its way.
Islam, Sexual Violence, and the West
Denial is not a strategy. Western countries that cherish women's rights must wake up to the fact that many migrants could challenge those values