Israel’s Coming Election Campaign will be Ugliest in Long Line of Ugly
The only losers, once again, will be the Israeli people.
Letters To The Editor
Kahane's Virtues It's quite true, as Rabbi Stephen Polter states (Letters, Nov. 17), that more people are acknowledging Rabbi Meir Kahane's prescience, wisdom and...
France to Assist Iranian Ally: Grave Consequences for Israel and Ukraine
The threat of improved Iranian weaponry, based on French technologies is very real.
The Plaza, The Bikes, And The Imperial City
We were struck by the news that the plush Plaza Hotel is suing New York City over the Bloomberg administration’s placing a block-long bicycle rack across from its main entrance facing Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan.
A Nation Of Kreplach
Hoshana Rabbah is, according to tradition, the day the judgment of Yom Kippur is sealed and finalized. There are some changes in the morning prayers. We circle the bima seven times with our lulav and esrog and then we put them down and take five aravos and beat them on the synagogue floor as if to say, “These are being beaten instead of me.”
UK: Boris Johnson Sparks ‘Burka-Gate’
"Boris Johnson should not apologise for telling the truth.... [female facial masking is] a nefarious component of a trendy gateway theology for religious extremism and militant Islam.... The burka and niqab are hideous tribal ninja-like garments that are pre-Islamic, non-Koranic and therefore un-Muslim. Although this deliberate identity-concealing contraption is banned at the Kaaba in Mecca it is permitted in Britain..." — Taj Hargey, imam at Oxford Islamic Congregation.
News From Poland
As the summer gets underway there are many events throughout Poland connected to Jewish history and culture. It usually kicks off with the massive Krakow Jewish Festival and ends with the Singer Festival in Warsaw. Also many Jewish groups come to Poland during the summer to visit their hometowns, work in the cemeteries and look for connections to the pre-Shoah past.
Chicago Jewish Leaders Urge Recognition of Antisemitism In Synagogue Shooting Incident
Certain details around the incident are not being shared or reported with the public, Soroka said. There’s a feeling that if this happened to a different community, it would be covered differently.
On Eve of Obama’s Visit, the Right is Silent
The Right is complacent, perhaps because everyone is busy with the Herculean task of assembling the next governing coalition.
Sarsour: ‘Kidnapped’ Posters are a Jewish Conspiracy
"You think they're ordinary people, trust me when I tell you they are everywhere," says Obama's "champion of change."
BDS Bill Debate is About anti-Semitism, NOT Speech
Rashida Tlaib’s dual-loyalty smear demonstrates why American Jews, who are the real target of the BDS movement, need to speak up.
In Today’s World, Orthodox and Conservative Jews Should be Natural Allies
On the fundamental issue that has preserved the Jewish people for millennia—the binding nature of “halachah”—the Conservatives are formally on the Orthodox side of the divide. In a world where personal autonomy increasingly reigns supreme, that’s no small thing.
The Personal Diplomacy Delusion
Like the false Oslo narrative, tributes to Saeb Erekat from diplomats show that the belief that peace is attainable through building relationships remains a myth.
The State Of Scholarship At Columbia – And Of Book Reviewing At The New...
Professor Rashid Khalidi, who directs the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, is currently on a multi-city book tour for his new book The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (Beacon Press) - aided by a favorable New York Times review from an unlikely book reviewer.
Biden Risks American Lives to Protect Hamas
No American should die to protect Hamas or its supporters in Gaza.
Move the Embassy? Yes!
The wisest course of action is for Trump to devise a strategic policy based on reality not myth; a strategy that puts America first, strengthens Israel, and works with all of our regional allies
Poison Ivy: Too Smart For Their Own Good?
We should pay more respect to those who display moral courage and clear-headed moral principles.
Khaled Abu Toameh: Unilateral Withdrawal a Recipe for War
Any land that is handed over to the Palestinian Authority would end up in the hands of Hamas.
Will the next Coalition make any Difference?
Surely the time has come to stand up to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry
Hillel – And American Jewish Donors – Must Reject Breaking The Silence
Hillel must not allow the group Breaking the Silence to influence students or affront students who support Israel
Translating My Father’s Holocaust Memoir
As someone who witnessed horrors in no fewer than seven concentration camps, my father also wanted to publicly address the question of how it was possible that large masses of people, numbering in the millions, could be led to their extermination without a fight.
Israel – Island of Success
Israel's economy had a robust 2017 and next year looks even brighter!
Don’t Be Surprised When The Pogroms Begin
3 ways the escalating tensions between New York’s Jews and the authorities can play out...
A Growing Trend: Brave Muslim Zionists
Muslim Zionist Mahdi Satri: “After 3 years of violence against me after coming out publicly with my Zionism and I’m still the last man standing, standing against my village,”
Wedding on the Temple Mount: From Servitude to Liberty
Whenever Hews have the opportunity to return and dwell in the Land of Israel, and do not, catastrophe follows.
Supreme Court Decision In Holt v. Hobbs
In this particular case, the issue was whether the Arkansas prison system could prohibit, for security reasons, a devout Muslim’s maintaining a beard of a certain length as a matter of religious practice.
Turning Holocaust Remembrance Into Israel Bashing
The German Holocaust foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, Future - EVZ - is in a state of denial concerning misuse of public funds meant to largely compensate the victims of the Shoah but used instead to finance anti-Semitic student exchange programs in Israel and Germany.
Are Sunni Arabs More Afraid of Israel than Iran?
It would still be too hazardous for an Arab government to accept Israel's nationhood.
The UN’s Obsession against Israel
Israel is thus the only country on the planet to benefit from the doubtful privilege of being scrutinized on the least of its actions, through an agenda decided by its enemies.
The Mossad’s Stupendous Achievement in Tehran
The Iranians now know that, in obtaining this most closely guarded information, the Mossad penetrated the innermost sanctums of the Iranian security apparatus.