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In addition to the merits of our monotheistic legacy, modern-day Jews possess an additional merit which includes them in redemption.

Who indeed is to blame for the wave of hatred toward Jews that is roiling Canadian workplaces, universities, unions, social media postings, even our streets and neighbourhoods? Who are the purveyors of antisemitism?

Extreme political NGOs and rights organizations often falsely accuse Israel of committing human rights abuses.

At Columbia University, Yale and other schools we see scenes which we haven’t seen since the days of the Holocaust. Its not just the celebration of people, it’s the universities permitting it. Its professors encouraging it.

Columbia students shout; but my Jewish Family is from Egypt

For those who still believe that these violent student actions are a spontaneous response to Israel's military action: this is the weaponization of "woke

The argument that once the settlements issue is resolved, a peaceful resolution of the conflict could be concluded is groundless

Israel needs to be less concerned about being liked than about being feared.

These are the latest incidents in the undeclared conflict taking place between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel since October 8, 2023. This conflict, which began, of course, in the wake of Hamas's October 7 attacks, is of major dimensions and involves near-daily clashes.

Let’s face it, if the topic of the Seder was actually the Exodus from Egypt, then we would just need to read the relevant Torah portions – Vaeira, Bo and Beshalach – which narrate the story of the ten plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, and then we could get down to the real business of eating a delicious meal!

Israel has not yet been, and still is not, the safest place in the world for Jews. But not everyone has the option to live in the safest place in the world – many people just need somewhere that is safer than where they currently live.

In every generation a different Pharaoh-type enemy of the Jewish people emerges. The 20th century has been no exception.

The Iranian drone and missile attacks of 13 April brought less drama for many in Jerusalem than one might have imagined. War brings with it the disappearance of expectations of daily continuity, or of a reasonable and logical sequence of events.

The October 7 massacre drew the PA and Iran closer

"Yes, Hamas thanked the United States. When a terrorist group is thanking you, you're probably doing something wrong." — Joe Truzman, senior research analyst, X, April 9, 2024.

The universal "optics" are that if America will throw its closest ally, Israel, under the bus, what chance has anyone else got?

Israel is currently facing a multi-front war for its survival, with Qatar, Iran and Iran's proxies, which are encircling Israel, leading the charge. The gravity of this aggression cannot be overstated: not just for the existence of Israel, but also for that of the US, Europe and the West.

If destroying an embryo is akin to murder, what does that mean for IVF treatment, which involves producing multiple embryos, some of which are implanted, others stored for future use, and still others destroyed?

A second primary argument centers around whether this war is a milchemet mitzvah. The Rambam appears to make it clear that when the Jewish nation is murderously attacked, it is a milchemet mitzvah shel ezrat Yisrael mi’yad tzar (saving the Jewish people from a murderous enemy).

No matter how much Israel tries to do the right thing, it will never be credited for it.

An inspiring answer is that Israel’s definition of happiness is deeply rooted in the Prophet Isaiah’s vision of the Jewish people’s role as an ohr lagoyim, a light unto the nations.

A language of lies and hate threatens to conquer the mind of the West.

Twice the 20th of Sivan was designated as a day commemorating Jewish tragedies, and twice the observance faded until it is now entirely obsolete. Many observant Jews do not even know it was once a serious day of mourning.

Victory is going to require more than slogans that “together we will win.”

Sometimes the pen of propaganda is mightier than the sword.

Would you vote to put a proven enemy of Israel in the White House?

The administration, not Israel, must find a “new strategy.”

Hashem wanted someone who was going to reach higher and actively seek out Hashem, and that came in the form of Avraham Avinu. Even when G-d Almighty was visiting him after his bris, when he had every reason to calmly ignore the doorbell, he ignored the pain and received his guests. (Remember, this is pre-Advil and Vicodin.)

We have learned nothing from the causes of the 10/7 pogrom and have returned to the Fall of last year.

If Biden wants to be re-elected, he’d be smart to stop pandering to a tiny minority of extremist voters who want to see Israel wiped off the map.