Mixed Feelings On A Berlin Visit
When my grandfather left Poland in 1930, he refused to speak Polish again. Perhaps he foresaw what many would not. When he learned of the Shoah, he discovered that his remaining family members were among those whose lives were snuffed out by their European neighbors.
Incitement Underscores Palestinian Unwillingness To Make Peace
When Barack Obama entered the White House, he promised to make Israeli/Palestinian peacemaking his priority from "day one." And, indeed, in his own way he did. He pressured Israel into freezing Jewish construction in the West Bank for ten months in a bid to entice the Palestinians to negotiate.
Israel: The Way Forward
If the priority of Israeli progressives were to rescue the hostages, they would demand that Hamas release them. "The slogan for freeing the hostages," wrote British journalist Douglas Murray, "... should never have been 'Being them home.' It should be 'Give them back.' Now."
The Un-Greening Of Tu-b’Shvat
Almost everything that most people "know" about Tu-b'Shvat is totally wrong and completely false.
Are ‘The Sleepers’ Awakening? Reasons Why Jews Should Arm Themselves Now!
Should a shul's protection include a 12-gauge shotgun and someone trained to know how to use it?
Enemies of the State
The Biden administration's efforts paint a picture of an emerging, out-of-control police state. Those of us who disagree with the administration are no longer citizens, we have become "enemies of the state."
The ICC’s Flawed Decision to Recognize its Own Jurisdiction over the Territories
This decision not only irreparably harms the integrity and credibility of the ICC, but it also has the potential to undermine and derail the Middle East peace negotiating process, since the Court, at the behest of its prosecutor, is attempting to prejudge the outcome of that process, contrary to all historical and legal logic.
A New Tolerance for Anti-Semitism
People on both sides of the political and ideological spectrum must have the same zero tolerance for anti-Semitism as they do for sexism, racism and homophobia.
Truth is Israel’s Narrative
It took 30 years, billions in petrodollars and billions more from cultural Marxists to develop a language of lies and manipulation that placed Jews in Israel and the Diaspora in the oppressor column.
THE CURSE OF THE EXPERT
Just start RUNNING...
The Western Wall Controversy: *yawn*
American Jews feel insulted and abandoned by Bibi's "ruling coalition?" because they haven't a clue Bibi had no choice. He can't have his government fall for some American whim which essentially has no impact on egalitarian prayer
Special-Needs Parents See Path Forward
"a groundbreaking shift toward equitable and efficient treatment of our most vulnerable children"
Naftali Bennett’s Blackest Day
This was an outright failure of Jewish Home and its chairman, Minister of Religious Services Naftali Bennett.
Celebrating Freedoms By Fighting Religious Persecution Overseas
Whether we are Israeli or American, let us give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy, and work every day to free others around the world from the chains of anti-Semitism, persecution, and violence.
New Israel Fund Leader Is A Communist Who Declared Zionism Is Over
Burg justifies Pal terror, called Holocaust “a national strategy,” is Anti-Zionist, is an NIF leader
Media Report Card: Week 1 After Jerusalem Announcement
Apparently, the media bias against Trump, the already existing anti-Israel bias and the ignorance of some in the media has resulted in a perfect storm of horrendously inaccurate stories.
Iran’s Mullahs Mission: Wipe Out America
he Biden administration would do well to realize that a nuclear Iran is not just an existential threat to Israel; a nuclear Iran is major threat to the region, Europe, America, the world.
Maharats Are Here To Stay – But Where Is ‘Here’?
In 2010 RCA voted unanimously on a resolution against female ordination. That opinion hasn't changed
A Few Global Concerns that Affect Us All
The International Criminal Court is no longer a legal body. It is now a political body. It has turned itself into something it was never intended to be.
Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria: Where Did it All Go Wrong?
The sovereignty clause included in former US President Donald Trump's peace plan was supposed to turn the tide of history, but was shelved.
Response to Jewish Action’s “Neo-Chassidus”
You can be into modern things and learn Chassidus--this is most encouraged and welcomed.
The Abenaki And Jews Have More In Common Than Just Ben & Jerry’s Ice...
Ultimately, what ties the Abenaki and Jews together is that they are both indigenous peoples, born in their respective lands with historical and cultural ties to it and neither Ben nor Jerry recognizes either.
Longshoremen and Israel: Then and Now
"I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us all. " Eric Hoffer
We Need More Chairs In The Women’s Section
Our mission statement reads: Orthodox Leadership Project (OLP) empowers Orthodox Jewish women’s leadership as a way of strengthening Orthodox communities and the broader Jewish community.
Hitler’s Arab Allies
Britain was so concerned with Nazi inroads into the Arab world in 1938, the eve of World War II, that it issued the infamous White Paper limiting Jewish immigration to Palestine, contributing to a locking of Jews into a Europe that was being overrun by Hitler.
10 Things I Hate About What’s Just Happened
We stand face to face with the idea that the president committed a felony
Substance Abuse and Our Children
They all shared feeling invisible, inconsequential, that they don’t know why they are here and that the world would be no different if they were gone.
Instinctive Liberalism And Halachic Conservatism
Orthodoxy should celebrate the instinctive liberalism of non-Orthodox Jews as a profound religious fulfillment of their human and Jewish nature without endorsing the policies of American liberalism
Let’s Vote For Independence
Much of the world is getting ready to recognize a Palestinian state. The U.S. says it will veto any such measure in the Security Council. Other countries are going ahead with plans to vote for "Palestine" in the General Assembly - to grant "Palestine" embassy space, formal recognition, etc.
House & Senate Pass Bill Opposing New Israel Boycotts
Congress described it as “economic warfare against Israel” yet US Jewish leaders proudly finance it!