Radical Members of Congress Oppose Israel Arresting Teen Terrorists
The real abuse that Betty McCollum and her Gang of Nine should be investigating is the constant effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to incite minors to engage to murder Jews.
Why Are Student Leaders and Jewish Bruins Under Attack at UCLA?
UCLA Students went up to the microphone to gush hate, bias, and one-sided claims against Israel.
Nothing ‘Moderate’ About Abbas
On January 29, the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat was shaken by the explosion of a Palestinian suicide bomber that killed three Israeli civilians and wounded several others.
Avoiding Obama’s Mistakes in Syria
Under Trump, as opposed to during Obama's tenure, the US will act aggressively to maintain a global prohibition on the use of weapons of mass destruction.
Rescuing My Home And Neighborhood From The Haifa Fires
We couldn’t sleep that night, thinking of all emergency personnel still involved in the battle for our beautiful city of Haifa, of the fire that refused to be put out, of our neighbors who all
Apologies Due to Trump
It is Obama, not President-elect Trump, who has the bully pulpit. Obama chose to wield that power in a way that will make another Arab/Israeli war more likely and create a diplomatic crisis for the US
The Fundamental Mitzvah
In view of the current world upheavals – North Korea, storms of epic proportions, etc. – it would be well to strengthen our observance of Ahavas Yisrael and mitzvos between man and man. The Torah guarantees longevity in this world for observing such mitzvos.
Rudy Giuliani’s Realism
Rudy Giuliani’s article in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs (“Toward a Realistic Peace“) marks an important statement about the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.”
Dreidels And Daily Miracles: What a Modest Spinning Top Can Teach Us
What does it take to experience a miracle? Nothing more than to live a life with eyes wide open. The truth is, we live in an age of miracles and wonder. Does that sound like a ridiculous statement to you - to characterize the age of the Internet, gene therapy, and biological science as an age of miracles? For many people, the idea of "miracles" comes straight from Medieval times. They view miracles as fantasy and "anti-science."
A Tree Will Only Be As Strong As Its Roots
As a genetic counselor who advocates for pre-conception genetic testing, I take the roots-to-tree metaphor very seriously. I believe that in order to sustain a healthy community, the roots of the community have the responsibility of relaying just how important genetic testing is.
UNESCO, Uman, and the Final War on Jerusalem
By rejecting Jewish ties to the Temple Mount, UNESCO, as a world body, opened the first shot in the world’s war against Jerusalem, as prophesized ago millennia ago
The Moral Panic of 2017
So, my question to the progressive-left today is, just what the hell do you want?
Seizing The Initiative From Our Leaders
The domestic and international debate about the Palestinians has become thoroughly detached from reality. On the one hand there are the friendlies. These include the Olmert government, the Israeli media, the Bush administration and some European governments. The friendlies say that the “moderate” Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah terror organization commander Mahmoud Abbas is the key to peace. Everything must be done they say, to strengthen Abbas against the Hamas terror organization, which they oppose.
The Formula for Holding On to the Land
Israeli leadership doesn’t look to God for help, it gave away Gaza because of political predictions and calculations.
Contemporary Plagues: Learning From Our Past
Very soon we will sit around the Seder table and tell the story of the Exodus. We have arrived at Z'man Cheiruseinu, the Season of our Freedom. The Children of Israel are about to leave Mitzraim.
What a story.
But it's not a story. It's reality.
No More Lies, Sec. Kerry, There Is No ‘Existential Threat to Israel’
No danger of the Jews becoming a minority in the combined area of Judea, Samaria and the pre-1967 Israel.
Revolutions And Reverberations
Weeks of turbulent Arab uprisings throughout the Middle East have dislodged dictators and inspired tens of thousands of young Muslims to dream of freedom. Swarming through streets and squares, they have demanded the end of autocratic rule.
Turkey’s Secular Backlash and the Rising Price of Liquor
Alcohol consumption fell by a third from 2003 to 2008.
The Torah Never Intended a Get to Be a Weapon
Can you imagine being deprived for years of conjugal relations, intimacy, and a home life?
Los Angeles Conference Confronts BDS Financing and Tactics
Today the BDS Movement is the vanguard of growing anti-Semitic agitation and anti-Israel activity
Putin’s Iran Threat is Good for Israel
If Russia stands with Iran, Obama will be forced to stand with Israel or lose the American people to the Republican Party.
Balfour Declaration Centenary–and Calls for its Boycott by the Guardian
Though the Balfour Declaration is ambiguous--it does not define exactly where “in Palestine…a national home for the Jewish people” would be--the original League of Nations British Mandate for Palestine included what is now Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza for Jewish settlement
The Benefits Of Rising Gas Prices
We are all too aware of the impact exorbitant gas prices have had on us as individuals and on the general economy. The surge in transportation expenses has fueled a rise in food prices and other necessities and driven our economy to the brink of recession (if not beyond).
Thoughts On The Evacuation
Sharon's reversal of decades of personal and Likud policy in such an immediate manner strikes one as a decision of political expediency.
Religion in the IDF: The Struggle over Israeli Public Space
Recent years have seen a notable increase in kippa-wearers among IDF combat soldiers and commanders. This is not what drives the struggle against religionization. It is, rather, the fear of losing the military’s character as a national public space that is secular or at least neutral with regard to religion.