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Am Yisrael Chai

Two Important Lessons from the Holocaust

By Shmuel Sackett

With Yom Ha’Shoah being commemorated this week, what lessons did we learn from that tragic era?

The Snag

The Jewish(?) Cardinals of Woke

By D.J. Kolpak

How long will this woke nonsense continue to be presented by these two political leaders in the name of Jews and Judaism?

Headline / Sultan Knish

The Virtual Passover From Hell Hosted by Kamala’s Husband

By Daniel Greenfield

The Passover from Hell echoed everything that Jews had come to expect from Obama’s Jewish events, from the anti-Israel clergy to the exploitation and erasure of Jews from their own religion.

Featured / The Muqata

An Historic Speech by Mansour Abbas, But Do We Believe Him?

By JoeSettler

We started to write one post this evening after watching what looked like an historic speech by Mansour Abbas (Ra’am party), but then we saw a very different speech he gave 4 days ago, in Arabic.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

Report: Shabak Steps Up Efforts To Recruit Settler Spies

By Tzvi Fishman

I left the station with the feeling that he had played a game of pinball in my brain.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Voting For The First Time

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

While sometimes the letters spell out the party name or represent the party leader’s name or platform, there isn’t always a clear connection between the two.

Headline / Sultan Knish

Passover - From Slavery to Freedom

By Daniel Greenfield

The message of Passover fully begins only when the holiday ends and its habits carry over into our daily lives.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

Tourist and religious sites have been packed over the holiday. If infection numbers don't spike the week after Passover, expect whatever restrictions remain to be significantly eased or completely eliminated.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

The Invisible War

By Vic Rosenthal

“Friends” in Europe pour massive amounts of money into illegal Palestinian development in Area C – the part of the territory that is supposed to be under full Israeli control according to the Oslo Accords. Control of these areas is absolutely critical for the defense of the State of Israel, both against Palestinian terrorism and against invasion across our borders.

FirstOneThrough

The Hate Crime Offenders

By Paul Gherkin

Perhaps it is time to look at hate crimes through the other side of the prism.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Our Aliyah Anniversary

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

My husband Tzvi has settled into working remotely, and the kids love being able to drop in to supervise his work.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

Lone Soldiers Who Aren’t Alone

By Tzvi Fishman

We also prepare the guys physically and spiritually for the army along with teaching them the tools needed to deal with the often frustrating bureaucracy in Israel.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

Freedom And Its Extra Meaning During This Second COVID Passover

By Jeff Dunetz

The Slavery In Egypt Began With Slandering The Jewish Nation. We Must Ensure Our Freedom By Fighting The Modern Slander

Featured / The Muqata

Election Analysis #2: The Good News and the Bad News

By JoeSettler

The good news is there won’t be a fifth election. The bad news is there won’t be a solid rightwing coalition either.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

The good trend continues: All bad numbers are down. However, it does seem that all the folks willing to get the vaccine have received it already. Very few people are going to get it now.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

Election Number Four

By Vic Rosenthal

The politicians all like to say, in sepulchral tones, that nobody wants a (second, third, fourth, or fifth) election, but I don’t believe them

Featured / The Muqata

An Initial Analysis of Bibi's Options

By JoeSettler

Netanyahu is right where he wants to be, with a choice of coalition partners to pick from.

Abu Yehuda

Setting National Goals

By Vic Rosenthal

Leaving out the extreme Left and the Haredi and Arab parties, I believe most Israelis more or less agree that our important goals are prioritized as follows...

Emes Ve-Emunah

Has Antisemitism Become Acceptable in America?

By Harry Maryles

How does antisemitism fit into all this? Unfortunately antisemitism is becoming acceptable as part of the ‘woke’ culture

Elder of Ziyon

Back to the Future: Jordanian MP tries to Cancel Einstein

By Elder of Ziyon

Einstein in the book wants to see peace between Jews and Arabs:

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Our Second Pesach In Israel

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

One year later, we are free from lockdown, but still unable to celebrate a seder with family, as it is currently nearly impossible to travel between Israel and North America.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

Charedi Minister: I Was Drawn to Blue And White’s Mission

By Tzvi Fishman

When I entered the Knesset, I was put under a magnifying glass because of who I am – both from secular and charedi society. Instead of evaluating my professional achievements, each side questioned my suitability and tested me.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days In Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed this week that Israel in on the verge of diplomatic agreements with at least four additional Muslim countries.

FirstOneThrough

3 1 4, Hebrew Pi

By Paul Gherkin

Hebrew pi is infinite and constant, just like God's promise

Abu Yehuda

How Orwell’s Vision Might Become Reality

By Vic Rosenthal

What is worrisome is that the people running these corporations are also products of the American university system. They share the revolutionary ideology that is popular there.

Larry's Letters

Larry's Letters: In a Tough Neighborhood

By Larry Shapiro

Israel's newest “war crime” is “killing” Palestinian prisoners with the ‎Coronavirus," "Snow fell in Jerusalem “to clean it” of Israeli “filth”. And that's just this month.

Blogs

Why Love isn't Enough for Successful Aliyah

By Paula R. Stern

When you have a list of what should be changed in Israel, and only when it is changed will you truly feel comfortable living here, Israel isn’t for you.

Sultan Knish

Equity Vaccines, Immunity Passports, and Racial Segregation

By Daniel Greenfield

The government using race to prioritize medical treatment is horrifying enough, but vaccine passports take the biased vaccine system and embed that bias into everyday areas of life.

This Ongoing War

Interpol and Justice

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Interpol as succumbed to pressure from the Tamimi family, lawyers and clan in Jordan and has cancelled the Red Notice which operated until now to encourage member governments to arrest her if she enters their jurisdiction. 

Am Yisrael Chai

Are You Ready to Convert?

By Shmuel Sackett

If you’re not prepared to have the most meaningful Pesach experience of your life, stop reading this immediately!

A Soldier's Mother

Mitzvah of Escorting Our Guests as Performed by the IDF

By Paula R. Stern

We’re here in our land. We too are watching. Ultimately, it is our skies, our land, and our job to defend. Thank you for coming and as is our tradition, we escort you above our home, through it, over it, and finally out of it.

Blogs

Canary Mission Statement on Dental Student, Adam Elayan

By Guest Author

After a lengthy process, a profile on Elayan was removed this week from the Canary Mission website as part of the Ex-Canary program. The program is designed for individuals who have "shown moral courage to recognize their earlier mistakes, embracing tolerance and coexistence – despite social pressure from their peers."

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

A Belated Birthday

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

Indeed, I could not believe how grown up she looked at her party. Sitting on her birthday throne, crowned in a wreath of flowers, bedecked in her best party dress, she looked like such a little lady!

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

America Must Know The Truth About JCPOA Before Biden Forces Us Back Into It

By Jeff Dunetz

There are dozens of other Iran nuke deal-related documents which are not even classified secret but which the Obama administration has nonetheless refused to release. There are broad suspicions those documents contain embarrassing concessions to Iran

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

So far, Naftali Bennett continues to rise in the polls and his party is now polling in third place overall. This is quite impressive, but Netanyahu still has two weeks to take voters from Bennett, like he has consistently done in the past.

Abu Yehuda

Biden’s Stupid Mideast Policy

By Vic Rosenthal

Trump and Pompeo’s sanctions were strangling the Iranian economy, and while there is no doubt that this caused significant hardship to ordinary Iranians, a military confrontation would be far worse for everyone. Had Trump been reelected, the pressure would have continued.

Headline / A Soldier's Mother

Dr. Seuss and the Fall of America

By Paula R. Stern

The cat in the hat has left our fair shore, And here we are left, abandoned and poor.

Sultan Knish

COKE GOES WOKE AND BROKE

By Daniel Greenfield

Behind every big WOKE brand is a company slowly going broke and with no clue what to do about it.

Headline / Sultan Knish

Ivy League ‘Wokes’ are the Biggest Domestic Violent Extremism Threat

By Daniel Greenfield

All of the agonizing about political violence came after a year in which ‘woke’ Black Lives Matter mobs killed, beat, and burned their way across the country in an orgy of ‘mostly peaceful’ violence.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Celebrating Shushan Purim On Masada

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

While the chag was still nice, it just wasn’t the Adar excitement we had expected. Reflecting on this over Shabbat, my husband and I decided we still had time to make this holiday special.

Emes Ve-Emunah

A Bad Decision by the Israeli Supreme Court

By Harry Maryles

Israel is both a democracy and a Jewish state. But by their decision, the Supreme Court has moved the needle. They apparently place more importance on being a democracy than they do on being a Jewish state

The Muqata

Convert Your Dog to Judaism

By Guest Author

Apparently some dogs are Reform!

Am Yisrael Chai

From 5 Million More to 1 Million Less

By Shmuel Sackett

Every ethnic group in America is growing, except the Jews.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

One of the least likely to be able to influence anything is Benny Gantz and his Blue and White party. Even more of his friends publicly encouraged him to drop out again this week.

Headline / Blogs

Islamophobia, Cancel Culture and the Silencing of the Lambs

By Diane Bederman

The terms Islamophobia and cancel culture are left wing ideologies working hand in hand to undermine and destroy the West by vilifying critical thinking.

My Right Word

What Has a Map of the Khazar Empire to Do with "Palestine"?

By Yisrael Medad

An anti-Semitic canard, it has been going through yet another revival.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The Yahrzeit of COVID

By Harry Maryles

I just wanted to reflect on how devastating this disease has been to the world in general and to our community in particular.

PreOccupied Territory

Ahashverosh Enlists J-Street To Oppose Temple Reconstruction

By PreOccupied Territory

In honor of SHushan Purim: Ben-Ami’s organization rose to combat the common misperception that the Jews give monolithic support to their own redemption and restoration.

Blogs

Sovereignty: It’s Not Just a Question of Land

By Varda Meyers Epstein

“Sovereignty will be an official political and national statement that this land is ours.”

Sultan Knish

White People Aren’t Human

By Daniel Greenfield

This is a brief summary of the narcissistic black supremacist theology of the Nation of Islam which believes that an evil Jewish mad scientist named Yakub (Jacob) used eugenics to create Europeans, Indians, and Asians from the original black master race after leaving Mecca.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Is SNL Antisemitic?

By Harry Maryles

Does SNL owe Israel and the Jewish community an apology?

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Back To Normal?

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

My husband and I debated what was best for the kids. We wanted to do whatever we could to keep them safe, but we also wanted to give them their best opportunities to grow, learn, and have fun.

Headline / Israel / Holidays & Observances / Tales from Hebron

Why is Purim Celebrated for Two Days in Hebron?

By Ben Bresky

Purim has a unique status of celebrating two days of the Jewish holiday.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: Purim: Not to Speak is to Speak

By Forest Rain

Purim tells us about the power of one person to change the fate of our people. Esther is not described as particularly brilliant or talented. She is just a woman, with a big heart who, with courage and feminine intuition, changed the world.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

The declared intent of the curfew is to prevent large drunken parties/festive gatherings in the evenings. The upcoming video footage of attempted enforcement will be incredible!

Emes Ve-Emunah

Will They Ever Learn?

By Harry Maryles

Leaders of the  Conservative Movement keep thinking they are going to innovate themselves out of the mess they got themselves into

Abu Yehuda

Only Our Friends Pay Taxes

By Vic Rosenthal

There is no reason for Israel to subsidize these enterprises, which are explicitly or implicitly calling for its destruction.

FirstOneThrough

Importing Peaceful Ideas to the West Bank

By Paul Gherkin

Arabs from the West Bank have a more nuanced attitude towards Israel. Their opinions change depending on current events.

Headline / Sultan Knish

The Racist Origins of President Trump's Impeachment

By Daniel Greenfield

Impeaching elected officials can be political theater or serve a legitimate purpose. Impeaching former officials is never anything except political theater.

Larry's Letters

Larry's Letters: Israel Criminalizes Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance—Then Calls Us Terrorists

By Larry Shapiro

For a non-violent society, the Palestinians have gone to great lengths to name stuff after terrorists.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

Shaare Zedek President: Pandemic End Is In Sight

By Tzvi Fishman

You do not need 100 percent to achieve herd immunity, and I don’t think we should chase after it.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Beyond Our One Kilometer – At Long Last

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

As my kids and I have taken daily walks for a month now, it is not an exaggeration to say that we literally know every crack in the sidewalk within our allowed kilometer.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

Things are definitely heating up in the Middle East, despite it being quite cold. Could anyone have predicted this? Everyone did.

Sultan Knish

Biden Takes "Death to America" Terrorists Off Terror List

By Daniel Greenfield

Even while the Biden administration is preparing to double down on Obama’s abuse of the national security state to target his political opponents, it’s also giving real terrorists a pass.

Larry's Letters

Larry's Letters: Open Letter to Black Lives Matter

By Larry Shapiro

Be smart and reject Farrakhan and his racist poison, only then can you proceed with a clear conscience to free blacks from systematic racism.

Blogs

Has Naftali Bennett Given up His Values for Corona’s Sake?

By Sheri Oz

What I like about Yamina and Naftali Bennett is they talk about doing and when they were in positions in which they could do, they did. They have concrete plans and do not try to sell a fantasy.

The Snag

Only a Democrat Can Select New York's Next Mayor

By D.J. Kolpak

Only 3% of New Yorkers will actually get to choose the next mayor in the coming primaries this June.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Speech Therapy And Scary Masked Men

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

From our first appointment, which was with a social worker, I realized that we were going to be facing a challenging experience.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

How to Understand the Right-Wing Religious Zionists Parties

By Tzvi Fishman

Before Bibi gets through with Bennett and Sa'ar, they are going to be hanging on to one another like punch-drunk boxers in the center of the ring.

Abu Yehuda

Has Joe Forgotten Joseph?

By Vic Rosenthal

Unfortunately Obama's ignorance of history and skewed ideology produced an equally skewed morality, in which there is no room for a Jewish state

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

The continued spread of the virus is mostly being attributed to the "British Mutation.” This strand of the virus has attacked much younger people and specifically late-term pregnant women.

FirstOneThrough

The West Bank / Gaza Coronavirus Gap

By Paul Gherkin

Why do Gazans want the vaccine while West Bank Arabs do not?

Abu Yehuda

It’s Not Paranoia

By Vic Rosenthal

Jewish paranoia. The phrase is ridiculous.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Danny Thomas, The Steipler, and Rabbi Dr. Twerski

By Harry Maryles

Danny Thomas was more than just neutral about the Jewish people. He showed kindness and sensitivity to the plight of a Chasid-- Abraham J. Twerski.

In Print / Felafel on Rye

The Family Rapaport: On The Nationalist Front Lines

By Tzvi Fishman

Amongst secular Jews, our rightful attachment to the full borders of Eretz Yisrael is a political bargaining chip, not an iron-clad covenant from Sinai.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Tu B’Shevat – A Whole New Holiday

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

In the late 19th century, when the first aliyah arrived in Palestine, the land was a barren desert. Through hard work, sacrifice, and belief (not to mention a whole lot of hashgacha pratis), the land was transformed into the lush beautiful country we all enjoy today.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

Blame for the continued spread is mostly being attributed to new mutations of the virus. And anti-Semites are just blaming the charedim.

A Soldier's Mother

Find the Message

By Paula Stern

The loss is incalculable. What can we learn?

Elder of Ziyon

Pals Freaking Over Normalizing TV interview with Benny Gantz

By Elder of Ziyon

Palestinian factions have denounced the interview, calling it "illegal" and "normalization."

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

R.I.P. Rabbi Abraham Twerski: How He Helped Save The Life Of My Friend’s Son

By Jeff Dunetz

When a Jewish family needed help with drug abuse, Rabbi Abraham Twerski answered the call.

PreOccupied Territory

God Fails To Get J Street's Approval Before Promising Land To Jacob

By PreOccupied Territory

Ben-Ami insisted that American Jewry in general, but especially his organization, must have a say in what happens from "the River of Egypt to the River Euphrates."

Abu Yehuda

How Israel Could Get a Stable Government

By Vic Rosenthal

All this requires a government that can pay attention to multiple issues at the same time, a coalition that can work together, and a PM that is not on trial for corruption.

Sultan Knish

Unite and Heal With Show Trials and Fascist Purges

By Daniel Greenfield

Enjoy unity at gunpoint in the Bidenist banana republic.

Elder of Ziyon

From Pharaoh to Space Lasers: Blaming Jews is the Original Conspiracy Theory

By Elder of Ziyon

Jews have been blamed for conspiracy theories from the very first moment of becoming a people.

Blogs

Vaccination on the Anniversary of Liberation 

By Sarah Manning

Seniors who have been living alone over the past year without family visits may be concealing symptoms of anxiety and mental deterioration that should be addressed.

In Print / My Aliyah Journal

Ordering Online In Israel

By Aviva Horowitz Karoly

The items wouldn’t be replaced or refunded. I was informed that they had been delivered by their use-by date and that I could have frozen them.

In Print / Ben Packer's Week in Review

The Last 7 Days in Israel

By Rabbi Ben Packer

The enforcement of the lockdown regulations also continues to be quite contentious, particularly since it's only done in charedi areas.

Blogs

Liberals Switching Their Vote To Trump

By Guest Author

Liberals realize that Trump is their ONLY reason for living

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