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By Batya Medad
You'd think Bibi'd be better at coalition building but he isn't. The incoming government's a new low
Hill's Israel concert was selling tickets for months. Had she even planned a concert in Ramallah?
By Paula Stern
If you leave it to the world news, you'd never know the numerous miracles Israel's doing in Nepal...
There are encouraging reports of increased enrollment in Charedi army and educational programs
By JoeSettler
The problem isn't police violence against Ethiopians. The problem is police violence.
By Paul Gherkin
Israel promotes coexistence and peace, providing freedom for all religions on the Temple Mount.
By Batya Medad
Gazan terrorists use cement that Israel sent to build schools&hospitals for a complex tunnel network
What do we want from government? True leadership that realizes placating others is not the solution.
Rav Riskin’s desire to strengthen ties with Christians is pure but his methods have crossed lines
A minute and a half? What if the kids are upstairs with earphones on and they don't hear the siren?
By Batya Medad
My gut says it's the New Israel Fund behind the violent demonstrations by Ethiopian Jews in Israel
If some Israeli cops got a Jewish education & learned to love Jews, Israel would be a better place
By Batya Medad
Today's world and a shocking amount of Jews and Israelis support apartheid against Jews in of Israel
By JoeSettler
Let's revel in Peter Beinart's unintended "Ma Tovu" praise of the Jewish state: "It’s modern; it’s democratic; it’s pro-American."
By Tzvi Fishman
Point is, the eyes are the soul's windows and forbidden images, face it or not, pollute a Jew’s soul
By JoeSettler
Israel has sent almost as many people to help Nepal, as the entire world combined.
Who dreamed of Jews hiding behind concrete in our renewed beloved land? Is this the best we can do?
By Paul Gherkin
Looking to fight supporters of terrorism? Just boycott Qatari owned Al Jazeera
By Batya Medad
Hilary standing by her man through thick, thin, blondes, redheads&brunettes won't get votes in 2016
By not standing you are drawing distinctions between religious & secular, AND religious & religious.
Truly, in the modern world, we live in the time of ‘What’s in it for me?’ The time of the ‘selfie’!
By Paula Stern
My final reaction remains - who builds a mountain of ashes, who turns it into a "tourist" site?
By Batya Medad
Is the recent increase in Arab terror attacks related to the fact that there's no new government?
By JoeSettler
They called it "religious coercion" but it was really "secular coercion" and secular intolerance.
One exciting element of traveling is that it was my first time ever doing so as a dual-citizen!
Attackers of this innocent religious solider had been brainwashed that Israel is evil & illegitimate
By Paul Gherkin
Obama's desire to be "fair" enables Iran to get nuclear weapons which will threaten global security
By Batya Medad
Celebrating 67 years of democratic independence, surviving wars&threats; so much to be thankful for!
By Paul Gherkin
God's 3 part promise for Israel: to the Avot; a plentiful land; the eventual return home by all Jews
He was a Torah giant, uniquely exemplifying the Hashkafa of Torah U’Mada (Torah & worldly knowledge)
By Paula Stern
All Israel walks beside them, holding them in our hearts, listening, our hearts breaking with theirs
By Batya Medad
I've felt that if only we had established these communities sooner, then the victims would not have been killed
It is the character of the individual that counts, not his sexual preferences.
By Batya Medad
Bibi gives a great speech, especially when talking to foreigners, but on policy, he's very weak.
By Tzvee Zahavy
One of us had the chutzpah to ask him to join the ball game. He said okay and he played aggressively.
By Paul Gherkin
As Holocaust survivors decline rapidly attacks on the veracity of the Holocaust rapidly escalates
By Batya Medad
An Israeli TV show about Holocaust Day asserted the Holocaust is/was a European not Jewish tragedy
"I am 100% convinced that she is not in any way anti-Semitic. She is in fact a philo-Semite"
By Batya Medad
Pressure by Pres. Rivlin for a monstrous "national unity government" has made things worse for Bibi
In the memory of loved ones, I commit to continue the fight for our survival in their blessed memory
By Paul Gherkin
Even embedded in society, Jews are picked out for attack for the simple reason that they are Jewish
By Batya Medad
The US Consulate in Israel should have people helping US citizens on various tax & benefits issues
By Batya Medad
This whole Arab Palestinian myth was concocted to prevent a viable Jewish state.
By Paul Gherkin
Obama permitted the collapse of Egypt while establishing warmer relations with Saudi enemy Iran
By Guest Author
Teaching integrity is allowing family, friends, and associates see the business of living your life.
Chumros-YES! But when it comes to the Chilul HaShem described in the article they couldn’t care less
By JoeSettler
Yarmouk is the opportunity for "Pro-Palestinian" groups to prove they aren't just anti-Israel.
Why are employers reluctant to hire Charedim? Legitimate concerns or plain old fashioned prejudice?
By Batya Medad
Obama's policies are endangering world peace. This isn't just an "Israel problem."
By Paul Gherkin
Israel's probably the most liberal country from Western Europe to Australia and down to South Africa
Regavim is an NGO whose mandate is to preserve the land of Israel for the State & the Jewish people
By Batya Medad
The "elephant in the room" is concern a deadlock pressures Bibi to forge a National Unity Government
Just like the shoppers on Black Friday those attending Rav Wosner's funeral were oblivious to others
By Batya Medad
America's in trouble. Is Obama too young or too close-minded to recall Americans fleeing Vietnam?
By Paula Stern
That Soren Kam, a totally unrepentant Nazi murderer, died a free man is a failure of justice
Iran not only hates the ‘Little Satan’, Israel, they hate the US- "The Great Satan too.
We can never take it for granted that we are a free Nation and living in our Land.
Daas Torah has been extrapolated to include ‘asking a Gadol’ about every decision one makes in life
Israel is God's promise fulfilled; a tiny people wanting to live in peace, prepared to go to war.
By Batya Medad
We must simply annex all of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley, NOW!!!!!
By JoeSettler
It's official - Iran is 2-3 months away from the bomb - even worse than Netanyahu thought....
Studies have shown that there are more people leaving Orthodoxy than are coming in.
By Batya Medad
Not too many people, other than Olmert himself and his lawyers who can keep up with all his cases.
We are told "From dust we were created and to dust we return" But not alone...a Jew, is never alone.
Obama wants a deal at any price, ending sanctions that brought Iran to the table in the first place
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted to author's website, FirstOne Through} TRUST Trust is the bedrock of a functional relationship. It enables one party to rely on the other. A trust that includes both intention and capability permits a sharing of responsibility and workload. The relationship between US President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu started off badly and further […]
By Paula Stern
Wherever you are Chabad gives you that missing piece–the home you left behind, nourishing body&soul
How do you put a love of Judaism into a middle-aged man when it was never there in the first place?
It is perfectly understandable how someone who has no background in Israeli politics could mistake Bibi's speech as racist...
Israel's Charedi world is in financial crisis. If the trend worsens it may be their breaking point.
By Paula Stern
Jews caring for one another, that is how I would explain Israel to someone.
By JoeSettler
As Iran becomes the North Korea of the Middle East, Nasrallah doesn't understand where all his friends went.
I pray each member of Knesset will represent the interests of the State of Israel & ALL its citizens
By Batya Medad
At no time did Kahlon say that he preferred to see Bibi in another term as PM-I don't trust him!
"Israel has nuclear weapons & it isn't afraid to use them if necessary-Does that frighten you? Good"
American Jews think they know what's best for Israel-better than Israelis. Here's my take...
An old Arab man yelled at me "You're stupid!" I returned the compliment; He had murder in his eyes.
By Batya Medad
Betar is the world-wide Zionist youth movement that refuses to be silent, and as our founder Ze'ev Jabotinsky wrote: "Silence is despicable."
Life in Europe's pre-War Yeshiva world makes today's rulings look like the Taliban has taken over.
Moshe's the 1st family member in thousands of years to have the honor of serving in a Jewish army
Often wig wearers become more attractive after marriage. Doesn't this turn the intent on its head?
By Batya Medad
US official interference in Israel's Elections is not only immoral but may be illegal under US law.
By Paula Stern
The greatest thing about leaving Israel is the joy in returning, hearing/seeing/smelling coming home
I never felt an election resonate so much; I had true existential fear that my candidate might lose
It appears that Agudah has joined with those choosing to erase women from the public sphere.
By Batya Medad
Politicians have their own egos as priority, not the good of the country nor the will of the people
By JoeSettler
I might have to "reassess" my position on President Obama if his "new positions and comments" on Israel don't match his pre-election statements.
The media, academia and entertainment joined to unseat their nemesis, in a "just not Bibi" campaign
By JoeSettler
Beinart calls on the Obama administration "to punish — yes, punish — the Israeli government."
As long as radical Islam exists it would be irresponsible for Israel to give up an inch of land
By JoeSettler
Netanyahu's decisive victory has important ramifications beyond who gets to sit int he coalition.
By Paula Stern
At the entrance to attract attention beside copies of Fifty Shades of Grey was Hitler's Mein Kampf
By Paula Stern
As Israel votes I'll go to an ancient synagogue in India and ask God to guide the Jewish voters
By Batya Medad
If Bibi wins, the Left, media&politicians-all funded by the US- will try to weaken and harass him
Most Israel supporters don't have the tools, fortitude, or platform to speak up on Israel's behalf
This very bright Chareidi young man was unable to earn a decent living because he had NO education
By JoeSettler
I haven't seen a right-wing rally like this in years. Finally, there is hope.
By Batya Medad
The vote count just tells how many MKs each party will have and which parties will be in the Knesset
By JoeSettler
I was shocked and embarrassed at how easily Herzog capitulated to Rina Matzliach...
July 31, 2026 
