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Guest Blog

Aggression - the Illegal Use of Force

By Eli Hertz

As the Arabs were the aggressors, in UN SCRs 242 or 338 Israel is not branded an invader/occupier of the Territories.

Shiloh Musings

Countdown to Israeli Independence Day!

By Batya Medad

In order to understand today's State of Israel we must remember the awful, disgraceful side, too.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The 'A' Word

By Harry Maryles

I do not for a minute think he ever believed that Israel was or will be an Apartheid state. He simply misspoke.

Blogs

Why We are Here: Israel at 66

By Dvora Waysman

Israel is so much more than a refuge for persecuted Jews.

The American Thinker

The Three Little Kosher Pigs

By Lauri Regan

Instead of building houses of bricks they have chosen to build a “big tent.”

IDF Blog

Holocaust Survivor Who Fought in All Israel's Wars

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Tibi, the lone Holocaust survivor in his family, fought to protect Israel in every one of its wars.

Fresno Zionism

US Reform Jews Following Same Path as in 1940s

By Vic Rosenthal

The liberal wing of the Jewish establishment in the US is following the same path as it did in the 1940s.

This Ongoing War

Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Reminder of So Much Forgotten

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

The grandaughter of an Auschwitz survivor was murdered in a terrorist massacre in Jerusalem.

Elder of Ziyon

Abbas Compares Palestinians to Holocaust Victims

By Elder of Ziyon

Elder of Ziyon shows that Abbas is cynically using the Holocaust as a way to say that Jews are doing to Palestinian Arabs the same "injustice"  and "oppression" that Jews suffered under Nazis.

Shiloh Musings

One of the Things I Love About Israel

By Batya Medad

In Israel, even the buses count the Omer.

Blogs / Goldstein on Gelt

How to Make Smarter Decisions

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

How a longer average lifespan has affected retirement planning.

This Ongoing War

US Government Divided Over Lawsuit Against Bank for Funding Terror

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

The State Department is said to want the court to intervene on Arab Bank's behalf for foreign policy reasons.

My Right Word

Jerusalem Between Israel, Washington and the 'West Bank'

By Yisrael Medad

The U.S. recognizes the "West Bank" as having "sovereignty" for passport purposes, but not Israel?

Blogs

The Holocaust Was Not Restricted to Jews Living in Europe

By Eliyahu mTsiyon

Hitler promised Husseini that "solving" the Jewish Question in the Arab lands was part of Nazi Germany's plan.

Fink or Swim

A Song of Love, a Song of Life

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

There is no song that tells the story of freedom like Shir HaShirim.

IDF Blog

Join the IDF Interactive Global Honor to Holocaust Survivors

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The IDF will take everyone's #WeAreHere stories and create an interactive, dynamic honor to the Shoah survivors.

Shiloh Musings

Since Israel isn't the Aggressor, Peace Isn't Up to Us

By Batya Medad

Peace, true peace, isn't up to us. We've offered it on gilded platters forever. Nothing we do will bring peace to our Land.

Blogs

NYPD Panders to Politics

By Patrick Dunleavy

The Justice Department allows the FBI to use demographic mapping, but the NYPD no longer can.

IDF Blog

Mind-Blowing Weaponry of the IDF

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Check out the IDF's most innovative weapons (at least the ones they can tell us about.)

Fresno Zionism

Lessons from the Latest Tragedy

By Vic Rosenthal

When will the State of Israel decide the Palestinian Arabs are a hostile enemy and treat them as such?

IDF Blog

How the IDF Defends Against Hezbollah

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Like Hamas, Hezbollah also builds tunnels. Those tunnels pose a serious danger to IDF border patrols.

Elder of Ziyon

Egyptian Writer Renews Blood Libel. Visa Sponsor? UPDATED

By Elder of Ziyon

Visa has ads in an Egyptian magazine in which a story describes Jews as vampires. And worse.

This Ongoing War

World Council of Churches: Solidarity with Unrepentant Murderers

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

World Council of Churches expresses solidarity with "Palestinians" 'languishing' in Israeli prisons.

Shiloh Musings

Passover Seder is Jewish Life, Charoset, Marror and All Four Sons

By Batya Medad

The Seder: We starve (during the sometimes endless recitations and discussions) and we feast.

IDF Blog

Autism in the IDF: Uniquely Talented Soldiers

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The unique skills of people on the autistic spectrum adds great breadth to IDF intelligence work.

Sultan Knish

From Slavery to Freedom

By Daniel Greenfield

Passover is a road that we still travel, a long journey from slavery to freedom.

Blogs

British Woman May Face Execution in Iran for Insulting Islam

By Shadi Paveh

In Iran, 131 offenses are punishable by death, including blasphemy, adultery and homosexuality.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Why Are Women Required to Recite the Haggadah?

By Harry Maryles

Women must eat Matzah on Pesach too but that is also a time bound positive commandment.

Shiloh Musings

Modern King David Fighting the USA Campus Goliath

By Batya Medad

Pro-Israel leaders on campus are as important as the troops in the IDF and professional hasbaraniks.

Blogs

Got Israel at Your Seder?

By Israel Forever Foundation

The seder reminds us of our freedom now that we are home again in the land of the Nation of Israel

IDF Blog

Mind-Blowing IDF Helicopter Action

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

IDF helicopters are ready to act on a moment's notice to defend the State of Israel.

IDF Blog

Samson Super Hercules Makes Aliyah, Joins IAF

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The Samson Super Hercules aircraft ensures the IDF can safeguard Israel from far beyond her shores.

Blogs

NYT Promotes Arch-Terrorist as Peacemaker

By Leo Rennert

Rudoren and the Times are determined to go the extra mile to humanize Barghouti.

News Briefs / This Ongoing War

Gaza Rockets Fall Short Again, Media Continues to Ignore, Again

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Gazans are among the principal victims of the terror-addicted Hamas Islamists.

IDF Blog

The Future of CyberWarfare

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Intelligence organizations seek enemy's secrets; for the past 35 years, all secrets are on computers.

Guest Blog

The Minhag of No Matzah on Pesach

By Robert Klein

Guest Blogger Robert proves that one must not eat any Matzah on Pesach based on an article in Vosizneias.

Emes Ve-Emunah

No Child Left Behind: A Jewish Value

By Harry Maryles

Students most in danger of going OTD are those with damaged egos from teacher inattentiveness.

Fink or Swim

Mozilla: 'Judge Not Your Fellow Until You Have Stood In His Place'

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

It is unfair to judge a 52 year old man with the glasses of a person who lives in a different world.

The Muqata

What Just Happened to the Peace Talks?!

By JoeSettler

The Arabs didn't miss an opportunity for peace. Their goal has always been something else entirely.

Shiloh Musings

Begin's Palestinian 'Genie;' It All Started With 'Autonomy'

By Batya Medad

Before Begin's policy of withdrawing from Land liberated in the 6 Day War, today's scenario was unthinkable.

Shiloh Musings

Two Week Countdown to Passover; Chodesh Nissan Tov!

By Batya Medad

Rosh Chodesh Nissan commemorates the very first mitzvah.

Op-Eds / Daughters of Zion

Pro-Israel Activists Must Go on the Offensive and Reach Out

By Rachel Avraham

Pro-Israel groups must broaden their coalitions and feature more pro-Israel minority speakers.

IDF Blog

Dramatic Increase in Attacks Against Israel in March

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Increased violence and attacks against Israel during March.

Blogs

Why Do Arabs Oppose Recognizing a Jewish State?

By Eliyahu mTsiyon

The traditional Arab-Muslim view of Jews is as an inferior dhimmi people, devoid of national rights.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Achdus and Blessing

By Harry Maryles

I see less unity between religious factions than between religious Jews and secular Jews

This Ongoing War

European Double-Talk on the Funding of PA Terrorism

By Frimit Roth

The EU pretends it doesn't know the PA pays terrorists and murders using EU funds.

Shiloh Musings

Nu, Why Did They Wait So Long to Balk at Release of Murderers?

By Batya Medad

Today's supposedly Center-Right politicians are more like the Extreme Left of earlier, safer time

Shiloh Musings

'Sister?' More of 'My Adventures with Arabs'

By Batya Medad

I said to the Arab woman, 'if the politicians would just leave us alone, we'd have peace.' She agreed.

IDF Blog

Driving Into the Storm: IDF's Road Warriors

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

The vehicles drive through such dangerous places that the vehicles are armored, even the tires.

Elder of Ziyon

Michigan Students Soundly Defeat Divestment Motion

By Elder of Ziyon

A Hillel student spoke against the anti-Israel resolution, but also called Israeli actions "shameful."

United with Israel

Is Preemptive Action Permissible Under Torah Law?

By Rabbi Ari Enkin

The Talmud teaches: “If someone comes to kill you – kill him first!”

The Muqata

The Pollard-Shalit Hostage Negotiations

By JoeSettler

Obama's prisoner exchange proposal is reminiscent of the Gilad Shalit deal. The primary difference is where the hostage is being held.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Religious Divorce: Where Does Justice Lie?

By Harry Maryles

There is never an excuse to withhold a Get from a woman. NEVER!

Blogs / Goldstein on Gelt

What You Need to Know About How Business is Changing

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Learn how to navigate the new business paradigms so customers can find and purchase your products.

My Right Word

About That Poll of Palestinian Arabs Favoring Peaceful Solution

By Yisrael Medad

Polls relied on to "prove" Palestinian Arabs want peaceful solution were anomalous and incomplete.

IDF Blog

Interactive Media: The Future of Medicine in the Israeli Army

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

A new IDF training program uses YouTube and computer games to teach advanced medicine to Israeli soldiers.

The Lion's Den

The Worrisome Future of Special Operations

By Daniel Pipes

Special Ops used to be about capturing or killing enemies; now it's about shaping public opinion.

This Ongoing War

Peace, Trust and Mahmoud Abbas

By Frimit Roth

Abbas attacked and embraced the same Obama plan in 24 hours.

Confronting Antisemitism and Israel Hatred in the UK

Responding to the 'Israel Apartheid State' Lie

By Edgar Davidson

Last year the British Jewish Students' Union gave Palestinian flags to all incoming Jewish students.

Blogs / Goldstein on Gelt

Gross Domestic Product: A Fair Measure of Economic Progress?

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

In the first part of this week's podcast, Diane Coyle, professor of economics at Manchester University and author of GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History and The Economics of Enough, talks about measuring economic progress. What is the GDP (gross domestic product), and is it really an accurate benchmark for understanding economic performance? Find out […]

Tzedek-Tzedek

Will Good Fences Make Good Neighbors in Beit Shemesh?

By David Morris

The charedim and the Zionists in Beit Shemesh are contemplating a "divorce."

Shiloh Musings

Angelina Jolie is Braver Than Netanyahu and his Government

By Batya Medad

Jolie decided she doesn't need her mammary glands and ovaries, we in Israel do not need the United States of America.

Tzedek-Tzedek

Of Course I'm Disappointed!

By David Morris

In the universal contest between the blues and the reds, one side will invariably win, the other lose.

Fink or Swim

The Insidiousness and Laziness of Guilt by Association

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

Adegbile was not making a moral statement by representing a man convicted of killing a cop.

Life in Israel

Modern Orthodox Have No Business Voting for Moshe Abutbol for Mayor

By Rafi Goldmeier

Abutbol's city government does everything it can to avoid helping schools that are not the mainstream Haredi.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Taken to the Charedi Woodshed

By Harry Maryles

So much for honest disagreement in the Charedi world.

Life in Israel

Fight Over Summer Camp and the Conflict bet. Haredim and Everyone Else

By Rafi Goldmeier

They are arguing specifically about summer camps, but the arguments apply to all the differences between them.

Gates of Vienna

Grover Must Go!

By Baron Bodissey

The Center for Security Policy has launched a petition demanding that the American Conservative Union (ACU) expel Grover Norquist.

Shiloh Musings

Is Renouncing United States Citizenship Effective Protest?

By Batya Medad

I'm glad that we never had to choose between the country of our birth and the country of our choice!

Emes Ve-Emunah

So…What’s So Good about Charedim?

By Harry Maryles

Just because I have a Hashkafa that differs from them, that does not mean I do not respect them.

CIFWatch

Harriet Sherwood Completely Mischaracterizes Iran Sanctions Bill

By Adam Levick

The bill (by Senator Robert Menendez, along with 58 co-sponsors) has been accurately described by multiple media sources.

Atlas Shrugs

U.S. Military Hires Terror-Tied Chaplains

By Pamela Geller

If the US military doesn't know better, then who are we to trust with our defense?

DovBear

Reality Check: the 1/4 Million Man March

By DovBear

Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.

Life in Israel

Family Trip: Tel Soche, Givat HaTurmusin, Lupine Hill

By Rafi Goldmeier

This past Friday afternoon we took a short break from Shabbos preparation to do a short tiyu.

My Right Word

Obama Goes Aggressive

By Yisrael Medad

Obama is stuck in his box, unable to consider options that might actually work.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Rhetoric that Makes their Views Difficult to Respect

By Harry Maryles

I could not believe what I was reading. It made me angry!

Gates of Vienna

Muslim Obligations in Promoting Justice in America

By Baron Bodissey

On Feb. 22nd, the University of Pennsylvania Law School hosted the “Eighth Annual Muslim Law Students Conference.”

Fink or Swim

Two Different Tracks: Women and Tefillin vs. Women and Torah

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

Women learning Torah is becoming increasingly permissive, but women wearing tefillin is becoming increasingly stringent.

The Muqata

Zionist Rabbis Pull Out of Rally Unless 'Yated' Retracts and Apologizes

By JoeSettler

The Haredi community may need to add some Mussar learning to their Gemorah learning.

Emes Ve-Emunah

How Low Can MK Gafni Sink?!

By Harry Maryles

He is willing to destroy other Torah institutions – NOT to save his own – but as an act of revenge?!

The Muqata

To Rally or Not, That is the Question

By JoeSettler

The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.

Elder of Ziyon

Amnesty Proves Its Anti-Israel Bias Yet Again

By Elder of Ziyon

The report is titled: "Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank." Need we say more?

Gates of Vienna

Hijra to Legoland: Cancelled

By Baron Bodissey

It looks like Mohammed will not go to Legoland after all.

DovBear

Top 10 Sayings by R. Shteinman That'll Make You Fall in Love with Him

By DovBear

Here is why opponents of R Shteinman think you should oppose him too.

Emes Ve-Emunah

‘What If I Don’t Want to be Gay?’

By Harry Maryles

For the record, all those who try and interpret this act out of its Issur-prohibition are mindboggelingly foolish, in my view.

Atlas Shrugs

Devout Muslim Group Vows to Kill 'Anyone Who Supports the Christians'

By Pamela Geller

Here, again, the very definition of Islamic supremacism from another devout Muslim group.

Life in Israel

Beit Shemesh Affecting Million Man Rally Schedule and Vice Versa

By Rafi Goldmeier

Sure enough, the mayoral challenger's song was quick to draw criticism from his opponents and detractors.

The Talmudic Blog

My Rebbe Rav Aharon Lichtenstein Is Awarded the Israel Prize 2014

By Tzvee Zahavy

One of us had the chutzpah to ask him to join the ball game. He said okay and he played aggressively.

Me-Ander

It's Not Even Purim Yet, But Don't Tell the Plants

By Batya Medad

Some pictures I took yesterday while wandering around the neighborhood on my "fitness walk."

Tzedek-Tzedek

Is TOV Good Enough for Beit Shemesh?

By David Morris

The voice of the middle ground is more important than ever, yet perhaps too soft to be heard at all.

Confronting Antisemitism and Israel Hatred in the UK

Britain's 'Official Jews' Submit to Islam

By Edgar Davidson

The 'official Jewish' voice in the UK has become increasingly sympathetic to the leftist-Islamist agenda.

A Soldier's Mother

Am I Supposed to Read that?

By Paula Stern

I love that most of my kids don't actually read this blog - it gives me a freedom.

Fink or Swim

Life is in Its Struggles: Dealing with the Tough Questions

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

When the "offensive" statements in our Talmud were stated, no one thought they were offensive.

DovBear

In Which I Tell Ramaz What to Do

By DovBear

Bring the professor and tell him off in a way the students can respect and understand.

The Muqata

Give an Inch - Steal a Kidney

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler's warning came too late, automatic government-authorized organ harvesting has begun.

Atlas Shrugs

Texas Police Double as Mahmoudberg's Militia

By Pamela Geller

Exclusive: Pamela Geller examines law-enforcement connection to U.S. terror compound.

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