By Rafi Farber
Why it makes absolutely no difference how many seats the Jewish Home party gets.
How many times do we have to hear statements like 'the Jews have too much Power' before we realize that the people saying it are anti- Semites?!
My children go to school behind fences, with an armed guard at the gates.
The biggest obstacle to peace, of course, is the Palestinian intention to establish an Arab state from the river to the sea.
By Tzvi Fishman
Each individual Jew should put his life in line with the goal of Clal Israel and not just live a private, ritual Judaism, practicing personal precepts, stripped of our national essence.
As one veteran Fatah member said at a rally last week, "In our hearts we are all Hamas."
Nothing triggers the irrational conspiracy center located not-so-deeply in the human brain better than a conspiracy that involves Jews or Israel.
While the Israeli media wrongly claimed that the Likud had made an extreme shift to the right in recent primaries, some commentators were correcting in observing the existence of a deal-system. (Part IV in a series about the Likud primaries).
Even after the New York Times issued a remarkable correction, the paper's bureau chief claims she was essentially correct in writing that construction in E-1 would cut Judea and Samaria in two.
A Haredi organization helps Haredim be brought up to speed to meet the challenges of the modern work place.
France says that the UN Disengagement Observer Force may removed due to the fear of Syrian chemical weapons.
By Tzvi Fishman
Jewish life changes when we are in Galut. Not only does our Clalli soul disappear, but every detail of our life is affected.
The US State Department labeled Israel provocative yesterday along with North Korea and Turkey. No word yet on the Palestinians.
If this were happening in your neighborhood, what steps would you be taking?
If we are going to survive as a Jewish people, we must revise the system.
By Amin Farouk
Al-Jazeera TV is owned by Hamas supporter Emir of Qatar.
The Malki Foundation's goal is to make home-care a real option for families of disabled children.
By Tzvi Fishman
Thriving and prospering, materially and even spiritually in galut, with an abundance of Torah learning and observance, is nevertheless defined by the Torah, our Prophets and Sages, as death.
By Adam Levick
The Arab assailant pressed the realistic looking run it to the IDF officer's throat and further attacked other IDF officers, throwing punches and grappling with one.
It isn’t only important how hard a student studies, but what he studies.
By JoeSettler
Admittedly, the way they presented all the data in this Ha'aretz article is a joke, but their opening line, wins hands down:
At the last minute, the Secretary of Defense presented a memo to the court accusing Pollard of doing massive damage to the U.S.
My own view of things is that there is a tremendous amount of disillusionment in the Orthodox world.
The chances that Gazan mortars and rockets are being withdrawn from service? Not so great.
What would I say to this news agency? This is my home - we have made the desert bloom, as we were promised.
I can’t believe, if the government actually has information to justify the sentence, that it could not be provided in a manner that would be convincing without revealing damaging secrets.
You wouldn’t make donations to Hezballah, right? Then don’t buy the Times.
By Tzvi Fishman
By and large, American Jews are not really waiting for Mashiach to come.
By Hadar Sela
Winter flowers are already blooming, led of course by the dainty little Persian Cyclamen (Rakefet).
The right of center parties continue to maintain their lead, albeit by a slightly smaller margin in eight polls released December 9-15.
A contemporary variant of Kafka's "The Trial" is unfolding in Dubai.
By JoeSettler
The IDF is embarrassed to fight to win, the politicians are afraid to give them orders to fight.
What we understood in Ma'alot, we cannot comprehend in this tragedy. In Newton, we are lost.
Lessons from Begin's push to annex the Golan.
By Tzvi Fishman
This is the Land of Miracles, where our Redemption is unfolding today.
Why is the world obsessed with what isn't there and, even if it were, would do no harm.
Denmark, Finland, Portugal and Ireland opposed any condemnation whatsoever by the EU of Mashaal's calls for Israel's annihilation and destruction.
When can we finally put the idea of the “two-state solution” out of its misery?
There is no way the Jewish state (or for that matter, the Jewish people) will ever generate feelings of love or even liking in the world.
By Tzvi Fishman
Our Sages teach that when Chanukah comes around, we are to thank Hashem, not only for the miracles that He performed for us in Israel long ago, but also for the miracles which He performs for us today. So, with your permission, I want to take this opportunity to thank Hashem for all of the […]
The Arabs aren't accepting the pre-1967 borders, they are simply rejecting the post-1967 borders.
In depth analysis of the Likud's final list for the Knesset (part III in a series).
In depth analysis of the Likud's final list for the Knesset (part II in a series).
There is abundant and growing cause to deeply regret the extorted decision that led to October 2011's mass release of unrepentant killers and other terrorists from Israeli prisons.
Today's news indicates that Japan is pulling its troops out of the UN Observer force in the Golan Heights.
I hope that the Jewish Press stays the paper of record for Orthodox Jewry. If it were to fold - the loss would be a devastating blow to moderation.
By Tzvi Fishman
My rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine."
Those of us living just south of the Syrians intuitively understand how much more serious the consequences can be for us.
By Tzvi Fishman
We become a “light to the nations” precisely when we are living together in Eretz Yisrael.
In depth analysis of the Likud's final list for the Knesset (part I in a series).
By Adam Levick
The photo caption claimed an air strike occurred during a rally on December 8th, but no Israeli strikes have occurred since November 21.
By Adam Levick
Even the Guardian's own writers criticized the Guardian's editorial.
There are so many things that aren't normal about life here. Having a pile of gas masks in a corner of the room, for example, isn't normal.
By Tzvi Fishman
Recognizing the terrible danger of unsupervised Internet viewing has extra significance now, at the time of Hanukah.
The Walla news site uploaded a home-movie clip of the founding of the modern city of Shiloh, Judea and Samaria.
By Orat@Muqata
I had often wondered, if Jews love Israel so much, why didn't they just get up and come here. The Mahram's Aliyah attempt showed that Jews did.
Folks, look at a map. Do you see the “West Bank” cut in two? I don’t either.
By Tzvi Fishman
The modern day Hellenists are the Jews of the Diaspora who have the ability to move to Israel, but prefer to identify with a foreign country and foreign culture.
I do not see this as a feminist issue at all. This is a human issue.
Looking ahead, there's more than a little reason to take a sober view of the future.
By Tzvi Fishman
“It wasn’t the Greeks whom the Israelis conquered. They were Palestine refugees from Syria."
The diplomatic "peace process," worthless though it may have been, died on November 29, 2012 at the hands of Mahmoud Abbas.
What's happened the ceasefire went into effect.
It's all about a mountain that sits between Maale Adumim and Jerusalem.
Olmert now claims that Netanyahu's decision to move forward with construction in E-1 is 'beyond my comprehension,' but he himself supported building there in the past.
By Adam Levick
The Guardian was under no obligation to consult Israel before making allegations, but they could at least consult a map.
By Tzvi Fishman
Emunah, the very heart of the Torah, teaches us what God and the Nation of Israel are all about.
In every move the Prime Minster has taken since the Presidential election, he has had complete U.S. support. Now Israel has taken a step backward.
At the UN, Abbas rewrote the history of the birth of the State of Israel and Arab aggression against it.
The E-1 area was always viewed by Israel and the U.S. as an area which would remain in Jewish hands.
'Shomer negiah,' the halachic bar on physical contact with the opposite sex, is wrongly treated by many as a Chumra that many do not observe.
By Tzvi Fishman
While my writing may be blunt and painful to some, I don’t blame the Jews in the Diaspora for their misunderstanding of what the Torah is really all about.
Peace is not at hand — maybe it will never be, but that doesn’t mean that Israel can’t continue to survive and thrive.
This item in Hebrew from Israel's Channel 2/Mako informs us that: 49% of all first time voters define themselves as right-wing. 20% as center but right-leaning. 5% as left and 9% as center but left-leaning. How are those stats? Visit My Right Word.
By Tzvi Fishman
Pure Judaism? Without the Land of Israel? Sorry, but that isn’t Judaism. It’s a new religion.
By Hadar Sela
December 2nd will mark two years since the Mount Carmel forest fire disaster in which 44 people died, including members of the Israeli Prison Service, a bus driver, members of the Israeli Police Force and fire-fighters. Two years on, the 35,000 dunams of forest and natural woodland consumed by the fire still bears the scars, but signs of […]
Knesset Jeremy Weekly Average #8 (week of Nov 25-Dec 1) of 7 polls (Channel 10, Globes, Knesset Channel, Channel 2, Yisrael Hayom, Yediot Ahronont, Channel 1). Current Knesset seats in [brackets], Week 7 average in (brackets) 37.5 (38.0) [42] Likud Beytenu 19.2 (21.4) [08] Labor 11.7 (11.8) [10] Shas 9.8 (9.5) [05] Jewish Home-Tekuma 8.0 […]
By CAMERA
The media claims that Jewish construction in E1 preempts the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state, but that is not the case.
The picture isn't from Gaza. The blood wasn't from his brother. The Israelis weren't involved.
While Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was on CNN, his Gaza-based Hamas colleagues were talking - in the Arabic language - about continuing the fight against Israel until the "liberation of all our lands, from the sea to the river."
By Tzvi Fishman
Diaspora Jewry should examine their role in Israel's failures to combat Palestinian moves at the UN.
My greatest wish is that he soon runs out of base material from which to create his amazing art.
The entire concept of non-member observers has no bearing on international law.
Sports only brings people together when stadiums aren't being used to launch rocket attacks against neighbors.
It is business as usual for Arab media to find murderous conspiracies that can be blamed on Jews or Israel.
The facts of the case are so revealing that one would have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to think this man is innocent.
By Tzvi Fishman
Just so the jolly little elves and white-bearded Santas don’t fool you, it pays to recall the truth about Christianity.