By Tzvi Fishman
It’s time for the Jews of America to get out of the country with their money while they can.
The facts tend to be less urgent for individuals with an ideological predisposition to kicking out at Israel at every opportunity.
Boring is one of God's greatest gifts, especially for a soldier's mother.
A policy of appeasing the US and EU can only aid the Arabs in their project to weaken Israel and slice away at it, bit by bit.
A Chareidi rabbi lamented the attempt to denigrate a kiddush hashem preformed by a dati-leumi (national-religious) student.
By Tzvi Fishman
According to Kabbalah, the period of "Shovavim" is especially conducive to rectifying sexual transgressions.
The extreme emphasis on tznius (modesty) has even led to husbands and wives being buried in separate locations.
By Hadar Sela
The site of Tel Lachish shows evidence of human habitation in Israel spanning many different historic periods over thousands of years.
Israelis have finally realized what a bill of goods they were sold in 1993, when they were suckered into the Oslo agreements.
By JoeSettler
You might recall the famous case of MK Azmi Bishara, not coincidentally, also from the Balad party.
By Adam Levick
Many commentators on the far left scolded those who would suggest a connection between culture and success – imputing racism to such arguments.
The tragedy that we face today is that everyone thinks they are the sole possessors of the answer.
By Tzvi Fishman
The history of January 1st should make Jews think twice before they celebrate New Year’s and take part in its heathen festivities.
The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the discovery of a rare cache of sacred vessels from the early days of the Kingdom of Judea.
May God forever bless us with these messy floors and children who never listen for the siren, never look where to hide.
Here in Israel, keeping your head in the sand is seen as an unbearably expensive option.
By Adam Levick
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil spent over 302 days in prison for criticizing the Egyptian Military after it took power in early 2011.
My son-in-law needs to believe that there will be no need for soldiers in another 18 or so years. Deep down, I want to believe that too.
I believe that the massacre in Newton would never have happened if guns were made illegal.
How would the Beit HaMikdash fit into the landscape of the Old City?
Crowd culture expects everyone to follow the leader, to join the meme, to move with the flow, but that is something that crazy people cannot do.
By Adam Levick
Those who insist that the "settlements" represent the biggest obstacle to peace should be asked to explain why their theory doesn't match with the history.
My harsh criticism is reserved for extremist behavior that is a result of those Hashkafos – even if it is from my own.
In the diary of terror victim Tal Kehrmann, Tal's parents found a picture of a camel, but it had not been colored in...
By Tzvi Fishman
In galut, wee become possessed by the foreign lands and cultures where we live.
Ukranian politician Igor Miroshnichenko said Mila Kunis, who left the Ukraine at a yong age, was a "zhydovka" and not a "true Ukrainian."
Human Rights Watch attacked Israel for bombing a media installation. Perhaps they have forgotten the story of Palestinian journalist Ahlam Tamimi.
By Hadar Sela
During the Hellenistic period, the city of Nysa-Scythopolis was founded. In 749 CE it was destroyed in the massive earthquake which hit the area.
By Tzvi Fishman
If you think that living in a Xtrian land doesn’t affect you at all, it’s because your brain has been so saturated with dreams of white Christmases.
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.