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The Palestinian mindset veteran Israeli peace negotiator Michael Herzog described raises the question if ANY Israeli gov't could come to terms with the currently constituted Palestinians leadership
There is no single explanation for anti-Semitism. Sometimes it stems from religious or political reasons, sometimes economic or personal factors. Anti-Semitism has no single cause and no single cure.
Like a breath of fresh air, the official congressional delegation chaired by Cong. Ron DeSantis (R-Fl), came to Israel for 1 day to explore the feasibility of moving the American embassy to Jerusalem.
Pointers on how to lead a more happy, joyful and peaceful life from several wise women. A must read for lowering blood pressure and increasing smiles.
By Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon
The wisest course of action is for Trump to devise a strategic policy based on reality not myth; a strategy that puts America first, strengthens Israel, and works with all of our regional allies
Torah was central to the life of Perry Fish (Z"L). His influence on some 20000 Shabbos guests that came through the warm and loving home he built with his wife Debby is inestimable-and will be missed
By Ben Cohen
Anti-Semitism is politically and theologically promiscuous, penetrating the nationalist right and the progressive left, creeping into churches and leading the thundering discourse of political Islam.
By Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon
In an era where Democrats embrace openly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel leaders and movements, the Jewish left has launched this witch hunt against individuals - like Trump, Bannon, and Gorka
It seems that the use of the “international community” to provide context on the Middle East is restricted to issues in which Israeli arguments are dismissed.
Would anyone call it a smear if a candidate’s history of sexism, racism or homophobia had been exposed? Why, then, is it a smear to have raised questions based on Ellison’s past?
Why did major media blatantly ignore important comments made by Trump and Netanyahu? It would require acknowledging that the PA honors and pays terrorists, and raises Palestinian kids to be terrorists
If Ellison is elected DNC chairman, Dershowitz will quit the Democratic party after 60 years because "My loyalty to my country and my principles and my heritage exceeds any loyalty to my party.
When Obama was re-elected president, conservatives were just as depressed as you are now that Clinton lost and Trump won. I describe this as news because this undoubtedly surprises many of you.
Choosing Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of Hamas, the terrorist organization sent a blatant message to the international community that it has absolutely no interest in pursuing peace with Israel.
In Parshat Mishpatim we encounter the famous phrase, "na’aseh v’nishma." Na’aseh talks to the fulfillment of mitzvot. Doing. Nishma refers to “hearing” or learning.
The current Lord Balfour' claims Israel's at fault and the cause of increasing anti-Semitism and has declared his unwillingness to participate in the Centenary Celebration of the Balfour Declaration,
Trump may be telling the Palestinians that if they want a state they have to show up at the negotiating table and bargain for it. No one is going to hand it to them on a silver platter
Selective leaks by former Obama officials which were meant to make Netanyahu look bad don’t hold up to scrutiny.
By Bennett Ruda
Who qualifies to be considered a Palestine Refugee is a mercurial problem. Over the years, the.UNRWA has defined -- and redefined -- who qualifies as a Palestine Refugee multiple times.
How do we expand leadership roles and titles that the OU and its Rabbinical Panel recommend while developing and continuing a halakhic conversation about the exact parameters of those roles and titles?
By Guy Millière
France today is among the main enemies of Israel -- maybe its main enemy -- in the Western world. France's disregard of threats faced by Israel is more than simple willful blindness. It is complicity.
In yet another example of slanted journalism, the NY Times has published an article on Jared Kushner that violates the basic journalistic standard of not exhibiting media bias by editorializing
Why do 5 prominent US universities continue to have professional relationships with Al Quds University, a school which honors and glorifies terrorists thereby encouraging acts of terrorism?
My zaide, a rabbi who escaped death by misdirecting his "neighbors," would never accept the liberal view that all people are inherently good and would be sweet as sugar if only welcomed into our homes
What happens when frum Jews show technical compliance with Torah law but more exuberance and passion for material things? Or when they speak the language of rejection, racism, or extreme isolationism?
Why is it foolish to compare oneself to another? Because life is the most difficult exam an many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone had a different question paper
The essence of Obama’s rhetorical style as POTUS: feinting towards common ground while pushing opponents away; dramatic; exasperated; an impression of boldness where there was none; utterly insincere
Georgetown' Prof. Jonathan Brown's problem is obvious: If Mohammed allowed slavery, it can't be wrong. Ditto for rape. He has to find a way to justify an Islamic practice by attacking OUR value system
Trump must reassure Netanyahu that he will apply pressure -- perhaps through our Sunni allies -- on the Palestinian Authority, and not only on Israel, as the Obama Administration did.
Does Linda Sarsour really think that people have gone so mad that they will give up the civil liberties that their ancestors earned through the centuries, merely for interest-free loans?
Iranian threats suggest that, in the wake of the JCPA, Iran may have grown so bold as to consider directly attacking US facilities rather than maintaining plausible deniability by doing so by proxy.
By Isi Leibler
Israeli ministers, including our PM, should not seek to push a mercurial Trump to the point where he becomes exasperated. Everything suggests Israel will have greater support than under G. W. Bush
Dear 'HOMELAND,' Disagreement with Israel’s policies--including its settlement policies--is absolutely legit; Subjecting Israel to slander broadcasted to your audience is not. Get your facts STRAIGHT!
By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel
Doubt is being cast on Pres. Trump’s intention to follow through on his promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. He would be wise to act on his pledge and move the embassy, for four reasons.
A consideration of the connection between the Jew and the tree as we approach Tu B’Shevat. Shabbat Shalom and Happy Tu B'Shevat
Over the past decade, the RCA issued resolutions disapproving of ordaining women or hiring ordained women. Now the OU has joined them.
The entire epoch of Mashiach will be concluded by the year 6000. The Jewish calendar is now year 5777 Think about what is at stake and what are the consequences. What must we do to hasten the arrival?
By Edwin Black
“It takes some chutzpah for the government to punish a Jewish woman for celebrating Passover. It takes even more chutzpah to say that they are the only government agency in DC exempt from our civil rights laws.”
The key obstacle to peace is not the Palestinians' demand for land but their refusal to recognize the existence of the Jewish state, or any state but an Islamic one.
By Zionist Organization of America
Trump’s executive order is not only moral; it’s a moral imperative. Protecting U.S. citizens is “Job One” for a responsible president.
By Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon
Is Justice Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court 'good for the Jews'? In a word, "Yes," and he is good for America-but the two are never in conflict
By Noah Rothman
Don't Dems see the incongruity in their claiming Trump's the vanguard of a fascist takeover of America and their tepid antipathy toward acts of violence committed in response to that perceived threat?
By Tarek Fatah
For 8 years Barack Obama tip-toed around the radical Islamist elephant in the room which was reflected in the cowardice and complicity among the media elite to downplay the threat of Islamic terrorism
By Bennett Ruda
During his presidential campaign, Trump made a point of talking about moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. And now he is the President. Again, it is not so simple.
It's madness, these media puppet JINO's (Jews in Name Only) who can't generate umbrage for Jewish issues but can only be lit up by foreign forces possessing interests anathema to Jewish philosophy
No matter how much more sensitive to Israel's security needs Trump's White House may be in comparison to his predecessor, there is no excuse for writing Jews out of the Holocaust
The reasons every president waived the law requiring the US embassy move to Jerusalem are outdated and irrational, which purport that, somehow, moving the embassy will cause an international crisis.
Five lessons from this past Sunday’s Super Bowl that are reflected in insightful quotes which, by virtue of their vision, mirror truths to be found in our own Jewish tradition
Hundreds of Jewish men, women and children, driven solely by a love for the Land of Israel and the pioneering spirit to rebuild it, will now find themselves homeless, without a roof over their head
For a year we’ve heard “Make America Great Again.” The slogan can be applied to the Jewish people, who were definitely great in the past. What would it mean for the Jewish people to be great again?
Fans of the late Yasir Arafat started a Facebook page called “Yasir’s Girls.” Its goal: Make Palestinian girls feel proud of these 'heroines' of Palestinian history, championing them as role-models.
My father started The Jewish Press at the urging of Gedolei Yisrael. His dream was to be a voice for Torah Jewry, to help Jews wherever they were, and to support the new state of Israel.
By Edwin Black
Due to a pervasive discontent with the UN, the concept for 'The Covenant of Democratic Nations,' a diplomatic union of democratic countries, was conceived.
Trump is is looking to build a coalition to fight both radical Islam and the growing threat from Iran. For this reason, and NOT business interests, he exempted Egypt and Saudi Arabia from the ban.
The decision not to mention the Jews was deliberate, a way of demonstrating the inclusive approach of the Trump administration. This omission negates the specifically Jewish quality of the Holocaust.
It is time to call the Telos Group for what it really is: Anti/Anti/Anti: anti-Israeli, anti-Palestinian, and anti-peace.
If every word out of Trump’s mouth is greeted with shrieks of horror, rage, anger, despair and hysteria by his opponents, it will be impossible for them to serve as any kind of effective opposition
By Isi Leibler
There has been a rise in global populism and a rejection of the “politically correct” way of life imposed by sanctimonious liberal ideologues. How has this chaos had an impact on Diaspora Jews?
By Bennett Ruda
Obama's predecessor, George Bush, was able to go beyond funding and weapons and get Israel and the Palestinian Arabs talking without anti-Israel UNSC resolutions or media attacks
Yael (Ivanka) Trump is extraordinarily well-spoken, intelligent, beautiful and successful-a walking Kiddush Hashem. She brings honor and respect to Torah and our way of life in a way unparalleled perhaps since Queen Esther
When you ask your rabbi a question, you don’t expect it to appear in the shul bulletin for others to read. Ivanka and Jared's shaila about attending inaugural balls on Shabbos should be no different.
What an incomparable joy it is, Shabbos eve. Marking the beginning of the Shabbos glories to come, it is rich with anticipation of the praying and learning and pleasures and relaxation ahead.
Who were these Egyptians who, after witnessing six plagues still ignored Moses’s warning? How could Pharoah and his court deny the reality before them?
Longtime State Dept. official Dennis Ross has a "NEW" plan for peace: Israel stops building “in 92% of the West Bank” in exchange for US help in opposing Palestinian efforts to delegitimize Israel
Given the sad state of US diplomacy after 8 years of Obama--the last 4 with Kerry as Sec'y of State-- and with Trump now in office, now is appropriate to review the basics of international diplomacy.
By Soeren Kern
"There is a genuine feeling that Trump taking over the WH is part of a bigger, global movement. Our critics, looking at Trump's candidacy and his speech yesterday, would call it the rise of populism"
We can no longer take the media’s word on anything as gospel; Nor can we immediately side with those claiming the media are lying just because what they are reporting contradicts are own world-view
By Gregg Roman
A parody letter supposedly penned by one of the most reviled envoys to Israel, asking for a job in the pro-Israel Trump administration.
The UN resolution, followed by Kerry’s speech on the peace process, made the PA realize it no longer had to worry about incitement: The good old days when the world blamed ONLY Israel, were back.
By Bob Levi
Listening to the ear-piercing stridency of those on the political-religious left and those on the political-religious right of American Jewry makes ideology seem more important than practical outcome.
There’s a reason the “two state” proposal attracted the support of so few sitting US presidents: it’s a bad idea. A Palestinian state would pose a lethal danger to Israel and destabilize the region
By Ben Cohen
If the Holocaust is now primarily an instrument to be deployed in politics, rather than a central historical memory with a direct bearing upon politics & ethics, we can expect its further manipulation
The final, dismal scorecard that Obama is turning in today wouldn’t win him a local cookie-baking award from the Girl Scouts of America, never mind a global peace prize.
We cannot take the next generation’s connection to Judaism or the Jewish people for granted. We must redouble our efforts to advocate for a strong Israel and a strong American Jewish community.
By Eli Beer
United Hatzalah of Israel's heroes--those who rush out at any given moment to save others--are Jews, Arabs, Druze, Bedouins, and Christians. They hold different beliefs and speak different languages.
After suffering a long and brutal history we have finally come home and regained our Kotel. But now Hashem and sees us not respecting one another and like a parent He shakes His head in disbelief
By Jeff Ballabon and Bruce Abramson
We are entering an era of hope, of reinvigorated liberalism, of responsibility, and of freedom, committed to restoring America to GREATNESS again. Donald Trump has given us reason to hope once again.
By Alan Bauer
If Mr. Trump can teach Mahmoud Abbas and his colleagues that the first rule of being a state is taking responsibility, then maybe there is hope
Trump is surrounded by a different Jew. Instead of tenured academics, progressives and irreligious clergy who reject Jewish and American values a very different kind of 'Trump Jew' is now on the rise
Israelis are polled on their reaction to UNSC Resolution 2334 and the U.S. abstention. Surprisingly, even a significant number of leftists think our response should be to build settlements.
Why Does Europe Hate Israel? The reasons are numerous, ranging from currying financial or political favor in the UN with the Arab nations or a resentment of Israel stubbornly clinging to life.
Obama repeatedly stabbed Israel in the back, beginning with his one-sided Cairo speech, the Iran deal and culminating in refusing to veto the recent UN Security Council resolution. A legacy of failure
The Jewish owners of 13 villas (several now being used as foreign embassies) and public buildings around Cairo's Tahrir square were summarily expelled in the 1950s and never received compensation
It is only under unified Israeli rule since 1967 that Jerusalem has been revitalized , offering full freedom of religion for its mosaic faiths – precisely what would be threatened by its re-division
Without instilling in our children the ability to wait and to earn, we are robbing them of the experience of real gratification and the chance to develop the tools they need for a successful future.
The vituperation visited between Jews is beyond disheartening; it saps our holiness and divine inspiration, leaving us vulnerable to the greatest dangers imaginable – from both within and without
By Rafi Lisker
Rafi Lisker of Efrat, who fought off an Arab terrorist bare-handed, has published an open letter to President-elect Trump.
The casual news reader will get one impression reading 200 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed and quite another learning that the 200 Palestinian were terrorists/“attackers”
In the capital of Israel, Israeli law is scoffed at, schools teach--without fear of an Israeli reprisal--that every Muslim is obligated to kill Jews to liberate the land they claim belongs to Islam
From the start Eisenkot and Ya’alon created the appearance of injustice by routinely speaking out against Azaria when they should simply have kept silent and let the military justice system do its job
By Bassam Tawil
European leaders wrongly imagine that if they get rid of Israel, it will be only Israel. They fail see that Israel is just the first course, Europe will be the main course.
By Nevet Basker
The US allowing UN Security Council Resolution 2334 to pass really was unprecedented. It reverses almost 50 years of American foreign policy regarding Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Now that the masks have been removed and the true nature of Obama and Kerry have been revealed, one ought to stand in awe of the way that Netanyahu has handled himself over these many years.
The political left remains convinced that Obama is on solid ground in doing whatever he can to make it harder for the incoming Trump administration to do what it was elected to do.
The fact is that no Israeli government has established a single new settlement in more than twenty years.
While I am no fan of Obama, I must state–loud and clear–that he did not betray Israel. Everything that happened in the UN on December 23 was due to one person and one person only: Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the recent election, voters declared that the old ideas don't work and America needs new ideas. Maybe it needs timeless ideas. Can the Bible restore the society underlying American democracy?
Why should foreigners that loathe the West seek to live in the West? As Trump said, why should America-or any country-not allow in ONLY immigrants who love us and who respect our laws and way of life?
Putting Elor on trial was not moral. Convicting him was immoral! When terrorists act, they lose their right to exist, and anybody who eliminates a terrorist performs a most just and lofty moral act.
With Trump's victory, Obama’s vision for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was threatened. Obama felt compelled to create facts on the ground in order to orchestrate revenge against Netanyahu
September 25, 2026 
