Woven deeply through it all is the Jewish obligation to fight injustice.
Only in the inverted world of academia would Jewish professors denounce the AMCHA Initiative report.
By Jeff Leb
Many poskim were and are adamant about the responsibility of every individual to vote.
Individuals who may have been abused are the “clients” in need and receiving care and protection.
The birth I speak about is to give birth to ourselves, to our full potential.
The extreme hypocrisy, contempt & vulgarity of the attacks indicate more than a policy disagreement
I remember watching the news in Portugal 10 years ago reporting numerous suicide bombings in Israel.
Many Jews working outside the Shtetl adopted secular names to be better accepted by non-Jews
By Paul Gherkin
The NY Times innocently describes Shaloudi, the Arab murderer, merely as a “resident of Silwan".
By dvora
Rav Kook offered recognition to the British but not thanks; the British merely fulfilled its destiny
India should not expect too much from Washington and its allies in its war on terror of ISIS.
By J. E. Dyer
{Originally posted on author's site, Liberty Unyielding} Never let a crisis go to waste. That’s the mantra – and a new development in Britain demonstrates how the Western left lives by it, and contributes thereby to the destruction of Western culture. Alert readers will remember the so-called “Trojan Horse plot” in Birmingham, first reported in […]
Introverts are more likely to pause, view the world from a distance, and think how to make it better
By Danny Danon
Widespread agreement in Israel opposing Palestinian diplomatic warfare, commonly called "lawfare."
By Batya Medad
Arab terrorism against Jews and the State of Israel is not something we should be "calm" about.
By Steven Plaut
The Israeli left, led by tenured academics, endorses pretty much anything harmful to its own country
We were devastated: The exploitation of our father's murder as a vehicle for political commentary.
n past decades, Oman has struck a diplomatic balance between Saudi Arabia, the West, and Iran.
The Torah scroll which my family donated will ride aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier
By Donny Fuchs
Myth #1: It is easy to be a B'nai Noach. It is extraordinarily hard to be a B'nai Noach.
By John Bennett
The question of anti-Semitism in Europe today is truly tied to the issue of immigration.
By Paul Gherkin
Polls indicate that the Palestinians are much more against a two state solution than the Israelis.
Turkey and Iran the 2 regional powers surrounding the ISIS conflict gain from a partial ISIS victory
By Steven Plaut
Emigration from Israel is at an all-time low, far lower than immigration to Israel from Europe.
By Paul Gherkin
Leon Klinghoffer's daughters: "‘Klinghoffer’ is justified as ‘a work of art’...This is an outrage.”
Do you seriously think that as you kidnap our children we should medically treat and help yours?
By Paul Gherkin
Sometimes collective action against the heinous acts of the majority is not enough. The world should not only support the blockade of Gaza; it must enforce the dismantling of Hamas.
The Arab Spring has challenged Jordan with the task of gradual reform with regard to its monarchy.
By Gil Solomon
Israeli hasbara too can be described at best as pathetic, at worst non existent.
Journalists see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as morality play: Israel=evil; Palestine=innocent
By Ed Lion
Warsaw Ghetto: At its height, the Nazis walled in some 500,000 Jews within the1.3 square mile area.
While police officers face dangers every day on the job, Jews also face danger in their daily lives.
Carter developed a fondness for Arafat believing “they were both ordained to be peacemakers by God”
By Steven Plaut
Why is "Palestine" worthier of "statehood recognition" than ISIS, another terrorist gang seeking it?
Living is Israel is costlier than in other countries but how will your kids grow up in the diaspora?
The U.S. has been flirting with Assad, and Iran for assistance against ISIS.
The Knesset should pass a law redefining the Israeli Arabs as Palestinian or Jordanian Citizens.
By Tobias Petersson And Nima Gholam Ali Pour
In the Social Democratic Party anti-Semitism is not racism.
The completion of the Torah cycle on Shemini Atzeret, a one-day festival immediately after Sukkot, was potentially problematic, since each holiday demands its own thematically appropriate reading.
Over and over Koheles asks what is life worth, what is labor worth, tachas hashemesh, under the sun
By Moshe Berman
The BDS movement has the potential to do considerably more damage to US Jews than to Jews in Israel
Numbers permeate our culture,not advanced mathematics but snapshot stats that provoke snap judgments
Another unhappy feature of the Arab world is the prevalence of lies.
By Donny Fuchs
Kol Hakavod to The Jewish Press for unapologetically standing up in defense of yahadut and Torah.
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted on author's website, FirstOne Through} Jihad is a war that Muslims fight against non-Muslims. It is considered a holy crusade that each Muslim must take according to the Quran. There are different ways that jihad can be waged. According to the Quran and Hadith, it can be fought with the heart, the tongue, […]
Losing Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach and the war in Gaza traumatized our People.
By Steven Plaut
Israel's imperious court is comprised of judges who do not live in African-filled neighborhoods.
Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of Tishrei - an Acadian word for forgiveness and Genesis.
Being right sometimes is wrong.
To flee Gaza, Palestinian migrants reputedly paid $1000s to Hamas officials and Egyptian smugglers.
By Anonymous
I want to have a wife and children in the natural way. I believe that is Hashem’s plan.
By Ben Cohen
The coalition the US has assembled to fight ISIS is based on an immediate coincidence of interest.
God will accept repentance, even if it is mostly for ulterior motives and likely not to last.
if her son remained non-responsive she would place honey on his lips on Rosh Hashanah so that he might realize it was the chag.
By Paul Gherkin
Is the global community clear in its response to these extremist groups?
Like our fabled character, Don Quixote, President Obama has constantly spawned his own reality.
By Shadi Paveh
Boroujerdi was informed that "the pressures and tortures will increase until he has been destroyed."
Fatah: Hamas stole relief aid for Gaza and distributed it amongst its followers in mosques.
Can teenagers seriously be expected to behave properly when they are surrounded by so much suggestive material? Is it fair to expose them (and ourselves) to so much temptation and then tell them, “Just say no”?
Washington remains ignorant of the need to dismantle alliances with various Muslim countries.
Defeating IS requires bombing its strongholds and recognizing the violent nature of Islam.
By Paul Gherkin
Abbas again used the UN to attack Israel, distort history, and undermine prospects for peace.
By Sam Maizlech
David transcended adversity to become a leader; Who are we to make excuses for a lack of greatness?
sympathy: Feeling sorrow or pity for another's tribulations; Empathy:sharing an emotional experience
By Uzi Silber
Last week the president announced a four-point plan. Unfortunately, there’s little buy-in from our European and Middle Eastern allies. Here’s my own four-point plan that may be more palatable to our allies.
Rosh Hashanah has an obvious connection to God’s Kingship. We constantly refer to Him during the Asseres Yemei Teshuvah as Melech/King. The nusach of the tefillah, referring to Rosh Hashanah as “a remembrance of the first day” (of Creation), implies a certain dimension of divine kingship operating at the time of Creation and replicated every […]
Yes, God judges, but His judgment is that of a loving father who longs for his child’s quick return.
Anti-Semitism has returned to the mainstream of European society and Israel has become its focus.
"I pray that fellow Jews open their eyes & connect themselves to the national side of being a Jew"
Rosh Hashanah is a universal, stock-taking, renewal and hopeful holiday,
Research shows that high doses of marijuana can produce acute psychotic reactions, lower IQ in teens
By Donny Fuchs
The current missionary problem in Samaria is still relatively unknown throughout Israel&to most Jews
By Paul Gherkin
No mutual clash between parties, it was Jews repeatedly attacked by Arabs, not the other way around.
SWOT analysis: Assessing resources, internal Strengths&Weaknesses; external Opportunities&Threats.
By Isaac Kohn
Strategy? For the longest time Obama couldn’t be bothered to have one against a sworn enemy.
Seventeen visual skills are needed for success in school, sports, and everyday life.
We started The Jewish Press. Arnie was an integral part of the paper.
Fear alone is substantial; without fusing it to beauty, fear doesn’t reach its highest potential.
National Lawyers Guild:Sworn enemy of Israel & the legal arm of Palestinian terrorism since the '70s
A little less than 10 percent of eligible Democratic voters came out on primary day, which translates into Mr. Cuomo having received the support of 6.2 percent of registered Democrats.
The reality, though, is that the Israeli “war crimes” scenario will likely be played out among highly partisan UN agencies, NGOs, and perhaps even the International Criminal Court.
By Aryeh Ho
We talked about the responsibility that comes with the pen, its potential to influence and inspire.
By Adam Levick
Amnesty International:The crippling of the power station was “collective punishment of Palestinians”
By Donny Fuchs
Originally scheduled to be held elsewhere, the hotel canceled, pressured by local missionary groups
By J. E. Dyer
It’s likely that some of the rebel factions, including US clients, have indeed made pacts with ISIS
Imam Tafsirli of the Harlem Islamic center: "You cannot be a Muslim without believing in Jesus"
By Edwin Black
If simple fuel choice were implemented, the power of petroleum and those who sell it would cease.
Value of IS: It enables people to see the place to which all other Islamist fascism is headed.
President Obama: "ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones the killing of innocents"
By Donny Fuchs
he time of the Uman pilgrimage is upon us, and we dare not ignore the opportunity to highlight the danger.
Healing requires that the victim be validated for being harmed and the guilty assume responsibility.
By Dov Hikind
During the war, not once was Hashem’s name mentioned to the nation by Israel’s PM or gov't officials
Trapped in a false notion of power, America will lose the battle in the same way Israel now loses.
It's a cliché, but nonetheless true that 9/11 changed my life. There is evil in the world. Our grandparents were right.
By Paul Gherkin
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Poll Aug 2014: 61% of Palestinians favor Hamas.
Islamist terror threatens contemporary enlightened humanity’s shared fundamental rights and values.
By Arieh King
Jerusalem requires a delicate touch; As everyone knows, Jerusalem is a delicate mix of culture and religion.
By dvora
I REMEMBER WHEN I first started working at the Jewish Press 18 years ago, Arnie who was in charge of the newsroom, took me under his wing...
By Ari Briggs
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