We have our tasks to perform; God has His. If either strays the other reserves the right to protest.
By Shalom Bear
The fires we lit were for memorial candles, and not firebombs. We are not the same.
A mother's request for Israel: Sustain the Achdut and Ahavat Yisrael.
I desperately want to convince the reader to set aside any other plans next Wednesday bite the bullet and start with us the new Talmudic cycle.
Rav Aviner answers the Admor of Satmar, who dwells in the Exile, and claimed the murder of the boys was punishment for the teens learning in the "Settlements" and blames the parents for sending them to learn there.
Confidence building measures have proven to be obstacles to peace.
By dvora
Loving tears shed by Jewish mothers for their beloved children from Rachel Imeinu to Racheli Frankel.
Unfortunately, we must deal with some of the practical lessons of this tragedy. The murders did not happen in a vacuum.
It is no secret the president is furious with Republicans in Congress for blocking his efforts to change immigration laws.
Few of the volunteers were experienced sailors, (Greenfield had been in the Merchant Marine). Few were Zionists.
At a minimum, every child in our yeshivas needs to be taught how important it is, to the Jewish people and Israel, to utilize their right to vote and to cast an informed vote in every local, state and national election.
The problem is a culture whose essence is to negate ours.
Nothing short of a stroke that will decapitate the leadership of this group will convince the Arabs that Hamas has made a mistake.
Hamas seems to have reached the conclusion that the reconciliation pact with Abbas will not do it any good.
By J. E. Dyer
Another nation – probably Iran, possibly Russia and/or Syria – is entering the fight in Iraq in a new and fully committed way.
Z STREET will have the ability to compel IRS officials to testify as to their practices and produce all records.
If the University is unwilling, the State must stop this outrageous abuse once and for all. It is wrong and it is dangerous.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
It is critical to note the solid legal basis for the position that no part of Jerusalem is actually "occupied."
The demographic pessimists have failed.
By Ben Cohen
As of this moment, the Kurds have little reason to hold back from declaring independence.
By Rachel Levy
President Obama told Israeli President Peres that his attorney general will decide whether to free Pollard. But the A-G can't grant clemency.
Israeli concessions that are divorced from a genuine process of give-and-take cause harm.
"Death of Klinghoffer" opera frames the issue as Israel’s existence being the real crime.
Disseminating the Seven Noahide Laws, is one way we can mark the Rebbe’s yahrzeit.
The Rebbe was an acknowledged Torah scholar, seminal Torah personality, and one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
Does anyone think the president has a formula to deal with Russian and Chinese land grabs?
The message heard by Arab terrorists is: Israel won’t punish, even for the most heinous crimes.
There is no disputing that Mr. Klinghoffer was selected for execution because he was Jewish.
The fact that you’re tired doesn’t free you from obligations.
By Ed Lion
The risks were great, but certain death awaited them if they remained. The gamble paid off, though the family was separated for the next four years of the war.
Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman whom an Appeals Court freed yesterday, has just been re-arrested at the airport trying to leave Khartoum. She is now in more danger than ever before. Here’s why. A man, Al-Samani Al-Hadi, has come forward who claims to be her brother. Meriam denies that he is. Nevertheless, he […]
By NGO Monitor
The title of B'tselem's campaign, “Hitching a ride,” is itself an immoral and cynical exploitation of the kidnapping.
By Tessa Nath
UCLA Students went up to the microphone to gush hate, bias, and one-sided claims against Israel.
Goal of Zionist project was to free Jews from "shackles" of mitzvah observance. That ethos has become a danger to Israel's survival.
Here in Gush Etzion, most public buildings have been taken over by soldiers, moving in temporarily with mattresses and food supplies.
By The Tower
Iran is developing ballistic missiles that can carry a nuclear payload, so its program is non-military?
In the 17th century, Galileo turned the Christian world on its head by suggesting the Earth orbits the sun. We need a similar paradigm shift.
By Robert Klein
I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read that the divestment vote was, in your words, "about morality and not politics".
Palestinian leaders claim the kidnapping is an Israeli hoax or the act of Jewish criminals rather than terrorists.
In 20 years it won't matter what the Presbyterians thought or whom they pretended to love.
Prime Minister Golda Meir's response to rising numbers of rape should be emulated by India's Modi.
By Alan Bauer
Despite official documents and voting rights, the U.S. no longer sees a Jew in Israel as one of its citizens.
"They took him and cast him into the pit. (Gen. 37:24). Rashi: “There was no water; there were snakes and scorpions."
This week we witnessed the true unity of the Jewish people rallying around, and praying for, these three boys.
By Lisa Wise
I stand with her, my sister, waiting for her screen door to slam, for her son to return home.
The NIF claims it doesn't fund organizations in the "West Bank." But it does fund NON-Jewish groups there.
"I'm an old hitchhiker, I wonder what's a waitin' ‘round the bend" - John Denver.
Set limits! Limits must be established and must be enforced – one may not follow the desires of one’s heart and one’s eyes.
By Ari Pfeffer
Venturing outside my comfort zone was unnerving, but I am so happy I challenged myself in this way.
The Rebbe therefore modeled a new pattern, one of non-judgmental love for all Jews.
By Dov Shurin
While the phrase “Let It Be” implies doing nothing, “Lu Yehi” implies working toward a goal.
If Peres has outlasted some of his critics and is still considered popular, he cannot outrun history.
Israel's leaders contemplate all manner of political and security concessions that are bereft of any backbone.
For a rare moment – too rare – you taught us the true meaning of oneness. Oneness at the front and oneness at home.
There are those prepared to go as far as suggesting that the kidnappings are perhaps understandable and the victims at least somewhat at fault.
The message is that Zionism, which used to be great, is today very institutionalized and [consists of a] bunch of people who are just squabbling over titles and budgets.
By dvora
What I cannot concede is the honesty of a reporter who cites a study in support of a proposition without telling his readers that the study actually concluded the opposite.
Israelis would do well to consider the police, Hanin Zoabi and the secondary goals of the manhunt
Women in Green founder takes on critics of Judea and Samaria hitchhikers, says fear not the way to move forward
By Scott Bugay
We must show, as individuals and as a nation, that our faith is strengthened by such cowardly acts.
By J. E. Dyer
ISIS has no intention of “marching on” Baghdad. The Sunni affiliates of ISIS are going to disrupt life there.
Fundamental rectification of the Jewish People’s security in the Holy Land begins by recognizing our right to the Land.
By Eliana Rudee
If professors would like to present only their views in a forum, they should go into politics, not teaching.
By J. E. Dyer
There is now NO possible explanation for not evacuating at least non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy and consulates in Iraq.
We must learn how to portray reality correctly and in a positive way.
By Lisa Liel
Creating similar but different versions of a single thing, to serve different purposes, is a hallmark of creative action.
Manya was befriended by many who would later comprise this first leaders of the newly born Jewish state.
It's our responsibility as Jews to get involved.
Increased education about the land, the people, and the Torah of Israel is the antidote to today's confusion.
One who may leave his wife an agunah is not included in the general rule that we may not imprison on Shabbos.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Jerusalem: extraordinary financial and building growth and satisfaction by both Jewish and Arab residents.
By Adi Arbel
The events in which Leftists choose to participate, just like those that have become a solo display of the Right, raise the question of where the Zionist Left is standing.
By Sara Lehmann
Though the school district eventually pulled the assignment after coming under pressure, the fact that an American school would ask its students to debate whether the Holocaust was “merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain” is both astounding and frightening.
By Moshe Dann
The sovereignty of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael is not only a political act but also a moral and spiritual one.
Whether President Obama broke the law by failing to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act’s requirement of 30 days’ notice to Congress when he swapped those five Taliban terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a more complicated question than many might imagine. To be sure, there was no advance notice to […]
But while the new development hardly augurs well for Israel, the consequences to America may be even more troublesome.
By Nir Menussi
We have an external wall, but we cannot enter it―at least, not as Jews, with tefillin on our heads and a siddur in our hands.
The dispute over money between Hamas and Fatah shows that each group signed the reconciliation agreement for its own interests.
My primary interest was in providing for my community, both spiritually and physically.
The FBI regularly reports that anti-Jewish hate crimes exceed hate crimes against any other religious group.
By Soeren Kern
Inspectors: pupils in some English schools are systematically exposed to radical Islamic propaganda.
The Palestinians do not mourn their decision to go to war to abort Israel. They mourn that they failed.
By J. E. Dyer
ISIS is executing, slowly but surely, a pincer move on Baghdad.
Most of the members of the UN regional groups have poor rights records themselves.
Nave and Golan are advisors helping Meir Sheetrit run for president. As professionals who lead campaigns and shape public opinion, they cite the press as a major factor in this campaign.
The moon-inspired public is searching for something like the renewal and redemption of the Jewish people.
Technion students placed in residencies with the most prestigious programs in the U.S.
By Howard Zik
In decision making, randomness is most significant and where God gave us a creative role in shaping the future.
By Peter Huessy
Iran can quickly produce Highly Enriched Uranium; Iran is therefore already a de facto nuclear weapon state.
By Shalom Bear
The NY Times doesn't understand Hamas or the Hezbollah model they are following.
By Paul Miller
if children on the brink of high school don’t understand that evil is at the core of the Holocaust, then what is the point of an education system that prides itself on tolerance and diversity?