In the summer of 1986, my mother turned seventy years old. She had been a widow then for the same amount of time as she had been married. To mark the milestone, my brother, my then husband, and I held a surprise birthday party for her. The pictures that sit …
Our Independence Day celebrations honor those who were killed. By celebrating we are saying that they didn’t die in vain, and that our enemies will not defeat us, not militarily and not psychologically.
Not long ago, after getting on a bus to Jerusalem, I realized they the bus driver was an Arab. This happens a lot, because as I keep saying: “Israel isn’t an apartheid state!” Honestly, I don’t inspect the driver when getting on the bus, so unless it’s a driver I’m …
The burning issue that is the talk of Israel, when it comes to dealing with terror is the hatred of collective punishment. The “Jewish conscience” (filled with Western morality that is in fierce opposition to the Torah and traditional Jewish values) states, thou shall not collectively punish a people, city …
The fact that people in such positions would make such absurd statements is indicative of a larger problem fostering ignorance and insensitivity, not because of Holocaust denial or even anti-Semitism, but simply because of not knowing the facts.
Here’s why I don’t like people comparing the Holocaust to the Syrian civil war: The problem is that in order to help Syria, we have to find a way to safely deal with: 1. Hezbollah, who has been helping Assad, and therefore expects Assad to give them their share of …
There is a battle raging in Israel and sadly, it is between Ultra-Orthodox Jews and non-Ultra-Orthodox Jews. On the bright side, it is a battle that unifies many diverse communities. On the negative side, they are unified against one of our own. In the last few weeks, the debate has …
Last week, Secretary-General António Guterres did something very surprising for a senior member of the United Nations. He rejected a report accusing Israel of establishing an “Apartheid regime”. The report was compiled for UNESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia), a group composed of 18 Arab states, by …
Let me preface this by saying that I did not, and still do not think that any candidate in the Presidential election in 2016 was capable of leading the United States. Right now, Donald Trump is the President, despite what the #notmypresident fans think. The United States has a serious …
B”H Since the “indigenous” issue has cropped up yet again, I will add my two cents in hope of helping it finally be laid to rest. Basically, the question is simply: ‘Is Am Yisrael indigenous to Eretz Yisrael?’ The answer, though, is not so simple. The answer is neither yes …
It is high time we break out of this terrible impasse and deadlock. It is high time we respectfully request all the rabbanim to come together to provide a concrete Step No. 1 – if not Nos. 2 and 3 too – to finding a solution to the rift, as we also request all to acknowledge and accept Torah.
The closer we get to geula, the stronger and clearer the rift and antagonism between Am Yisrael and the Erev Rav. It all boils down in the end to Am Yisrael versus the Erev Rav, though the two opposing camps are still intertwined and mixed together. Am Yisrael stands with …
