Not MY Haredim
If you cursed the protesters this week, you were right; if you cursed Haredim, including MY Haredim, you are part of the problem
Category: Authors
Do you recognize this man?
Do you recognize this man? In this life, his name, Jeff Halper, is as meaningless as the dust of the earth. When we first came back to this land after being slaves in Egypt thousands of years ago, you were one of the spies who lied about the land. You were there in the concentration camps, betraying our people and shoveling their bodies into the gas chambers.
The Asymmetry of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
It is not about borders or territory. Until the international community realizes that there is this deep ideological asymmetry between the two sides, do not expect a solution any day soon.
The Test of True Friendship
A true friend is one who likes and accepts us as we are. So too are true friends of Israel – Jewish Israel that is: Am Yisrael for Eretz Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael for Am Yisrael. When someone is said to “work hard for Israel” that phrase is really meaningless …
Why I agreed to speak at the Jordan Option Conference
A few months ago, Palestinian Jordanian dissident Mudar Zahran invited me to speak at the Jordan Option Conference in Jerusalem. He asked me to take part in this conference at a time when King Abdullah of Jordan was increasingly inciting violence against Israel, thus greatly contributing towards tension in the …
Christianity and Judaism are Diametrically Opposite
I wanted the group to understand the very basis of Judaism and to stress that we do not accept their premise that the person they worship was a god who brought a new/revised message.
Succot at Biblical Shiloh, 5778, 2017
Biblical Shiloh has also been set up as a “fun for the entire family” tourist spot, and I went there today.
Joshua and Jeff: Zionist Occupier or Illegal Tour Guide
And Joshua? Somewhere in the heavens above, Joshua is smiling and Moshe stands beside him laughing, “A Zionist occupier?”
Visited The New Jerusalem US Consulate
… I am so happy that the American Government has made a New Jerusalem US Consulate in which Jews can feel comfortable.
Almost Yom Kippur in Jerusalem
In the days before Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, thousands of Torah observant Israelis rush to finish the ritual of kapparot, where human sins are symbolically transferred to a fowl–generally a chicken. It’s a custom that does not appear anywhere in the Talmud, but whose origin seems to come courtesy of …