Time to Draw Lines and Defend Them

The government has clearly awakened to the threat of the BDS movement; but our leaders still don’t seem to recognize that the answer to hatred isn’t inclusion.
Op-Ed: US and Canadian Jews’ Relationship to Israel

Impressions gained on a North American lecture tour.
[BLOG] Three Oaths of Shir Ha-Shirim Part I

Two Orthodox Jewish organizations have accepted the Three Oaths literally as Jewish law and use them in an ideological fight against the Zionists.
Israel, democracy, and Judaism

The language unites two contentious concepts, Jewish and democratic.
In Unlikely Story of Redemption, Polish Church Calls for Christianity to “Return to Jewish Roots”

The story begins with Edward Ćwierz, who helped found the Cenacle Church of Kielce in south central Poland in 1992.
Why Israel? The AIFL and Church Outreach

As I spoke in churches around the country, I wondered what a well-rounded Israel advocacy seminar might look like.
A Disaster Worse Than Libya

So what will Donald Trump do if Putin bombs the Saudi oil fields?
Germany Vows: We Will Not Normalize Relations With Iran Unless it Recognizes Israel

As Israel and Germany strengthen their diplomatic and economic ties, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany will not “normalize” relations with Iran until it agrees to recognize Israel.
BDS is a Moral Failure

Those who participate in singling out and attempting to hurt Israel through boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns are anti-Israel and not pro-Palestinian as they often claim.
Camp Koby: Therapeutic Healing for Young Terrorism Victims

There are so many extraordinary things that take place in Israel daily that it’s hard to keep track of sometimes, much fewer have the presence of mind to recognize, and pause to thank God for them.