Jewish Federations, We Need to Talk

At the end of the month, the Jewish Federations of North America will hold their annual General Assembly in Israel.
Trump & Palestine vs. Genesis, Rashi & The Land of Israel

The G-d of Israel does have a sense of Humor. Juxtaposing Pres. Trump’s recent UN press conference where he spoke of his two-state plan, followed within ten days, by G-d’s opinion of that plan.
For the Sake of Ari Fuld, Malki Roth and Countless Others

For the sake of Ari Fuld and Malki Roth and countless others, this must be done.
How Israel Defeated the PLO

“In the past 25 years, Israel’s economy has changed from a socialist command economy to a free-market economy and today Israel’s GDP per capita is higher than Japan’s.”
Monuments to the Caliphate in North-East Syria

The Caliphate might have been short lived. But the forces that engendered it have not disappeared or been replaced by others.
New Eichmann Film Puts the Lie to Hannah Arendt’s ‘Banality of Evil’

It was not necessary for Hannah Arendt to actually observe and listen to Eichmann because to do so would undercut her thesis.
The American Government Confronts the PA House of Cards

It seems that the proverbial penny has dropped in Washington and the US government has begun behaving rationally with regard to the delusionary Palestinian State.
Are American Jews Really Horrified About Israel?

Expecting Israelis to act against their own interests to appeal to distant American Jewish sensibilities is unreasonable.
Terrorism and Psychopathology: Understanding the Vital Differences

The line of demarcation between authentic terrorism and mental illness is irremediably unclear. Nonetheless, going forward, decision-makers in both Jerusalem and Washington will need to more diligently correlate principal counterterrorist policies with pertinent causal factors.
Yad Sarah: From a Borrowed Vaporizer to an Adviser to the UN

It all began over 40 years ago when a religious Jewish high school teacher in Jerusalem named Rabbi Uri Lupolianski and his wife, Michal, borrowed an electric vaporizer from a neighbor when one of their children suffered from a winter cold.