The Torah’s National Structure in the Jewish Nation-State of Israel

This week’s Torah reading is Parshat Shoftim, yet just a few weeks ago, the Jewish people observed Tisha B’Av, mourning the destruction of the first and second temples.
Why “Palestine” Would be a Dangerous Fiction

At the “bottom line,” this effectively unassailable conclusion does not suggest or imply any future Israeli surrenders or capitulation to “Palestine,” but only that Jerusalem fashion its own indispensable security policies at preeminently pragmatic rather than wishfully jurisprudential levels.
Israel is Right to Question Radical Extremists Who Come to Visit

The UK does it, the USA does it. Why should Israel open its doors to those who wish to harm the Jewish State?
Franks in a Roll on Passover

It was during the Intermediate Days of Passover when traditional Jews avoid leavened bread like virus germs.
17 Years Later: Sbarro Bombers Receive $300 K to Kill 15 Jews

17 years after the horrifying terrorist attack in a crowded restaurant left 15 dead, the Palestinian Authority has paid out almost $300,000 to the murderers.
Unique Initiatives in Israeli Wine Industry

With the rise to prominence of Israeli wine in the last few decades, Israeli wineries have branded themselves through unique initiatives created at the nexus of the Start Up Nation and the ancient Jewish tradition of winemaking.
Never Trump’s Insane Foreign Policy

And, given the dismal intellectual and practical failures of the foreign policies of both the George W. Bush administration and the Obama administration, it is a good thing for America and for global security that Trump has the field to himself.
Prelude to Genocide: Remembering the Days Before August 2014 and the Yazidi Genocide

In June 2014 ISIS attacked Camp Speicher in Iraq. The group captured more than 1,000 mostly Shi’ite cadets and systematically murdered them.
Israel’s Orphans Receive Academic Scholarships in Emotional Ceremonies

After the death of a parent, motivation for academic success as well as basic appreciation of life often decrease. Colel Chabad charity has a unique approach to orphans, which reaps outstanding positive results for hundreds of them every year
Will Friday Night’s Blood Moon Eclipse Determine How the Messiah Will Come?

On the night of Friday, July 27th, the longest lunar eclipse of the century will appear in the heavens over Israel, with one rabbi labeling it “an omen for Israel.”