Kedoshei Adar
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
A family is slaughtered
Like animals
A three-month-old baby
Shechted like a korban.
A four-year-old
An eleven-year-old,
Slashed
Punctured
For no crime
Innocent as can be.
Jew
Jew
Being a dirty Jew
Is all...
Opinion: Should Schools Stop Preparing Students for the Seder?
By Dr. Yitzchok Levine
For many years, I have felt that the yeshivos "spoil" the Seder. From the Gemara, it seems to me that younger...
Rabbi Glanz Was Target of Slander Campaign
By Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A popular New York daily newspaper has written a number of articles about the work of a New York City chaplain...
How Donald Trump Beat Mitt Romney and Won the Fox News Debate
By M. Cooper, NEWSWEEK
“Little Marco,” Donald Trump said, addressing the senator from Florida. It was a seminal moment.
This was supposed to be the day...
Why is President Biden Afraid of News Conferences?
The following editorial appears in The Washington Post:
President Biden hasn't dropped the microphone; he appears to have lost it. Biden is turning into a...
New York Times Implies Israel Purposefully Started War After Pope Called for Peace
Sheesh:
"Since becoming pope in March 2013, Francis has made a habit of inserting himself into delicate foreign policy issues, usually in the role of...
Greatness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipshutz
Life is tough, the news is tough, and the economy is tough. It’s tough all around. We have faith that Hakadosh...
Palestinian Killer Of Americans Gets A Mere Slap On The Wrist
By Stephen M. Flatow
The Obama administration announced Sept. 8 that it is putting Mohammed Deif and three other Palestinian terrorists on its “designated terrorists”...
The Gaza Mistake
By Benyamin Korn
The tenth anniversary of Israel's retreat from Gaza has occasioned a number of interesting commentaries. Perhaps the most innovative comes from Shmuel...
SHAME ON THE NY TIMES: Grey Lady Headline Says “Israel Says Palestinian Killed 2...
By Ira Stoll
An array of mainstream pro-Israel voices are expressing concern about a headline over a New York Times web article about a terrorist attack.
Israel’s consul...
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Still Nervous About Obama
By Yonason Rosenblum
President Obama is now safely sworn in. Even the few curmudgeons left who have not been completely won over by the new...
The Dangerous Trend in the Fringes of the Modern Orthodox Jewish World
By Rabbi Berel Wein
In an article that appeared two months ago in the Jewish Review of Books, Daniel Gordis wrote about the sorry state...
Reflections from Gush Etzion
By Dassie Jacobson
It is hard to believe what we've lived through this past week since the kidnapping of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Eyal...
The Unlikely Winner Of The Arab Revolutions Happens To Be Israel
By Dominique Moisi
The war in Iraq - which led in 2003 to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime - had one clear winner: Iran....
You Gotta Believe
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Kislev is a month when we fortify ourselves with faith. Just as a single light can illuminate the darkness of winter,...
Opinion: Obama Should Step Aside for Hillary
By Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen
When Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson accepted the reality that they could not effectively govern the nation...
How Outraged Should You Be About the NSA Grabbing Your Phone Logs?
Washington is reeling after a court order was uncovered last night showing Verizon has secretly been handing over reams of customer phone records...
We Don’t Know “Why”
By Yeshiva Ateres Shimon
We Do Know "What"
We Do Know "When"
We Do Know "Where"
We Do Know "How"
We don't know "why" Hashem chose to take a...
BLOOMBERG: I’m Not Running For President, But I Am Launching A New Campaign: Beyond...
By Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg Opinion
I’ve never made any secret of my belief that Donald Trump is a threat to our country. At the 2016 Democratic...