Misunderstanding Israel’s Election
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Just as we already know the broad outlines of today's Israeli election, we also know pretty much what the international and...
“Mommy, why do people want to kill the Jews?”
By Danielle Crittenden
Just the other day I asked my 15-year-old son if he'd like to visit the National Holocaust Museum. He had a few...
Zealotry in Pursuit of Dissension
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
We live in a time not just of paradox but of extreme impulses that call to mind Yeats, “Things fall apart;...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Credit Where It Is Due
Dear Editor,
With the recent attention paid to the planned trip of admorim from Eretz Yisroel and the asifa that was to take place in...
Obama’s Syria War Is Really About Iran and Israel
By Bob Dreyfuss
The dirty little not-so-secret behind President Obama's much-lobbied-for, illegal and strategically incompetent war against Syria is that it's not about Syria...
Adarific Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
With the laining of Parshas Shekolim and Birkas Hachodesh of Adar Bais this Shabbos, we know that Purim is fast...
Opinion: Will the GOP Establishment Blow It by Picking Romney?
By Thomas Sowell
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catch phrase could stop thinking for 50 years. One of the often-repeated catch phrases...
Aharon Sofer z”l: The Aftermath of a Tragic Loss
By Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox, Director of Interventions and Community Education, Project Chai.
The Jewish nation mourns the death of one of our fine young...
A Muslim Sheikh Remembers an Orthodox Settler Rabbi
By Anav Silverman
A year since the passing of peace activist and settler Rabbi Menachem Froman, his wife, Hadassah and close family friend, Sheikh...
New Obama Promise: If You Like Your Life, You Can Keep It
By Ann Coulter
Liberals are winning wild praise for their candor in admitting problems with Obamacare. It shows you the level of honesty people have...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Forgive and Forget
Dear readers,
As we approach Yom Kippur tonight, we know that we're supposed to forgive others for anythingwrong they may have done. Yet, for many,...
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder: When Someone Says He’s Only Anti-Israel, Not Antisemitic,...
"When someone says they are not antisemitic — they are only anti-Israel – that is a lie,” the president of the World Jewish Congress...
Election Victory Belongs To You
By Josh Mehlman, Chairman FJCC
This past January, in the re-districting process, our community was divided by certain political interests, with the goal of diminishing...
The New York Times Whitewashes Anti-Israel Terrorism
By Ricki Hollander
A day before Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, when the country mourns its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, The New York...
Hillary-Sidney Emails Herald Demise of a Pro-Israel Democratic Party
By Jonathan Tobin
The latest batch of Hillary Clinton emails to be released is being scoured for classified information today. While the Clinton camp is...
20 Years: Call the Crown Heights Riots What They Were: Anti-Semitic
From The Jewish Week: The Crown Heights riots, one of the most traumatic events in American Jewish history, still elicits shivers and arguments as...
Move de Line: A Plea for Peace and Understanding
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
“Why can’t we all just get along?”
- Rodney King
Few people could have greater justification to cry out for vengeance than Rodney King. ...
Opinion: Addressing The Deficit In Care For Special-Needs Children
By Menachem Leifer, The Montreal Gazette
In Quebec lately, we keep hearing dire warnings about the "fiscal deficit." We are told that urgent action...
Israel’s High-Tech Pipeline to the U.S.
By Michael Eisenstadt and David Pollock
Why did President Obama visit Israel last week, on the first foreign trip of his second term? The U.S....
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