Hillary’s Next Move
"Maybe I'll get a decorating show," said Hillary Clinton.
It was a few weeks before the election. Clinton was flying back from an overnight trip...
Opinion: Ready for the Long Winter Zeman – Getting Over the Hump
As a bochur, I always had a sense of dread when I returned to yeshiva for the winter zeman. The winter zeman is the...
How the Palestinian Leadership Is Ignoring History
By Alan Dershowitz
The Palestinians are in the process of seeking sovereignty from the United Nations, but in doing so, they are asking for more...
Swastikas in Brooklyn? Most Yidden Just Shrug
By Chaya Rivka Zwolinski
Last Friday morning, the day stretched luxuriously before me: cooking soup and cholent for the Shabbos guests, a walk in Prospect...
Bitterly Disappointed CNN Downplays Netanyahu’s Likely Upset, Embarrasses Itself with Laughable Reporting
By John Nolte
All day long yesterday, CNN was relentlessly beating the drum and practically celebrating the forgone conclusion that sitting Israeli Prime Minister Bibi...
The NY Times Finds a New Pathetic Adjective to Hurl at Netanyahu
By Ira Stoll
The New York Times has found a new adjective to hurl at the prime minster of Israel: “brash.”
A Times dispatch by Peter...
Dismissing the Rabbi
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
"How could you have voted against renewing the rabbi's contract? He visited my mother when she was in the...
Judges
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
For the past month, we have satiated the body. Now the time has come to do the same for the soul.
The...
Humility
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week is one of the Shivah D’nechemta, the weeks of consolation following the annual period of mourning and Tisha B’Av....
Mass Violence Not Spontaneous, Palestinians Reveal
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
For years, Palestinian leaders and their media allies have claimed that the "Second Intifada" -- the mass violence of...
Bombing the Syrian Reactor: The Untold Story
By Elliot Abrams
As the civil war in Syria enters its third year, there is much discussion of the regime's chemical weapons and whether Syria's...
What is Going On?
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The Jewish world is still in a state of shock over the last week's Har Nof massacre of kedoshim utehorim....
4 Reasons Why Israel’s Economy Is So Strong
By Jordan Weissmann
In case it wasn't clear the first time he said it, Mitt Romney is certain that "culture" is the reason Israelis are...
Opportunity Knocks
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
A man by the name of Vagshal, who lived in Bnei Brak, had the idea of building a hotel with a...
From Tragedy to Triumph
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
When we were children, there were decorative signs that hung in classrooms. They depicted the chodshei hashanah, the months of the...
How to Harvest What You Sow
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
One of the many names of the holiday of Succos is “chag ha’asif,” the festival of the harvest. It was at...
“Assurances” From Obama Won’t Protect Israel
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
Israel should accept a "nuclear guarantee" from the Obama administration and stop worrying about Iran's nuclear capabilities, says longtime...
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...
Build
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Throughout the history of the Jewish people, there has scarcely been an epoch when, in one country or another, we haven't been...
Verdict Of Acquittal: State Of Iowa vs. Sholom Rubashkin
By Rabbi Mordechai Friedman
This past Monday a Black Hawk County jury rendered a unanimous verdict of acquittal in State of Iowa v. Sholom...
