Make no mistake about it Israel is in the midst of a war for its very survival. Hamas has invested in acquiring more advanced rockets to fire indiscriminately as Israeli civilians and to create a network of tunnels through which they seek to sneak into Israel to kill and capture…
Category: Israel
It’s in Our Best Interests to Fight With Israel
The great medieval Jewish poet and philosopher Judah Halevi wrote a poem about the Land of Israel which begins with this line: ‘My heart is in the East, yet I remain [physically] in the furthest point West. ‘ This sums up how I feel about Israel. This feeling has intensified…
The Silence of American Jewry is Deafening, Again
It has already been a month since the Pew research study came out alerting us to what can best be described as the potential demise of American Jewry and Judaism. To be sure, there was plenty of handwringing and pontificating following the release of the study, but now, it seems,…
Israelis can joke but for us it’s serious
Israel is yet again being threatened and is on the brink of war. Tragically there has already been substantial loss of life including the murder of an innocent woman seven months pregnant. Israeli tanks and troops are amassing on the border with Gaza and it seems like a full-scale invasion…
Biblical Advice for Peace at 64
This Friday marks the sixty fourth anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The creation of Israel itself was remarkable and arguably miraculous. What has been even more extraordinary, however, is Israel’s continued existence. Not only is Israel surviving, it is thriving. Despite Israel’s many stupendous accomplishments in…
Obama can’t stop their hatred
President Barack Obama just gave a major speech on the Middle East. He spoke about the recent Revolutions and the Arab Spring and pledged his support for the demonstrators against the despots. Whilst his comments about the need for the 1967 borders to be the basis of any future peace…
Israel’s Staggering Lack of Creativity
After concluding a rabbinic ordination test the examining rabbi asked his student to name the fifth volume of Shulkhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law). The student was surprised and answered that the Code of Jewish Law only has four volumes. The rabbi responded that common sense and good judgment is…
An Alternative to J-Street
J Street the new Israel lobby in the USA held their first conference last week. The Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren declined to attend but the Obama administration was well represented by the PresidentÍs National Security Adviser James Jones. J Street has raised much ire amongst many…
Netanyahu Must Clash With Obama
In an article in the Wall Street Journal this week Alan Dershowitz states that many American Jewish supporters of United States President Barrack Obama feel that they have been a victim of a bait and switch. He argues that during the election campaign last year Obama declared his strong support…
Misplaced Morality, Israel Watch Out
A former Shin Bet officer told me that he left the service because he found administering the harsh interrogation techniques needed to gain life saving intelligence from detainees difficult. It would be inappropriate for me to divulge the exact interrogation practices he described but suffice to say, that besides for…