There are worrying signs that Israeli society may be tilting towards a damaging inner fight between the religious and secular segments of society. This is occurring not only on the level of national politics where there has been contentious discussion about secular civil marriage and conversion reform, but perhaps more…
Category: Israel
The abomination of Israeli politics
Israelis aren’t stupid and they no longer trust a word their politicians say, especially when main players, Netanyahu and Livni, have deceived them before Deceit is seen by Judaism as especially repugnant. As a prelude to the Israelite’s entry into the Land of Israel the Torah warns the Jewish people…
Jewish Critics of the Gaza Operation
There are two types of Westerner’s who have been critical Israel’s defensive actions in Gaza this week: anti-Semites and some in the so-called Jewish intellectual elite. Whilst most non-Jews I have met over the last few days have expressed support for Israel’s actions I have run into a number of…
Israel should be proud of prisoner exchange
The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizbullah was so painful and disturbing that, in my eternal search for optimism, I tried to find some light and hope. At first I thought that at least there is some type of common ground being show here. The Israelis and Hizbullah have both…
Israel Do Not Fear – God Is With You
The Bible talks about all types of Tzara’at (leprosy) including Tzara’at that inflicts buildings. The Torah relates, ‘God spoke to Moses and Aaron saying: when you arrive to the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, and I will place Tzara’at affliction upon a house in the…
Now Israel is booming is it time to give her less money?
While on a visit to Israel this week I noticed a billboard advertisement in Tel Aviv for a Chevrolet Mini SUV and the price tag was 211,000 Shekels that $58,800 approximately double the price you would pay for the same car in the USA. One would think that such a…
Olmert’s backers must also go
To assume that a team that made such disastrous and obvious blunders last summer is able to fix them is to be naïve Many of us who take interest in Israel have been shocked by what has transpired there over the last week. It is inconceivable how a prime minister…
Israel can’t wait for you on Iran
We Jews paid with the lives of six million of our brothers and sisters last time we waited for the world to step in and save us—this time that type of waiting is not an option The Iranian nuclear threat is uppermost in the minds of many Israelis and Jews…
Obama and Hilary Clinton: can Israel rely on either?
The stakes in Iraq at the moment are very high and they have a direct bearing on the United States and world security This week three prominent Jews from Hollywood, Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, decided to host a fundraiser for Illinois Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama….
Olmert’s Immoral War
Olmert and his subordinates have handsomely earned their dismal ratings – let us hope that they now get the message and make way for new and responsible leadership to take over Polls out just this week show that 77 percent of Israelis are dissatisfied with Ehud Olmert’s performance as Prime…