This Christmas, Christians are Celebrating While Jews are Mourning and Fasting
Christmas is the day that more than any other, highlights the differences between Jews and Christians. Nativity Scenes and Christmas Trees have always been seen as a threat against Judaism and are met with great discomfort by many Jews.
My Arab Hope for Israel
With Arab friends like these who are not just loyal Israeli citizens but good friends in every sense of the word, I have hope for Israel.
Time to Shut Down the Palestinian Hanukkah and Christmas Scams
An effort to appropriate the holidays in order to delegitimize Israel denies Jewish history and ignores the truth about the fate of the Christian minority in Arab lands.
The Hanukkah Challenge for Young Jews
Competition with Christmas isn’t a problem. It’s whether this generation has the will to stand up to the idols of popular culture when it comes to Israel and Jewish peoplehood.
Hijacking Jesus – The New Christmas Tradtion
Just as sure as millions decorate trees, buy (and return) presents, and track Santa’s every move by GPS, get ready for what’s become a new vulgar Christmas tradition
Upcoming Documentary Explores Pagan Roots of Christmas
The goal of the film is, “to let the audience decide whether Christmas passes the test of worshiping our Creator in both spirit and truth.”
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sometimes I write a “Christmas letter” to readers of “Israel Watch” and this year is one of those letters. I just feel it in my bones.
5 Pro-Christmas Articles by Jews
A few years ago, I went out on a limb and wrote an article in favor of Christmas. At the time, it was a big deal. Very few rabbis had gone on the record on behalf of the holiday that epitomized Christianity. I wrote a column in 2014, “Je-Wish You a Merry Christmas” encouraging my fellow Jews to wish their Christian friends a Merry Christmas, a phrase that was often taboo in Jewish circles.
Strasbourg Attack Fits Previous Model of Criminal-Terror Nexus in Europe
The problem appears to be the gap between surveillance of members of the criminal-terrorist extremist Nexus, and prosecuting perpetrators for crimes such as acquiring illegal firearms.
Islamist Gunman From Christmas Market Massacre Still at Large
On Tuesday evening, a gunman sprayed gunfire and attacked people with a knife in the crowded Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France, killing three and wounding 13. French authorities arrested five people in connection with the shooting but the gunman is still at large.
