Don’t Apologize for Ben-Gvir or Anything Else About Israel
The claim that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will make life hard for Diaspora Jews ignores what motivates Zionism’s foes and other anti-Semites.
Yair Lapid’s Holiday Bloopers
Just as worrisome as his ignorance of rudimentary Judaism is the fact that Israel’s interim prime minister isn’t even capable of pulling off the rabbinic pretense. One can hardly wait to hear what cringe-worthy pearls he’s prepared for Sukkot.
Is Judaism or Any Faith Tradition Inherently Conservative?
Some Jews were outraged when British prime ministerial candidate Liz Truss spoke of woke anti-Semitism and said that “Jewish values are conservative values.” She was right.
The Urgent Need for Proper Jewish Leadership
Core Jewish principles involve putting others’ interests before your own, respecting every human being and observing moral codes based on right and wrong.
What is the “Status Quo” on the Temple Mount?
On June 17, 1967, today 55 years ago, then Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan solely made one of the most important and fateful decisions in the history of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
When Blood Spills on Passover and Easter, It’s Time to Build the Temple
What is Hamas’ greatest fear? That Israel will start to build the Temple.
Lighting a Candle in Hebron Beyond the Seventh Step
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the Tomb of the Patriarchs was a reminder of both Jewish rights and the intractable and irrational nature of a conflict that Palestinians don’t wish to end.
Who is a Jew? Do we Really Know Anymore?
Recently, a man living with his family for several years in an Orthodox community in Israel was discovered to be an undercover Christian missionary. The revelation sent shockwaves through the Israeli Orthodox world and many questions were asked about how such a thing could be allowed to happen. An untold aspect of the story shows […]
Israel Has Made It, Now It Needs to Grow Up
Israel’s transformation into the center of the Jewish world isn’t just a question of demographics. Israel is the present of the Jewish people and its future as well.
Reform Movement Denounces its Own ‘West Bank Settlers’
Some of Tzur Hadassah’s residents are in a pickle: Either they accept the apartheid-like implications of the Union for Reform Judaism’s position—by refusing to drive on certain roads, ride on certain buses or buy houses on certain streets—or they risk being denounced by their own religious leaders.
