Pondering the state of American Jewry
Israel’s starting to wise up. You can be a democracy without letting people who hurt you have free reign to wreak havoc in your country. That is what Jewish American BDS activist Ariel Elyse Gold of Code Pink discovered when her plane landed in Tel Aviv. This is a nasty woman who agitates against Israel …
Because Israel is a democracy, anyone can run for office. That is why Israel has so many Members of Knesset that are Arabs. One of them is Haneen Zoabi who has publicly said things like “We need millions of Palestinians to march on Jerusalem. That is the aspiration. But we can’t do it, because the …
Just two days after the United States moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, capital of Israel, Guatemala is following suit. Out of gratitude, the Jerusalem municipality beamed an expression of thanks to President Jimmy Morales Cabrera, garlanded with the Guatemalan flag, on Tuesday night, in lights on the walls of the Old City …
Trump has called off the JCPOA, and the Iranians aimed a battery of missiles at Israel. The IDF opened bomb shelters in the Golan Heights and called up the reserves. It’s getting hot over there. There’s been an unconfirmed bombing of the Iranian missiles next to Israel in Syria. Israel never confirms a strike like …
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose doctoral thesis was a denial of the Holocaust, opened a speech of the Palestinian National Council by blaming the murder of over 6 million Jews on (wait for it) the Jews and their money-grubbing behavior. But that’s not antisemitic at all, right? Here’s what he said: “From the 11th …
After months of speculation, it’s really happening: the U.S. Embassy is moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. The official move is slated for May 14th, Jerusalem Day. An access road has been created and road signs have gone up. Rumor has it that Jared and Ivanka Trump will be representing the Trump administration …
The Trump administration isn’t going to let Assad’s chemical strikes on his own people be ignored any longer. Moreover, the incoming U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton, made sure to coordinate the U.S. response to Syrian chemical attacks with Israel. No more fuzzy red lines. No more blowing off allies in favor of enemies. Whether …
Fake news is an irritating phenomenon, but not reporting the real news is even worse, in some ways. CAMERA reports that Syria put tanks and heavy artillery into a demilitarized border zone it shares with Israel. This should have been shocking front page news. But you couldn’t have read about it, since not one major …
Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council called on the international community to stop selling arms to Israel. That was just one of five anti-Israel resolutions the UNHRC approved during its 37th month long session in Geneva. Naturally, the UNHRC wants to take away Israel’s ability to defend itself, but not to fear, the …
Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach didn’t feel well in the hours leading up to Shabbos. Rushed to the hospital, he died on Shabbos. Perhaps a fitting end for a man born on Yom Kippur. His passing was sudden, and his loss is felt keenly in Jerusalem. Rav Shmuel was close to Rab Eliashiv and Rav Shach, and …