- September 17, 2021
It is tempting to view the Gilboa jailbreak as a tale from Chelm. But the negligence that allowed six top murderers to escape exposes abysmal political-conceptual dysfunction: The desperate desire to “avoid escalation” and not wanting “to heat things up.”
- September 10, 2021
God help us if the very wealthy, organizationally well-positioned, and pop-culture famous are considered the “most influential Jews” of our times. Here is my corrective to such feeble celebrity catalogues: A list of profound and substantive Jews (mainly educators, writers, and rabbis) who are making real contributions to the long-term future of Israel and the Jewish People.
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- August 27, 2021
Which of the following political, security, and domestic events can be expected this coming year? Take this quiz and calculate what Israeli and Jewish future you need to be prepared for.
- August 22, 2021
On the first anniversary of the Accords, don’t be begrudging or doubtful about their future.
- August 16, 2021
Michael Levenstein passed away one year ago today. He was an esteemed family medicine doctor, a respected community activist, a wonderful family man, an enormous talmid chacham (Torah scholar), and a passionate Zionist.
- August 13, 2021
Responsible rabbinic leadership has a responsibility to harmonize sabbatical year halacha with the greater good of society.
- August 6, 2021
From the Chief Rabbinate to Hamas, and from the Negev to the Temple Mount, it is time to break the syndicates that undermine Israeli sovereignty and governance.
- July 16, 2021
Partisanship, “progressive” politics, legal pretexts, anti-Israel sentiment, and community divisions hamper the effort to combat surging Jew hatred. Worst of all, the surging Jew-hatred seems to have sapped the confidence of American Jews, which is, perhaps, the greatest threat of all.
- July 9, 2021
Time and time again Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef erupts with loutish tirades, attacking Israel, secular Israelis, and Russian immigrant would-be-converts. The system and criteria for choosing Israel’s next chief rabbis must be changed. In 2023, Israel can elect cosmopolitan and reasonable chief rabbis.
- July 2, 2021
Bennett must beware Biden’s bearhug as the president tries to bunt the Iran nuclear problem to somebody else’s “watch.”
- June 18, 2021
Netanyahu was no saint, and he failed to adequately address several explosive Israeli identity issues. But the former prime minister had a grand strategy for Israel and successfully implemented it, tuning Israel into a regional powerhouse.
- June 11, 2021
Show that there is principled continuity in Israeli foreign and defense policy, impose more obligations on and invest in this country’s minority populations, and retake the Temple Mount.
