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Browse David M. Weinberg’s column archives by Date or by Category

June 2023 (1)
- 02: Beware another US sellout to Tehran
May 2023 (3)
- 25: Honoring Henry Kissinger at 100
- 19: Derishat Yerushalayim, Seeking Jerusalem
- 12: Celebrating Cynthia Ozick at 95
April 2023 (4)
- 28: Can Israel be unified?
- 21: Israel at 75: The sun is shining
- 14: Reawakening to the Iranian threat
- 07: Celebrating Passover privilege with quality Israeli wine
March 2023 (5)
- 31: Biden spares Iran and scolds Israel
- 24: Best books of the past year
- 17: Zionist Strategy for Israel
- 10: Cool it!
- 03: Just who is pogroming whom?
February 2023 (3)
- 17: Israel’s best response to Palestinian terror is more settlements
- 10: ‘Hasata’ on Har HaBayit
- 03: An economic tsunami – really?
January 2023 (4)
- 27: Israel’s Supreme Court needs democratic checks on its power
- 20: Go away, Arye Deri
- 13: Judicial reform is reasonable and right
- 06: Strike while the iron is hot
December 2022 (4)
- 22: The nasty sport of second-guessing Israel
- 16: Just who has violated the Temple Mount status quo?
- 09: My first Temple Mount ascent
- 02: The Kohelet Forum’s feat
November 2022 (4)
- 25: A dicey diplomatic situation with Israel’s Gulf allies
- 21: Sacks, Carlebach, and Kahane
- 11: Radicals with “Ben-Gvir-Phobia” purposefully seek to crash Israel’s diplomatic relations
- 04: Ten Tips for Netanyahu
October 2022 (5)
- 28: Nobody to vote for?
- 21: Vote your conscience
- 14: Multiple political choices for 5783: A Quiz
- 09: Israel’s merry-go-round elections: A primer
- 07: Choose optimism!
September 2022 (5)
- 30: A people that dwells alone: Remembering Yaacov Herzog
- 23: Dhimmis in the Negev
- 16: Israel as a role model for Arab countries, imagine that!
- 09: Butt out!
- 02: Drunk on Zion
August 2022 (4)
- 26: The brave and brazen EU 20
- 19: JCPOA 2.0, coming any day now
- 12: The war between wars
- 05: Reflections for Tisha Be’Av 5782
July 2022 (4)
- 29: Israeli Arab riots of the future – beware
- 22: In memoriam: World Mizrachi President Kurt Rothschild zt”l
- 15: Good morning, President Biden
- 01: Nine landfills for Prime Minister Lapid
June 2022 (4)
- 24: Israel’s democratic and Jewish soul is not at risk
- 17: Abdullah attacks the Abraham Accords
- 10: Why bother?
- 03: Reel in the Saudis
May 2022 (5)
- 27: Mohammad Shtayyeh must go
- 20: When the going gets tough…
- 13: Arrest Jordan’s false claims in Jerusalem
- 06: Time for Israel to get tough
- 04: Hippocratic Israel Magnifies Kevod Shamayim in a Hypocritical World
April 2022 (6)
- 29: Don’t be fooled: Biden will cut a bad nuclear deal with Iran
- 21: Temple Mount inversions of truth
- 15: Plenty to give thanks for. Dayenu!
- 12: Embrace the Abraham Accords Already!
- 10: Al-Jazeera accuses me of “wine-washing the occupation”
- 08: Save the Bennett government!
March 2022 (3)
- 25: Israel and the world: A tale of two parallel universes
- 18: Drink superior wines for Purim and Passover
- 10: Beware Turkish wolves in sheep’s clothing
February 2022 (4)
- 25: Selling out to Iran is ghastlier than bowing to Putin
- 18: Who is afraid of the Abraham Accords?
- 11: Arab Israelis: Opportunity or Threat?
- 04: ‘Settler violence’ is isolated, Palestinian violence is daily
January 2022 (5)
- 28: INSS misses the mark
- 21: Israeli medical humanitarianism is under-appreciated
- 14: My crystal ball for Israel in 2022
- 07: There is no diplomatic tsunami
- 06: My favorite books of 2021
December 2021 (4)
- 24: Caring for Converts
- 10: Police malfunction and misdirection
- 05: Marking My Father’s 15th Yahrtzeit
- 03: Jews are incontrovertibly native in Hebron and Jerusalem
November 2021 (4)
- 26: Giving thanks for Israel and its wonderful wines
- 19: A tale of two cities
- 12: Might American Jewry do teshuva?
- 05: Misplaced global priorities
October 2021 (7)
- 29: It is all about Iran
- 28: A gripping biography of Henrietta Szold
- 26: The Zionism of Rabbi Sacks z”l
- 22: Realizing the legacy of Jonathan Sacks
- 15: Next Jewish Agency chair? Just not Livni
- 08: In Memoriam: Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tendler
- 01: Bennett’s scorecard is shipshape
September 2021 (3)
- 24: What to pray for on Hoshana Raba
- 17: Much worse than Chelm
- 10: The most interesting Jews of 5782
August 2021 (5)
- 27: Multiple political choices for 5782
- 22: The Abraham Accords are solid
- 16: Yedid Nefesh Emet: Remembering Dr. Michael Levenstein
- 13: Shmita politics: Here we go again
- 06: Root out the racketeering
July 2021 (3)
- 16: The real threats of modern antisemitism
- 09: Dismiss the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel
- 02: Kicking the Can Down the Road Again
June 2021 (3)
- 18: A salute to Netanyahu’s strategic leadership
- 11: Ten Commandments for the Bennett-Lapid government
- 04: Fetters on Israel’s political passions
May 2021 (4)
- 27: The lamb and the lion
- 21: Galling global criticism of Israel
- 14: The imperative of winning
- 07: Down with Deri (0)
April 2021 (6)
- 30: John Kerry’s treachery (0)
- 23: Can J Street stoop any lower? (0)
- 16: Whole Hog for Iran (0)
- 14: Temporal yardsticks of measurement do not apply to Israel (0)
- 09: Biden “outs” Bibi (0)
- 02: Sourpuss about peace, while pursuing Iran (0)
March 2021 (5)
- 26: Let the lion lie with the lamb (0)
- 22: Israeli Wine Triumphs: Siman Muvhak min haShamayim (0)
- 19: Israeli elections elegy (0)
- 12: Cancel Culture: Is Banning the Bible Next? (0)
- 05: God’s baleful blank ballot (0)
February 2021 (4)
- 26: Wine: A drink for all occasions (Purim) (0)
- 19: Homage to Moshko (0)
- 12: The return of “progressive” American Mideast diplomacy (0)
- 05: Haredim: Do your civic duty (0)
January 2021 (8)
- 29: The unbearable lightness of being Yanki (0)
- 28: A Taste of Israeli Wines, for Tu BeShvat (video) (0)
- 22: Fourteen favorite books of 2020 (0)
- 15: A tribute to Trump’s winning Mideast policies (0)
- 08: A Crystal Ball on 2021 (0)
- 06: Six Perspectives on Peace between Israel and the Gulf States (0)
- 04: Can the “Abrahamic narrative” grow beyond the Gulf states? (0)
- 01: Is peace with the Gulf states real? Yes, it is. (0)
December 2020 (4)
- 25: ‘Tis the season to nail Israel (0)
- 22: What Dubai taught me about Israel (0)
- 11: Illogical Iran policy (0)
- 04: Defend the Temple Mount for Jews and Moslems alike (0)
November 2020 (4)
- 27: Honoring Kurt Rothschild at 100 (0)
- 20: The ‘Sand Curtain’ has fallen (0)
- 13: The theology of Rabbi Sacks (0)
- 06: Grab the transition opportunity (0)
October 2020 (5)
- 30: Trump’s Mideast innovations should stick (0)
- 23: No honor in saving Saeb Erekat (0)
- 16: The distrust doom loop (0)
- 09: Coronavirus Crisis Communications 101 (0)
- 02: Modern ushpizin in my sukkah (0)
September 2020 (4)
- 25: Multiple choices for 5781 (0)
- 18: Sourpuss about peace (0)
- 11: Charity keeps society sane (0)
- 04: A Tribute to Dr. Michael Levenstein z”l (0)
August 2020 (4)
- 28: Surmounting Palestinian rejectionism (0)
- 21: Numskulls, don’t spread the plague! (0)
- 14: The Court’s collective punishment of Israeli Jews (0)
- 07: Aliyah: A 30-year retrospective (0)
July 2020 (5)
- 31: Would we be worthy (0)
- 24: The Iran deal, five years later (0)
- 17: An Alarming Anniversary (0)
- 10: The Beinart betrayal (0)
- 03: Myths about Sovereignty Assertion (0)
June 2020 (4)
- 26: Annexation is not apartheid (0)
- 19: Build now, talk later (0)
- 12: Curb the imperious Supreme Court (0)
- 05: Maimonides in Maaleh Adumim (0)
May 2020 (5)
- 28: Scaremongering about sovereignty (0)
- 22: Derishat Tzion (0)
- 15: Ten commandments for the new Israeli government (0)
- 08: Hold China culpable for COVID-19 (0)
- 01: Truly at home (0)
April 2020 (4)
- 24: Straitjacket government (0)
- 17: Al Pri Gafna: Israeli Wine Wonders (0)
- 10: Will we change? (0)
- 03: Whose neglect? (0)
March 2020 (4)
- 27: Commitment, combat and corona (0)
- 20: Uncertain, scary world (0)
- 14: Imagine an enlightened Jewish-Arab government of Israel (0)
- 06: Don’t you dare (0)
February 2020 (4)
- 28: Who is really going to build in Judea and Jerusalem? (0)
- 21: Peddlers of propaganda (0)
- 14: Abbas’ 1,000 Nos (0)
- 07: Moving beyond the “EKP” (0)
January 2020 (7)
- 31: 15 reasons to embrace the Trump Plan (0)
- 27: Hail the Trump Plan (0)
- 24: Best books of 2019 (0)
- 19: Israel’s role in the struggle against anti-Semitism (0)
- 17: What’s Yitzhak Yosef’s strategy? (0)
- 10: Trump’s noble strike (0)
- 03: A Crystal Ball on 2020 (0)
December 2019 (4)
- 26: Sage warnings (0)
- 20: Forecasting the Mideast in 2020 (0)
- 13: Distortions in the fight against antisemitism (0)
- 06: ‘Buycott’ for Shabbat (0)
November 2019 (5)
- 29: Transcendence in Hebron (0)
- 22: Truth-telling to advance peace (0)
- 15: While jihadists target Jerusalem, the European Union bashes Israel (0)
- 08: Pushing back against antisemitic and anti-Israel agitation (0)
- 01: J Street’s foul formula (0)
October 2019 (4)
- 25: Prepare for war, the right way (0)
- 18: On military might and moral power (0)
- 11: Long holiday reads (0)
- 04: Political instability equals strategic danger (0)
September 2019 (4)
- 27: Multiple choices for 5780 (0)
- 20: Revenge is wrong (0)
- 13: An ‘enlightened’ secular democratic state of the Jews (0)
- 06: Snub the anti-religious scallywags (0)
August 2019 (4)
- 30: Election fibs and frauds (0)
- 16: Democracy in Israel: Alive and well (0)
- 09: Let Zion lament (0)
- 02: Can you hear the music? (0)
July 2019 (4)
- 26: Israel’s strategic advantage in winemaking (0)
- 19: In defense of Henry Kissinger (0)
- 12: Ehud Barak’s bluster and plunder (0)
- 09: Redrawing borders creatively (0)
June 2019 (2)
- 14: Blame those settlements! (0)
- 07: Make Jerusalem a priority (0)
May 2019 (5)
- 31: Say nyet to Yvette (0)
- 24: No Illusions, No Despair (0)
- 16: Celebrating Torah culture (0)
- 10: Halt the delegitimization of Netanyahu (0)
- 03: Abbas’s Waterloo (0)
April 2019 (3)
- 18: The big bugaboo returns (0)
- 12: Post-election-itis (0)
- 05: Good riddance to this dreadful election campaign (0)
March 2019 (5)
- 29: Trump’s law of diminishing returns (0)
- 22: The progressive assault on Israel (0)
- 15: Ten comments on our crazy election campaign (0)
- 08: Protect and preserve Area C (0)
- 01: Fear not the Trump plan (0)
February 2019 (3)
- 15: Fight foreign subversion in eastern Jerusalem (0)
- 08: Et tu, Benny? (0)
- 01: Invest in your Israeli wine palate (0)
January 2019 (4)
- 25: Gantz’s first big mistakes (0)
- 18: The best books of 2018 (0)
- 10: Remembering Moshe Arens (0)
- 03: A Crystal Ball on 2019 (0)
December 2018 (4)
- 28: Strategy for Likud’s campaign (0)
- 21: Still pro-Israel? (0)
- 14: Stop the hoodlums hijacking our roads (0)
- 07: Incontrovertibly native (0)
November 2018 (4)
- 30: Don’t kill the Haredi education revolution (0)
- 23: Make it worthwhile (0)
- 16: Your Gaza Conflict Quiz (0)
- 01: Israel’s role in the struggle against anti-Semitism (0)
October 2018 (4)
- 26: Don’t throw MBS under the bus (0)
- 19: A draw with Hamas is strategically unsatisfactory (0)
- 12: Warmed-over withdrawal syndrome (0)
- 05: Nowhere, no-time supervision of Iran (0)
September 2018 (4)
- 28: Ushpizin in my succah (0)
- 21: Forcing Iran out of Syria (0)
- 14: High holiday reading (0)
- 07: The most interesting Jews of 5779 (0)
August 2018 (4)
- 31: Fighting the good fight in Europe (0)
- 24: Bypass Abbas and ax UNRWA (0)
- 16: Celebrating Golan wines (0)
- 03: Hold the heated rhetoric, please (0)
July 2018 (4)
- 26: Secure the Temple Mount now (0)
- 20: The Bible is our mandate (0)
- 13: Hypocrisy and hysteria regarding the Jewish nation-state law (0)
- 06: Thwart Turkey’s Jerusalem incursion (0)
June 2018 (4)
- 29: Moving the markers (0)
- 22: A tribute to Charles Krauthammer (0)
- 15: Tallit and tefillin, Shabbat and kashrut (0)
- 08: Winning hasbara strategies (0)
May 2018 (4)
- 25: The diplomatic day after Abbas (0)
- 18: Gaza prejudice and perfidy (0)
- 11: Trump changes the discourse (0)
- 04: Nobody knew (0)
April 2018 (3)
- 27: Abandoning the Jewish state (0)
- 20: 70 years of Israeli strategic success (0)
- 13: Defiance (0)
March 2018 (5)
- 30: Four political sons (0)
- 23: A profligate potpourri of anti-Semitic problems (0)
- 16: Pick your Palestinian state (0)
- 08: Hoping for regime change in Iran (0)
- 02: Kosher wines for Shushan Purim (0)
February 2018 (3)
- 23: Felling vanities and empires on Purim (0)
- 16: Waking up to the Iranian threat (0)
- 08: Israel must rule generously in Jerusalem (0)
January 2018 (4)
- 26: A tale of two speeches (0)
- 19: Israel is worthy and winning (0)
- 12: Harnessing anger for smart policy (0)
- 05: A crystal ball on 2018 (0)
December 2017 (5)
- 29: Is the IDF ready for our next war? (0)
- 22: Identifying the enemy (0)
- 15: Greeting Vice President Pence (0)
- 08: Trump’s commendable defiance on Jerusalem (0)
- 01: Skeptical of the Saudis (0)
November 2017 (3)
- 24: Confronting the con artists of Iran (0)
- 16: Cleaning-up and sewing-up eastern Jerusalem (0)
- 09: On settlements, anti-Semitism, Arab democracy, and more (0)
October 2017 (4)
- 27: Fighting a worthy intellectual battle (0)
- 20: Mind-blowing European Union chutzpa (0)
- 12: Western Wall unity (0)
- 05: Stepping forward, or backward, in Jerusalem? (0)
September 2017 (3)
- 29: The most interesting Jews of 5778 (0)
- 15: Abbas at the UN again: Who cares? (0)
- 08: Repentance through wine (0)
August 2017 (4)
- 25: Fund the Temple Mount Sifting Project Now (0)
- 18: Big problems, substantial essays (0)
- 11: Netanyahu’s strategic achievements (0)
- 04: Ya think? (0)
July 2017 (4)
- 27: Countering contemptuous Palestinians (0)
- 20: What status quo? (0)
- 13: Rescuing Hadassah (0)
- 06: Block Barak’s comeback (0)
June 2017 (5)
- 30: A strategy for Israeli victory? (0)
- 23: Towards a haredi bourgeoisie? (0)
- 16: Why Jerusalem can’t be divided (0)
- 09: Encouraging integration in united Jerusalem (0)
- 01: Beware Islamization in Jerusalem (0)
May 2017 (5)
- 26: On hope, love, faith and red lines (0)
- 21: Next year in Jerusalem? (0)
- 18: Sneak peek at Trump’s speech in Israel (0)
- 12: Pass the Jewish nation-state law (0)
- 05: Replace the UN (0)
April 2017 (7)
- 28: Letter from a tomato (0)
- 26: In Memory of Rav Aharon on his second yahrtzeit (0)
- 21: Exploited by the enemy (0)
- 14: Beware the tyranny narrative (0)
- 08: On moral rearmament of the West (0)
- 06: Riling-up the Beduin (0)
- 04: 20th Yahrtzeit: Nehama Leibowitz (0)
March 2017 (5)
- 31: Celebrating Jerusalem at “Hakotel” (0)
- 23: The capital importance of E-1 (0)
- 16: Lessons for Jason (0)
- 09: A familiar Purim tale (0)
- 03: Purim drink and diplomacy (0)
February 2017 (3)
- 23: Deep-think, for a change (0)
- 10: Pointing beyond ourselves (0)
- 02: Israeli democracy is not at risk (0)
January 2017 (4)
- 26: Re-isolate Iran now (0)
- 19: But at least he won the Nobel Peace Prize (0)
- 12: Will Trump take on Tehran? (0)
- 06: Go easy on Azaria (0)
December 2016 (6)
- 29: A crystal ball on 2017 (0)
- 25: Assert Israel’s core interests (0)
- 23: Hypocrisy has no shame (0)
- 16: Those who take pleasure in pummeling Amona (0)
- 08: Truths for Trump (0)
- 02: The formula for Israel’s triumph (0)
November 2016 (5)
- 24: Beware the pyromaniacs (0)
- 18: Build, baby, build (0)
- 11: Beware the revenge of Obama (0)
- 09: The ultimate slap down of Obama (0)
- 04: Israel is the sane, stable democracy (0)
October 2016 (4)
- 28: Trump’s concession speech (0)
- 21: Not a peep from the Pope (0)
- 14: The most interesting Jews of 5777 (0)
- 07: Clubbing us with the ‘Peres legacy’ (0)
September 2016 (4)
- 30: Dear world leaders: Thank you, but… (0)
- 22: Obama the preacher, exit left (0)
- 09: Summer wine windfall (0)
- 01: Shooting ourselves in the head, in Hebron (0)
August 2016 (4)
- 26: Reverberations of Sinai (0)
- 19: Israeli West Bank policy – whereto? (0)
- 11: Should ISIS be wiped out? (0)
- 05: Stop bickering, boys! (0)
July 2016 (5)
- 29: On educational self-immolation (0)
- 22: Erdogan’s false flag operation (0)
- 21: Give me my Sunday (on Thursday)! (0)
- 08: Grand Strategy for Israel (0)
- 01: The cash behind the Iran deal (0)
June 2016 (3)
- 17: The Left’s sour lament (0)
- 10: Sacks to the rescue (0)
- 03: Rebuff European Union threats (0)
May 2016 (3)
- 27: The day after Abbas (0)
- 08: The contempt of Rhodes; the revulsion of Obama (0)
- 05: From disintegration to reconstruction (0)
April 2016 (3)
- 22: On Pesach, peoplehood and pursuit of the enemy (0)
- 15: Remembering Rabbi Pechman (0)
- 08: The Donald’s foreign policy (0)
March 2016 (5)
- 29: Yediot Ahronot’s boycott festival (0)
- 28: Natural gas follies (0)
- 25: Wine-making wizards (0)
- 18: Molesting Jerusalem (0)
- 04: The scuttlebutt on settlements (0)
February 2016 (4)
- 26: Humpty Dumpty is no more (0)
- 19: Embracing it all (0)
- 12: Israeli strategic ascendancy; American strategic decline (0)
- 04: Navigating the tumultuous Mideast (0)
January 2016 (5)
- 28: For and against Palestinian statehood, simultaneously (0)
- 22: Ratcheting up the pressure on Israel (0)
- 15: America held hostage (0)
- 07: The Know Comment Awards for best commentary (0)
- 01: A crystal ball on 2016 (0)
December 2015 (2)
- 11: Obama in concert with Islam (0)
- 04: Indigenous in Jerusalem (0)
November 2015 (4)
- 27: Needed: Revolutionary struggle (0)
- 19: Intellectual rearmament of the West (0)
- 13: Return of the yellow star (0)
- 06: Remembering Rabin and Shamir, correctly (0)
October 2015 (5)
- 30: “Candid Camera” to the rescue (0)
- 23: Killing us with lies (0)
- 16: Kerry, stay home! (0)
- 09: How not to respond to Palestinian violence (0)
- 02: A Succot scorecard of Israel’s successes (0)
September 2015 (3)
- 18: Responding to Temple Mount terrorism (0)
- 11: Refugee ruminations (0)
- 04: On peace and realism (0)
August 2015 (3)
- 28: Poof goes the big enchilada (0)
- 21: Israel’s wine redemption (0)
- 14: Convert the Chief Rabbinate (0)
July 2015 (7)
- 31: American-Iranian fairytales (0)
- 23: The malice of Gaza disengagement (0)
- 20: Iran deal fibs and feints (0)
- 17: Natural gas fracas: A strategic threat (0)
- 14: Nowhere, no-time supervision of Iran (0)
- 10: Sham smiles all around (0)
- 03: Triumphant over Titus (0)
June 2015 (3)
- 12: Perfect Storms, Penetrating Analysis (0)
- 04: Hyperbolically boosting BDS (0)
- 04: Rabbi Obama’s tough love (0)
May 2015 (3)
- 26: The Rabbinate is digging its own grave (0)
- 22: Col. Kemp: Countering the sinah of Sinai (0)
- 15: Re-liberating Jerusalem (0)
April 2015 (5)
- 23: Hike the defense budget (0)
- 20: A Tribute to Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l (0)
- 17: No to a “national unity” government (0)
- 09: Snapback, anybody? (0)
- 02: On diplomatic freedom and fortitude (0)
March 2015 (4)
- 27: Preventing runaway Palestinian statehood (0)
- 20: Rethinking the Peace Process (0)
- 12: Hyperbolically blaming Bibi (0)
- 06: The Israeli wine awakening (0)
February 2015 (3)
- 26: Epistle to Congress (0)
- 19: What explains Obama’s zeal for a deal with Iran? (0)
- 06: A Salute to John Baird (0)
January 2015 (5)
- 30: Experience versus Experiment (0)
- 23: Halting Obama’s Iran Surrender (0)
- 16: J’accuse la France (0)
- 08: Countering punch-drunk Palestinians (0)
- 01: A crystal ball on 2015 (0)
December 2014 (4)
- 31: Good riddance to Deri (0)
- 19: International condemnations: Nu, so what! (0)
- 12: Sane and stable, despite the election (0)
- 04: Running for re-election – but against whom? (0)
November 2014 (3)
- 28: Livni’s lamentable lawlessness (0)
- 21: The essentiality of anger (0)
- 06: Abbas is busted as a ‘partner’ (0)
October 2014 (7)
- 31: On chicken droppings and lame duck Obama’s plans for Israel (0)
- 30: Abbas is responsible (0)
- 23: The Power of Shabbat (0)
- 16: Thugs on the Temple Mount (0)
- 10: Reading Netanyahu’s mind (0)
- 08: Hi-Tech Rehabilitation for IDF Soldiers at Sheba (0)
- 03: Apologize not, O Israel (0)
September 2014 (4)
- 24: Spiritual Stock-Taking (0)
- 19: Watchmen for the walls of Jerusalem (0)
- 12: Revolutionizing the peace process (0)
- 05: The politics of shmita (0)
August 2014 (5)
- 29: Wars of the Zeitgeist (0)
- 22: In defense of Netanyahu (0)
- 15: Spiritual trials, strategic rewards (0)
- 08: The resurrection of Abbas (0)
- 01: With one hand tied behind our back (0)
July 2014 (8)
- 27: Restoring military supremacy (0)
- 24: Of friends and foes (0)
- 18: Mowing the grass in Gaza, and beyond (0)
- 15: A Gaza Ceasefire Now Would Be a Strategic Miss (0)
- 11: Apologies overdue and overdone (0)
- 07: No moral symmetry (0)
- 04: Five minutes (0)
- 01: Modeling faith and love (0)
June 2014 (4)
- 30: Plan B means balagan (0)
- 26: A believing nation (0)
- 08: Natan Sharansky for President (0)
- 06: The big chill sets in (0)
May 2014 (7)
- 29: Bad apples in the negotiating room (0)
- 27: Israel Hayom’s Zionist Spring (0)
- 23: Welcoming the Pope (0)
- 15: Invest in and Secure the Jordan Valley (0)
- 09: Israel’s Plan B (0)
- 07: Is America blaming Israel? Not so fast… (0)
- 01: The sky is not falling (0)
April 2014 (7)
- 25: Regaining control in Jerusalem (0)
- 18: Put it ALL on the table (0)
- 11: Are we ready for 100 years of diplomatic warfare? (0)
- 08: Revaluate basic assumptions about the peace process (0)
- 07: Why are we surprised? (0)
- 04: Towards a more united Jewish people (0)
- 01: Reject the Pollard for prisoners deal (0)
March 2014 (7)
- 28: Sacrificing for peace, Olmert-style (0)
- 20: Kerry’s “framework” declaration is a bad idea (0)
- 17: Blame those damn settlements! (0)
- 13: Get this: Kerry is not pro-Palestinian enough for leftist American Jews (0)
- 06: Shaked’s uncertain social engineering (0)
- 03: Obama’s feigned dismay at the isolation of Israel (0)
- 02: Putin’s audacity, Obama’s timidity (0)
February 2014 (8)
- 28: Rebuffing the haredi attack on hesder yeshivot (0)
- 27: Michael Oren’s Perilous Plan B (0)
- 21: Abbas’ insolence; American silence (0)
- 14: The big boycott bluff (0)
- 13: Casual lies (0)
- 12: The Helmsley impact (0)
- 07: Livni’s boycott bogeyman (0)
- 03: John Kerry: Not an equal opportunity threatener (0)
January 2014 (8)
- 31: The Second Coming of Shimon Peres (0)
- 28: The Impatient Israeli Political Left (0)
- 24: Harper’s Vital Validation (0)
- 21: Harper’s Knesset Speech: A foundational document (0)
- 17: Stephen Harper’s moral leadership (0)
- 10: Canada’s important support for Israel (0)
- 03: A crystal ball on 2014 (0)
- 01: Rejecting false linkage (0)
December 2013 (6)
- 31: Israel’s Pairing Prisoner Release and Settlements Angers Many (0)
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- 31: The beautification of Bashar, the veneration of Rouhani (0)
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- 04: Wake up and elect Rav Stav! (0)
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- 30: The return of unilateralism? (0)
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- 17: Celebrating Complexity: In Tribute to Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein (0)
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April 2013 (6)
- 28: Is America moving to accommodation with Iran? (0)
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March 2013 (7)
- 31: Dayenu! Enough! (0)
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- 28: National Unity, Now! (0)
- 26: Migron: Yalla, Pogrom! (0)
- 21: Kadima Undone (0)
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- 21: Tell me who your friends are… (0)
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- 27: What to pray for on Rosh Hashana (0)
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- 16: The Lamentable Livni (0)
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- 19: It’s Iran, not Israel, Stupid (0)
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December 1998 (4)
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November 1998 (3)
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