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MainOpEds OpEds Corona doesn't stop the New Israel Fund from trying to harm IsraelNo matter what is happening, corona lockdown and medical efforts included, NIF grantees work to create havoc in the system in Israel. Why Bill de Blasio is unafraid of New York’s JewsHe will say to Jews what he will never say to Muslims. Why Israel fought the virus much better than the WestA wakeup call? All the factors that make fighting corona possible are an integral part of Israel's culture, but are purposefully lacking in Western postmodern nihilism. INTO THE FRAY: Haaretz – One outrage too far?The recent diatribe by Haaretz’s Rogel Alpher against Israel Prize laureate, Miriam Peretz, should have crippling commercial repercussion; not only cancellation of reader subscriptions but dramatic reduction in advertisers/advertising revenues Jews and the UK Labour Party - what lies ahead?The British Board of Deputies put forward 10 requests for signature by Labour leadership candidates on how to stop antisemitism in the party, but there are other unresolved issues. Activist courts are a danger to our democracyProper education of the young and the mature citizens is crucial. 'It was Happy Independence Day - if you celebrate it'You can't make this up. These are the words with which the Hebrew University in Jerusalem wished its students a happy holiday. What did they mean? Jewish leaders are failing our youthJewish leaders by always taking the middle ground, have lost their self-respect. They have failed to recognise that taking a clear pro-Israel side does not mean they have no capacity to question; it just means taking a side on an issue. Israeli American voters and Joe BidenMany Israelis have American citizenship and can vote. Do they realize the danger of Joe Biden in charge? It is not just sovereignty, it is Israel's existence at stake. Lockdown bluesIt’s been weeks now, and everybody is having a bad hair day. The “shelter-in-place” imperative due to the Virus is taking a toll even upon the rich and famous. Mayor de Blasio's behavior is unacceptableAt a time when hate crimes against the Jewish community are skyrocketing in New York City and so many people are scapegoating Jews for the COVID-19 pandemic, a true leader would bring people together. De Blasio must be called out. An Israeli flag in a Soviet high security prisonThe former prisoner of Zion tells of the flag-lined Independence Boulevard he created in a USSR prison for Yom Haatzmaut. Why Rav Kook still mattersRav Kook’s thought remains prescient, especially regarding the role of imagination and emotion in public life. His insights about love, the most powerful emotion, may hold the seeds to rectifying so many of society’s ills. This year it's "Home Haatzma'ut"The big question is not what we cannot do on this special day but, what CAN we do? How can we commemorate and celebrate this incredibly awesome day? Independence Day Parades in Jerusalem 1967 and 1968Between the 1967 and 1968 parades, Jerusalem underwent a complete transition - and so did the parade. Seven threats facing Israel and how Israel can fight backThere is much strength in public activism and you can help bring about change. Thoughts during the Remembrance Day sirenThey are sleeping in the dust of the Land of Israel – the Land that they paid for with their lives. If there are tears in your eyes, let them be tears of grandeurDo not surrender to death; continue to live by the strength of our fallen soldiers and terror victims. Do not bow your heads; stand up straight and tall in their honor. This Remembrance Day: Remembering what we have all lostWe have lost these precious souls but also what they would have contributed to the world. A book that is testimony to a young soldier and his friend's commitment to their land and people. Jordan must not socially distance from Judea and Samaria’s ArabsJudea and Samaria’s Arab residents were Jordanian citizens between 1950 and 1988. Socially distancing from them now is the last thing Jordan should be doing. Have Jews who support Biden looked at his record on Israel?A vote for Biden, unless he comes out clearly against UNSC Resolution 2334 which he supported in 2016, is a vote to expel Jews from Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall. Jewish politics and the sin of false prophecyBy interpreting Jewish history and tradition as consistent with progressive ideology, non-Orthodox Jewish leaders have traded Jewish values for gun control, green politics or transgender activism with little or nothing to do with normative Judaism. The consequences of the San Remo Conference - 100 Years Later.Recounting the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference. April 25, 1920. Hindsight, in this case, is hard to bear. Does the Sovereignty Movement oppose sovereignty?Bible believing Christians around the world must stand in solidarity with the Jews in Israel who need our support at this important juncture of time as they stand upon their rights. The president of the Conference of Presidents must be 100% pro-IsraelAdmitting HIAS to a leadership role may very well be an attempt to appease the misplaced guilt American Jews feel for rejecting others - even terrorists, but it is not a pro-Zion act. Unmasking China’s grand strategy for global controlThe writer believes that Americans need to understand that whether by design or not, China's unleashing of the deadly coronavirus pandemic spreading panic in the U.S. was an act of war. How Beit Shemesh treats its elderly citizensGood people make good government. A simple public interest story. The Coronavirus nightmare is the sweet dream of green death cultistsEnvironmentalists and anthropocentrism critics have transformed this pandemic into their misanthropic utopia. And we are forewarned. A major Jewish organization does “Interfaith” with Muslim BrotherhoodWhy did AJC join iwth ISNA if speakers at ISNA’s conventions routinely attack Israel and even refer to the Holocaust as justifiable punishment for the Jews? Anti-Israelism has mutated to suit the coronavirusThe newest mutation of antisemitism takes its place among reconstituted older forms, all of them perniciously making their appearances in a host of welcoming milieus. Staying home, staying safe in IsraelI came to Israel from France, and watch sadly how France is no longer a great country, but a banana republic of the Third World, still bloated with the arrogance and meanness that characterized its past President Charles de Gaulle. Israel's Defense Minister Bennett takes the bull by the hornsNaftali Bennett (Yamina) won't be the defense minister for much longer, according to the coalition agreement, but he is using the time he has left to attain the maximum for the Israeli public. So much sympathy for dead Jews - how about some empathy for live ones?Jews and non-Jews alike prefer too often to shed phony crocodile tears of sympathy for dead Jews of the Holocaust, but find it difficult to empathize with the imperfect live variety, trying to survive in Israel. Looking at the virus from the USA, where some fools ignore itThe coronavirus war in the US has reached the point where the fatalities reach Korean and Vietnam war death levels. Why the Israeli attitude toward American Jews isn't very JewishIsraelis seem to be telling US Jews: 'You can come here whenever you want. You can have a home here whenever you want. But please, keep your mouth shut until you do' - and I think there's something wrong with that picture. Fear of the populace behind calls for prolonging lockdownsCoronavirus lockdown in countries such as South Africa led to suffering for the poor, control through draconian rules without the benefit of a government like Israel's, that cares for its citizens. What will happen when it ends? The Jewish imperative of the Coronavirus crisisThe Jewish people have once again found themselves at the forefront of the struggle against a worldwide calamity. Israel's success against the pandemicAlthough it's only over when it's over, a look at corona statistics shows the startling difference between israel's containment of the pandemic and that of Europe. D-Day was too lateThe Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944 was too late for European Jewry. Why wasn't it launched in spring or summer 1942? Where they don't kill JewsIsrael is the place where they don't kill Jews, but it is also the place its genocidal enemies target, trying to kill as many Jews as they can. Diane Lob is not the right choice to lead the Conference of PresidentsThe Conference Of President of Major American Jewish Organizations can do better than choosing someone who headed an organization that defends anti-Zionists like Linda Sarsour. A corona moment of silenceBesides the siren's reminder not to forget, there was room in my brain during that moment to give thought to a phenomenon that rubs painful salt into a wound that will never heal. Listen to violinist Alma Rose, forced to lead the Auschwitz orchestraThe only known recording of gifted young violinist Alma Rose was found after a long search. Forced to lead the women's orchestra at Auschwitz, she died before the war ended. In memoriam. Remembering special needs victims of the HolocaustRemembering those whose voices have been lost forever - the special needs victims of the Nazis, whose murders set the stage for the Final Solution. Yom Hashoah: Don't only be sad - be mad!The Jewish people have every right and even the obligation to be unforgiving towards those who knowingly allowed the Shoah to take place. The Saudis, the Jews, and FDR's dogFDR turned to the Saudi king for information about Jewish aspirations for a state. The revealing conversation they had should not be glossed over in light of his grandson's Saudi financed campaign to celebrate FDR's pro-Saudi policies. Hiding in lockdown withh my family during the ShoahDuring this time in lockdown in Israel, I have started to reflect more than usual, and in more detail, on my life in hiding during the Shoah. The Aliya Apocalypse is comingThe difference between the situation of Jews in the Diaspora and those in Israel during the corona pandemic has led to a change in the way Diaspora Jews look at the Jewish state, from the Zionists to the haredim to the progressives. 'Of all their many promises, the Nazis kept only one'When the massive armada from England crossed the Channel to the French coast at Normandy on June 6, 1944, German justice inspector Friedrich Kellner wrote contemptuously: "Finally!" But they came too late. The Holocaust was done. Holocaust questions and answersA rabbi, educator and author, known for his unrelenting fight for justice and against antisemitism faces his students' questions with honesty and clarity. Perspectives: Video project for Yom Hashoah.Perspectives on some of the biggest ethical and spiritual issues concerning the Shoah. In memory of Six Million: My grandparents' storyThe Holocaust has proven that we must not ignore our enemies when they pledge to destroy us, just as Hitler pledged before WWII. Does the EU and organizations have strong ties to terror?The EU claims it is not aware of terrorist ties in organizations it supports. You wanted Socialism? Well here it isWe have only been living like this for a few months, and we are complying in order to save lives, but imagine years of it if Bernie and his multitudes had their way. Why those Syrian atrocities still matterThe coronavirus must not blind us to the need to deal decisively with Assad's proven atrocities, the way the Depression aftermath kept US citizenry from reacting appropriately to Kristallnacht. Europe’s elderly are abandoned like lambs in a slaughterhouseThey are denied treatment, but also a place in victim statistics. As if not only had they lost the right to life, but as if they didn't exist. The Coronavirus Crisis so far: Six interim lessonsOur task is not to accommodate ourselves to a threat. Our mission is to defeat the threat and set limits for it, rather than for ourselves. |
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