Whether through cooperation from the mainstream media, or overt action, the Obama administration has continued its sometimes-childish “war” on the Jewish State and Prime Minister … more

Near the end of my portrait session, Dr. Ranan Wolff puzzled: “But you never asked me to smile!” True. I never do. My approach is to get meaningful expression that only comes from … more

Ta’anis Esther, next Wednesday, will again mark the Yahrtzeit of HaRav HaGaon Moshe Feinstein, zt”l. For this occasion, we will again briefly highlight the valuable biography, “Reb … more

In his book on politics in the Arab world, “Cruelty and Silence,” the Iraqi intellectual Kanan Makiya made a telling point about the opposition to the first Gulf war of 1991, when a … more

Love, as the song goes, is in the air. If the latest media reports are accurate, the United States and the Iranian regime are rapidly closing in on a deal over the mullahs’ nuclear … more

Ok, I’m officially done with winter. I’ve had enough. I’m cold when it’s 50 degrees, so I’m really not happy. Forecast is for temps in the single digits with a windchill … more

In an interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News on Sunday, Speaker of the House John Boehner explained why he kept news about his invite to Prime Minister Netanyahu a secret until the last possible … more

As noted previously, we live in dangerous times and, truth be told, we have always lived in dangerous times. This week, I shall focus on the legacy of a speech by the Rav, Rabbi … more

We typically imagine that the Mishkan is defined by the beams that stood together to become its walls. After all, without walls, there is no building. While a simple view of the Torah’s … more

Sixteen hundred Jews, mostly elderly and families with children, protected by barely two hundred fighters; the odds for the besieged Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem in 1948, were beyond … more