Last year, Mahmoud Khalil gave an interview to a Hamas media operation about his “negotiations” with Columbia University during protesters’ occupation of the campus. The … more

New York’s tabloid newspapers faced off on Monday with dueling front pages screaming opposite angles on the day’s big news: The arrest of Columbia University Israel-bashing provocateur of … more

With two powerful events dedicated to advancing aliyah , Nefesh B’Nefesh and its partners drew hundreds of participants to Teaneck on Sunday and Monday. About 600 people attended … more

The Orthodox Union’s achievements since its inception as a kosher certification agency 125 years ago were showcased at a gala honoring some of the people behind its success. “The … more

Two lone Israel Defense Forces soldiers met about four months ago at a rooftop cocktail party in Manhattan organized by the nonprofit group Nevut. One of them, Roei, recognized the unit depicted on … more

A prominent Washington think tank analyst has added up various terrorism statistics to “prove” that a Palestinian Arab state might not be such a bad idea after all. The problem is that … more

The Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant observed that “out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” Kant’s point was that human actions and the … more

Chazal tell us, in the Eleh Ezkera midrash that we recite on Yom Kippur, that the execution of the 10 great Holy Sages by the Romans is an atonement for our collective sin of the sale of Yosef by his … more

How old is the concept of Zionism? •It did not emerge in 1947 from the UN General Assembly Resolution 181 Partition Plan, as those who try to weaponize Zionism would have you believe. … more

One wonders how much the global warming camp can convince their opponents that “we” control the weather. The Gemara (Taanit 2a) certainly concurs with an assessment that G-d (and not … more