Heavenly Father, Israel’s Rock and Redeemer, bless the State of Israel, the first flowering of our redemption.   Shield it under the wings of your loving-kindness and spread over it … more

The Palestinian Authority’s recent draft of a shiny new constitution is meant to mollify Western nations who demand an end to the PA’s obsession with killing Jews and destroying the Jewish state. … more

Islamophobia is a hate crime in the United States and in the West, in general, with even non-offenders of Islam dreading an accusation of Islamophobia. Conversely, in the Muslim majority states, … more

Riots by Haredi extremists over the presence of female soldiers in Bnei Brak are a distilled reflection of the gaping chasm between the State of Israel and the Haredi autonomy that has grown within … more

The current row involving the Belgian foreign minister, the Israeli foreign minister and the US ambassador to Brussels over the ongoing Belgian police investigation into three mohels reveals a great … more

A lively debate is underway in the Jewish world about whether Jews are wise to present themselves as victims. Rabbi Amitai Fraiman has written in Jewish Journal that Jewish victimization is now … more

How would you translate Joe Shmo into Yiddish? Yossel the Shlemiel? Not sure? Well, to be perfectly honest, neither am I. At any rate, your average Joe (or “average Yossel”) usually has a … more

I did not watch the Winter Olympics. That doesn’t mean I was unaware of them — it’s impossible to avoid the highlights. I simply wasn’t “sitting down to watch.” Still, one event stayed … more

The sedra of Tetzaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only sedra from the beginning of Shemot to the end of Devarim that does not contain the name of Moses. Several … more

Hamas carried out a massacre against Israeli civilians. Israel has both the right and the obligation to defend its citizens and dismantle the organization responsible. The global surge in … more