Escape by marriage: how some fled the Nazis
Persecuted. Engaged. Married. Marriages of convenience in exile by Sabine Bergler and Irene Messinger, Jewish Museum Vienna, 2018, 147 pages
We marry for love, romance, money, and to procreate and extend family lineages. Marriages of convenience...
Democracy suffers when the media can’t be trusted
Believe it or not, journalists are not at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to being trusted the least by the American public. According to the most recent annual Gallup poll of attitudes towards...
Judge seeks rabbis’ input on separated prayer in Tel Aviv
For the second time this month, the Tel Aviv District Court postponed ruling on a petition asking it to order the municipality to allow sex-separated prayers on Yom Kippur on public grounds.
In the hearing...
Mixed reactions to Trump, Harris comments on Iran, Israel during debate
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump referred to Iran a few times each during their televised debate on Tuesday night. “I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself,...
Netanyahu: World must demand hostages’ freedom
The international community must demand that Hamas free the remaining captives held in Gaza "immediately," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, accusing the terrorist group of frustrating the indirect talks towards a...
‘I am Hamas,’ says South African religious leader
The president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in South Africa's Western Cape, Sheikh Riad Fataar, chanted, “I am Hamas! Cape Town is Hamas! Viva Hamas, viva!” at a gathering in Cape Town last...
War with Iran: Nuclear dialectics of an expected conflict
On its face, the current strategic balance between Israel and Iran favors the Jewish state. In extremis, because it represents the only already nuclear adversary, Israel is in a dominant position to achieve “escalation...
Holy Days and Holidays
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I suppose the etymology of the two phrases (Holy Days and Holidays) is the same, but their significance in this day and age is very different. Holidays are a time...
From Sept. 11 to Oct. 7: The evolution of a new world order
As we approach the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, followed by the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, it’s important to reflect on...
A ceasefire with Hamas is nonsense
Since when did terrorism enter the lexicon of valid political or diplomatic debate? Since when did intellectual up become intellectual down, and the real targets of intended genocide, Israel and the Jewish people, become...