The mendacious apartheid slur against Israel
South African archbishop and Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, who died on Dec. 26 at the age of 90, was justifiably hailed as a champion of racial equality, especially related to his role in...
In 2022, the Jewish people need a national resolution
I like the concept of national resolutions, and I also like the concept of Jewish nationhood and peoplehood—the kind of borderless connection that inextricably links an ultra-Orthodox Jew in Azerbaijan with a totally assimilated...
Coughing and limping Into 2022
Just when we thought, foolishly, that it was safe to go outside—our lives slowly restored to normal, masks discarded, arms boosted, Broadway lights ablaze, children back in classrooms—the COVID-19 virus humbled us once again....
Mahmoud Abbas plays Benny Gantz for a fool
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz must have known that hosting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh Ha’ayin would arouse the ire of the right. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have cloaked the...
Bashar Assad’s dangerous game
The resumption of nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and world powers does not appear to affect Israel, which continues its actions to curb Iran’s establishing itself militarily in Syria or transferring advanced weapons...
Anti-Zionist Jews are more in tune with the Palestinians than Jewish liberals
Pro-Israel liberals took particular pleasure last month in mocking the latest evidence that Jews on the far left know no limits in their hatred for Israel.
The object of their derision was Jewish Currents, a far-left...
Falling In Love In Today’s World
Falling in love is one of the most beautiful experiences for human beings. So much so, that along with a deep religious commitment and a deep communion with nature, it is one of the...
Avoiding Nuclear War in the “State of Nature”: America’s Responsibility
“So the nature of war consists not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary.”-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651
The “time” to which the seventeenth century...
OpEd: Hamas’s Confused Rule over Gaza
A few Hamas leaders fully expect Israel’s downfall, yet Israel may not want to dislodge Hamas from its perch in Gaza. That is due to the equally firm expectation Hamas will be replaced by...
Closing Balance
Dear readers:
I would not want to end this 2021 without the possibility of thanking you for having made a place for me in your lives so that I periodically transmit to you something of...