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Daily Archives: September 20, 2018

Garnishing Bank Accounts of Killers: Beyond Home Demolition

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A 45-year-old American Israeli, Ari Fuld z”l came to my office 2 weeks ago, offering to contribute to our exposés of the PA/UNRWA “education.” Ari gave me a blessing for success which I will...

Sukkot… Faith

Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur have passed. Each of us would like something from those days could remain for the rest of the year, not lose their influence and ensure a true sweet year...
By Cresques Abraham (UnknownUnknown source) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Los Ijos De Sefarad

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Peryi antes dos anyos un amigo ke estimava i admirava sovre todo…. Avlo del Senor Moise Rahmani Z’l   de Belgika ke era el duenyo del  I.S.E. – Institut Sepharade Europeen – E.S.I.   i  del...
An etrog, silver etrog box and lulav, used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sukkot: The harvest festival and arrival of autumn

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We are twice blessed. Sukkot, the harvest festival—and sometimes called the “Jewish Thanksgiving”—takes place this year at the end of September, and two months later, Thanksgiving in America is a holiday that many Jewish...
Photo by by raimonribeira, via Flickr

The Seductive Appeal of Jihadist Terror in Israel — and Around the World

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While the professional literature on terrorism and counter-terrorism devotes considerable attention to martyrdom and jihad, not much has pertained to critically underlying promises of immortality. Nonetheless, it is precisely the cumulative appeal of these...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Credit: JCPA.

PA says teenage killer who murdered Israeli was a victim

“Last week, a Palestinian teenager, Khalil Jabarin, stabbed and murdered Israeli Ari Fuld in the parking lot of a supermarket. Before succumbing to his wounds, Fuld, together with another civilian, shot and wounded Jabarin, which...
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona in southern Israel. Aug. 13, 2016. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Israel steps up defense of nuclear facilities amid Iran threats

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Israel has stepped up security at its nuclear facilities, head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and Israel’s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Zeev Snir said in an unusual statement on Tuesday...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.

Who will succeed the aging, ailing leader of the PA. Mahmoud Abbas?

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Who will succeed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas? The leadership in Israel, as well as the Palestinian political system, have been busy with this burning question for some time. It’s not only Jerusalem that is...
John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the American Culture department at the University of Michigan, cited the BDS movement in his decision to withhold a letter recommendation for a Jewish student seeking to study abroad in Israel. Credit: Screenshot.

Michigan professor defends denying student’s letter of recommendation to study in Israel

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A University of Michigan professor who denied a student a letter of recommendation for a semester-long study-abroad program in Israel is standing by his decision, citing his support for the BDS movement. John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor...
The San Francisco State University campus. Credit: Webbi1987 via Wikimedia Commons.

Lawfare Project launches initiative to protect campus Jewish communities

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The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit human and civil-rights litigation and advocacy group, announced a new initiative on Thursday to protect the civil rights of the Jewish and pro-Israel community on college campuses nationwide. “Anti-Semitism and...