Monthly Archives: November 2023
White House: IDF op in southern Gaza must be ‘different’ than in north
The White House says it has made clear to the Israeli government that its military campaign in Gaza’s south must differ substantially from its operations in the strip’s north in the opening weeks of...
Israel receives list of 10 hostages to be freed on Tuesday
Israel has received from Hamas the list of 10 hostages to be released from Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. The list is part of a two-day ceasefire extension agreed...
Brandeis publishes author who claims Israel practices mass rape
A radical historian who claims Israel practices mass rape of Palestinian Arabs is one of the contributors to a book that has just been published by Brandeis University Press. And this just as anti-Israel extremists are...
Experts remain divided over hostage deal
U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have said often that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked him repeatedly for the White House’s work securing the release of Israeli hostages. Some of the...
Everything’s better with beignets for Chanukah
It’s tradition! The Jewish holiday of Chanukah means latkes and sufganiyot—lots of them, crisp, hot, and hopefully, not too oily—to help celebrate the victory of Judah Maccabee and his four brothers over the Syrian-Greeks in...
The hypocrisy of the feminists
Outrage at violence against women is the merest hypocrisy unless it includes outrage at the horrific rampage of sexual crimes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7. The only explanation for not including it is...
Beyond Current Chaos: The Escalating Risks of Nuclear War
“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer citing to Bahgavad Gita at first atomic test on July 16, 1945
A first thought dawns. Nuclear weapons are unique in the history of warfare....
Argentina’s first ‘Jewish’ president? Milei wins decisive victory
Argentina's newly elected president, Javier Milei, won a resounding victory on Sunday on promises to save the country's crumbling economy. But Jewish issues, too, are close to his heart.
“I am thinking about converting to...
Iron Beam laser intercepts Hamas rocket from Gaza
Israel made history in recent days with the first operational use its "Iron Beam" laser defense system during its war with Hamas, Channel 14 reported on Monday.
The laser beam successfully intercepted an incoming rocket fired by terrorists in...
Harvard professors denounce university initiative on antisemitism
Recent efforts by administrators to push back against overt displays of antisemitism at the leading Ivy League institute have inspired pushback of its own.
A letter to Claudine Gay, Harvard’s president, co-signed by more than 100 Harvard faculty described...