Tag: Israel Resource Review
Ben Gurion feedback to the Reform Movement 47 years ago was prophetic
In 1970, during my first months in Israel, I lived with two fellows who were learning at HUC, the Hebrew Union College.
They very much wanted to live in Israel.
Yet they and their fellow Reform...
Do not “Dismantle” UNRWA, which cannot be done. Reform UNRWA Policies, which can be...
Virtually every media outlet took the UNRWA condemnation of the Hamas tunnels found under an UNRWA school at its word. Yet no media outlet reminded the world that the UNRWA school teachers union and...
Embassy Relocation Delusion
A cloud of delusion has captured the minds of too many people and too many media outlets who did read the wording of The US Embassy Jerusalem in 1995 and Recognition Act nor the US Senate...
UNRWA Policy Letter to US Ambassador to the UN, the Hon. Nikki Haley
Ms. Nicki Haley
US Ambassador to the UN
Dear Ambassador Haley,
You are a welcome guest to Israel this week, where you are much admired for the integrity that you have shown in your demand for...
Best Not to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem Until US law is Changed
Silver lining in the delay to move the US embassy to Jerusalem: New momentum to update the relocation law to recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel.
Covering events in the US capitol when Congress passed the “US...
The Reality of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, kingpin of the Arab League, is still at war with Israel.
The Arab League declared war to decimate the nascent Jewish state in 1948. On May 15, 1948, on the very day that...
Greet the Press
Media have arrived in overwhelming numbers to cover the visit of President Trump.
An impromptu press center has been set up at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem.
This provides an opportunity for people who live in...
U.S. Embassy Relocation Law does not recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel
There is a fundamental misunderstanding, which is that if the US recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel, that would mean that the US recognizes Jerusalem as part of Israel.
However, the US embassy relocation legislation...
Dear President Trump: End UN refugee camps now
At a time when the new Trump administration is focusing on United Nations cuts and on Middle East negotiations, the United States could invest its energy in a real legacy that can be achieved:...
Remembering Moshe Klibanoff z”l
5 Iyar, 10 years Later.
I have wrestled with myself for the past three weeks about how to write about Moshe Klibanoff, z’l, whose teachings had a lifelong effect on me, yet who never wanted...