Tag: State of Israel
This New Year, ask yourself: Are you creating a better place?
As we approach the High Holidays, the looming question for me is whether or not I have met my responsibility to my Jewish people and God in being of service in creating a better...
Rabbi Berel Wein: Recalling his Zionist opposition to the two-state nightmare
“The more I read and study Jewish history, the clearer it becomes that there is an Author and Planner, Who guides Israel to its destiny.”
— Rabbi Berel Wein (October 1990)
Rabbi Berel Wein, a Chicago-born pulpit...
Jabotinsky’s enduring Zionist legacy
“So, today, I would like to reflect on these three sometimes-forgotten American virtues—honor, tradition and optimism.”
With those words, historian and pundit Victor Davis Hanson began the essence of his 2025 commencement address at Hillsdale College...
American Jews owe President Donald Trump a thank you
American Jews don’t have to like everything U.S. President Donald Trump has said or done to state unequivocally that he is the best friend Jews have ever had in the White House.
Acknowledging this turn...
The other ‘Iron Wall’ article
This week a century and one year ago, Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s article “The Iron Wall” was published in the Russian-language weekly, Razsvet, on Nov. 4 in Berlin. So famous has it become that last month, The New...
Iran fires 180-plus ballistic missiles at Israel
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, forcing the entire civilian population of the Jewish state to be ordered into bomb shelters, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday night.
The Islamic Republic...
New German citizenship law mandates support of Israel’s right to exist
Germany will require those applying for a passport to affirm they believe that Israel has a right to exist.
The country’s new citizenship law goes into effect this week as part of a promise by Chancellor Olaf...
No mention of Israel in UN General Assembly head’s Passover message
One of the central passages in the Passover liturgy is “Next year in Jerusalem.”
That Zionist hope went unsaid during a Passover greeting that Dennis Francis, president of the U.N. General Assembly, issued earlier this week.
Francis, who...
HonestReporting Canada persuades ‘CBC’ to retract Palestinian history claim
An article published by CBC News titled “B.C. minister under fire for comments about Middle East before creation of Israeli state” received multiple corrections following a critique from HonestReporting Canada.
The reporting focused on comments by Selina Robinson, British Columbia’s minister...
A 75-year-old makes ‘aliyah’ in time for Israel’s 75th anniversary year
In a way, Daniel Goldschmiedt and the modern State of Israel have grown up together. They both recently turned 75. Their Jewish identity is central to their lives. And now that Daniel and his...