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Farley Weiss

Farley Weiss is the co-author, with Leonard Grunstein, of Because It’s Just and Right: The Untold Backstory of the U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel and Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and a past president of the National Council of Young Israel.

The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Why is the US trying to open a consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians?
This new initiative, devoid of any practical utility, is all-too-reminiscent of the misadventures of the past.
Nov. 10, 2021
Farley Weiss
Young American Jews
Opinion
Encouraging Jews to connect to their Judaism
The key may lie in the ancient text Pirkei Avot/“Ethics of the Fathers,” which says, “Those whose wisdom exceeds their deeds, their wisdom will not endure; but those whose deeds exceed their wisdom, their wisdom will endure.”
Nov. 8, 2021
Farley Weiss
The arrivals hall at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 8, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Opinion
Israel’s ridiculous COVID-19 rules for the re-entry of tourists
The message to potential visitors is a double one: announcing that they will be able to come to the country, yet making it almost impossible for them to do so.
Oct. 27, 2021
Farley Weiss
Thousands of Jews march in a demonstration around the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, calling on the Israeli government to allow Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount, on the eve of the Tisha B’Av day of Jewish mourning, July 31, 2017. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Opinion
Israel should grant Jews the right to pray on the Temple Mount
Freedom of religion is only upheld when we stand up and protect it from outrageous threats, such as that of a Muslim uprising.
Oct. 13, 2021
Farley Weiss
Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Opinion
We must stand up to the bullies
As Hillel says in Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Fathers: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?”
Oct. 4, 2021
Farley Weiss
U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House on Aug. 27, 2021. Source: Israel Embassy/Twitter.
Opinion
The urgency of preventing a nuclear Islamic Republic
U.S. President Joe Biden’s failed Iran policy is making an Israeli military strike increasingly necessary.
Sep. 6, 2021
Farley Weiss
Mayim Bialik. Source: Twitter.
Opinion
The mainstreaming of anti-Semitism in the media
“The Daily Beast” is one among many outlets that unapologetically print blatantly anti-Semitic articles. This should not be tolerated.
Aug. 25, 2021
Farley Weiss
Jerry Greenfield (left) and Ben Cohen, founders of the Ben & Jerry's ice-cream company, Oct. 24, 2010. Credit: Dismas via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
‘Proud Jews’ don’t instate a BDS-supporting board of directors
Reversing the adage that “actions speak louder than words,” the founders of Ben & Jerry’s have semantically justified the company’s boycott of ice cream sales in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem by claiming that it isn‘t anti-Semitic.
Aug. 16, 2021
Farley Weiss
Fatah Central Committee secretary-general, Palestinian Football Association head and Palestine Olympic Committee chairman Jibril Rajoub at a press conference in Ramallah on the cancellation of a soccer match between Argentina and Israel, June 6, 2018. Credit: Flash90.
Opinion
The International Olympic Committee and Palestinian Authority athletes
There is a famous Talmudic expression that those who are merciful to the cruel are destined to be cruel to the merciful.
Aug. 1, 2021
Farley Weiss
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. on March 2, 2015. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Opinion
Yes, American Jews do care about and support Israel
Polls conducted by the Jewish Electorate Institute for organizations like J Street should be disregarded and discredited.
Jul. 26, 2021
Farley Weiss
U.S. President Joe Biden in the Treaty Room of the White House, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Official White House photo by Adam Schultz.
Opinion
The Biden administration’s public hypocrisy about privacy
Good relations with the U.S. are important, but they need not come at the cost of Israel’s compromising its vital interests and the safety of its citizens.
Jul. 18, 2021
Farley Weiss
The arrivals hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 8, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Opinion
Letting tourists back into Israel is a risk worth taking
Israel should follow France’s example and allow anyone with a negative COVID-19 test enter the country.
Jun. 23, 2021
Farley Weiss
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