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Joseph Frager

Dr. Joseph Frager is a lifelong activist and physician. He is chairman of Israel advocacy for the Rabbinical Alliance of America, chairman of the executive committee of American Friends of Ateret Cohanim and executive vice president of the Israel Heritage Foundation.

Although the Biden administration is reverting to pre-Trump Middle East dynamics, new friends in the U.S. Congress are holding down the fort of support for Israel.
“Jewish blood is not cheap” must echo far and wide, to prevent terrorist incidents such as the murder of Esther Horgen.
It is up to our leaders to focus on curing the disease and bringing America back from the brink.
As the later former Israeli prime minister’s granddaughter Michal Diamant exits Likud to join Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party, it worth reflecting on her grandfather’s illustrious legacy.
In a year when a dreadful pandemic should have brought the world closer and more united, it made it more polarized and overheated.
Young Israel has been at the forefront of every major development affecting the lives of Jews in America and abroad.
Rabbi Schonfeld was at the top of the list of those who were engaged and fearless. He was kind, generous, accessible and, above all else, a leader with a capital “L.”
Although he didn’t personally bring about the first Hanukkah party at the White House, the Jewish activist who helped transform Jesse Helms from anti-Semite to Israel-supporter undoubtedly had an effect.
The recent assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh makes a strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities more, not less, likely.
With 269,318 deaths in America and 1.43 deaths worldwide from COVID-19, it is again time to gain perspective, especially as 2020 comes to an end.
After the events of last week, it is again time to sing “Shirah,” and the Jewish people should not miss the opportunity.
The Orthodox may make up a mere 10 percent of the American-Jewish population, but for key states, the number is misleading.