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The taking of personal responsibility is befitting of someone leading others into battle.
Hebron proves that if there is to be peace between Israel and the Palestinians, foreign observers aren’t the solution.
If the battle is heating up, the outcome is virtually fore-ordained: raison d’état will propel Israeli governments to override local Jewish concerns and work with civilizationists while Europe’s Jews will continue to emigrate, causing their voice to become ever weaker.
Disturbing confirmation that opinion in Europe about “the Jews” and their troubles is much more divided than one might have hoped.
Spare us the false analogies and crocodile tears shed for the Six Million by those who support anti-Semitism and the war on the Jewish state.
The demise of the print edition of “The Forward” speaks to the problems facing the industry, but it doesn’t alter the fact that the Anglo-Jewish press is needed more than ever.
The default narrative on the left singles out Israel for demonization based on lies and distortions afforded to no other country, people or cause, and which has legitimized anti-Semitic tropes straight out of Nazi or medieval Christian playbooks.
It would be a mistake to dismiss nuclear threats coming out of Tehran as mere saber-rattling, given its stated intention and increasingly overt attempts to annihilate Israel, even at its own potential peril.
Rock-throwing has always been depicted as a harmless act of symbolism used by the powerless, but after an alleged settler attack, it’s time to agree that it’s an act of terror.
The Boston JCRC’s vote banning members from partnering with anti-Zionists sets a necessary limit to inclusion, even if it mean offending those on the margins.
The attempt to tie the civil-rights movement to the war on the Jewish state is based on lies.
From his vantage point, the time between now and the March 29 decision deadline is one hell of a long time—a whole nine weeks, more or less, in which he will be under enormous pressure to declare precisely where he stands.