‘Two-state solution’ isn’t best for either side The dream of generations—the fulfillment of which the Jews in Israel are bringing to pass—was not for a nine-mile-wide coastal strip, sans the Judea and Samaria hill country heartland and historic Jerusalem. Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin July 2, 2019
Haven’t we resolved the ‘Zionism is racism’ debate? Much is based on envy and jealousy of the success of the Jewish people and their tiny state in the direct face of this persistent onslaught. Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin May 29, 2019
Stop trying to set Israel’s borders … and other suggestions for US Jewry It’s not for American Jews to tell Israeli Jews how to define their national borders, which is not hyperbole, but an existential decision. It’s for Israelis to do whatever they need to. Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin May 3, 2019
Why were two nights this Passover different from all other nights? There is no sugar-coating the emotional intensity or the Jewish historical ramifications related to the fundamental differences between Israeli and U.S. Diaspora Jews on the State of Israel’s final borders. Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin April 24, 2019
Democrats need to get tough on anti-Semitic, anti-Israel rhetoric in their party Jews should know better than most that hateful words lead to hateful actions. Lee Bender March 13, 2019
What’s in a name? Hebrew origins of Palestinian Arab towns in Judea-Samaria “The Peoples of Our Land in 1932” states that west of the Jordan River, 277 villages and sites had names that were similar to or the same as Jewish villages in these locations during Second Temple times. Lee Bender Feb. 8, 2019
10 toxic terms that pro-Israel advocates must fight The phrases, descriptions and definitions that need to be explained, and the truth that needs to be repeated (over and over again). Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin Jan. 23, 2019
Not the right time for the ‘deal of the century’ The Palestinian Authority continues to spew hatred of Jews and Israel in its mosques, schools, camps, media and charters, naming streets and plazas for its murderers of Israelis, and incentivizing its people to kill Jews in a sick program known as “pay to slay.” Lee Bender Dec. 24, 2018
‘Tikkun olam’: A return to our true mission There is no concept in Judaism of “social justice,” but there is indeed one of “justice” (tzedek). The word does not merely indicate legal rights but also compassion and humanity, and is the root of the word for “charity” (tzedakah). Lee Bender and Naphtali Perlberger Dec. 3, 2018
