Analysis
Sunday, September 13th 2015 / Thursday, December 3rd 2015
Friday, September 11th 2015 / Friday, September 11th 2015
In Loving Memory of Malka Z”L The name Rosh HaShanah as it is used in the Bible (Ezekiel 40:1) simply means the beginning of the year, and does not designate the festival. The Babylonian name Tishri seems to derive from the root Seru, which means “to begin.” The […]
Thursday, September 10th 2015
The day after the dust began to settle on Israel’s War of Independence, congenital optimists – there were many more of that breed alive then than there are today! – began scouring the landscape for signs of Spring – signs that Israel’s enemies had accepted the futility of defying the […]
Tuesday, August 25th 2015 / Thursday, August 27th 2015
“It is extremely important to understand the plans of the Islamic State. According to this movement both the State of Israel and Jews the world over should be exterminated. In principle, Sunna Islam has no feud with Judaism and Christianity. Yet the Islamic State proclaims that Israel and Judaism are […]
Monday, August 24th 2015
The United Church of Canada, conventionally referred to as “Canada’s largest Protestant denomination,” and reported by different news sources today as having “at least 600,000 members” (National Post, August 21), as “having about a million members” (several sources), and as having had “over 2 million members in 2012” (Times of Israel), has […]
Although, as I write, Canadians are going to the polls in only 8 weeks and Americans are not going to the polls for 11 weeks plus an entire year, the speculative excitement in the media about who will be the next national leader seems to be about equal in both countries. And […]
Monday, August 24th 2015 / Monday, August 24th 2015
But the [Roman] Legate Lentulus said, “That for the purpose of saving the country no proposition ought to be rejected…the defense of their country was always good…”. For where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken… putting all other considerations aside, the only question should be, What […]
Thursday, August 20th 2015
Moral relativism is a key tool used to undermine human values. This destructive approach may be defined as “moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint – -for instance, that of a culture or a historical period — and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others…. […]
Monday, August 10th 2015 / Monday, August 10th 2015
Traditionally, American Presidents and policymakers have strived to create and maintain stability with their Middle East allies. Yet now with the Iran deal we have estranged our traditional allies while at the same time trying to appease them. Multilateralism and diplomacy to a fault is the legacy of the Obama White […]
Friday, August 7th 2015 / Friday, August 7th 2015
Sailing the rivers of Moselle and the Rhine is an eye-opening experience. Ancient stony castles sit on craggy hilltops. Miles and miles of green vineyards precariously grow on impossibly steep inclines to produce the best Riesling wines in the world. Pleasant-looking towns and villages dominated by church spires. […]
Monday, August 3rd 2015
The strong bias that many European media hold against Israel has been documented for decades by a great variety of analysts. One of the first to do so was The Jerusalem Post editor David Bar-Illan. He gave many examples of media prejudice in his book, Eye on the Media,[1] published in […]
Wednesday, July 15th 2015
The current Greek financial and social crisis is not only the result of poor management of many successive Greek governments. A huge contribution to this calamity has also been made by various decisions of the European Union. Like many major political upheavals around the world, this one as well has important […]
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