Phyllis Chesler, while explaining why the work on her new book has made her A7 articles few and far between, cannot help informing us of what is going on in the Islamic world – and what is (not) being done about it. From Prof. Phyllis Chesler I miss writing to you and I miss commenting [...]

By J.R. Dunn The upcoming election will be one of the simplest of our lifetimes. It is defined by one axiom: Obama must be defeated. I’m not one of that crew, sincere but overwrought, who see Barack Obama as some kind of period to the American story, as a native Anti-Christ by way of Alinsky [...]

By C. Hart Israel celebrates 64 years as an independent sovereign homeland for the Jewish people. Retaining that sovereignty and living in peace remain the primary goals of the struggling state. While Israel finds new ways to defend itself, both diplomatically and militarily, nations and other groups continue to oppose its rule, challenging its life [...]

By: Solomon Burke Canada continues to struggle with record-high levels of antisemitism, according to The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. The audit documented 1,297 reported antisemitic incidents across Canada in 2011. Although this marked a decrease of .7% from the previous year, Frank Dimant, CEO of B’nai [...]

By: Zev Golan Chanukah and Purim have passed but they are not past, because Jewish history is not only ancient. The message of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, is that Jewish history is now. Indeed, some of the Maccabees are still alive. Seventy years ago, British detectives discovered Abraham Stern, a poet who had organized [...]

By: Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis I’m learning to walk again. Every step is painful. I go with a walker. There is a security belt wrapped around my waist which the physical therapist watches carefully so that in case I stumble she will be able to catch me. As I make my way, the nurses and other [...]

The war on terrorism cannot be won by defensive – but only by offensive – means, despite the impressive performance of the Iron Dome missile defense system. The Background More than 10,000 Gaza-based missiles have been launched, systematically and deliberately, at Israeli cities, kibbutzim and villages since Israel’s disengagement from Gaza in September 2005 (1,700 [...]

Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D. On campuses today Israel is regularly, though falsely, condemned for being created “illegally” – through the “theft” of Palestinian lands and property – and thus has no “right to exist.” The government is accused of a “brutal,” illegal “occupation” of Palestinian lands, of being a “colonial settler state,” a Zionist “regime,” [...]

There is a deep problem with the list of priorities in Israel. From Giulio Meotti On a cold morning in late January, ambulances raced in Haifa. There had been an ‘attack’ with a “dirty bomb”, armed with radioactive cesium 137. Doctors cleaned up the survivors, while the authorities informed the public the “unthinkable” had happened [...]

by Dexter Van Zile One of the most moving and sad moments at the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference that took place in Bethlehem early last month came on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 when Lynne Hybels, co-founder of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, addressed the crowd. During her talk, in which she described to [...]