My day in New York City began in much the same way as it would end several hours later. Around 11 a.m. Saturday, I arrived at the First Avenue site of the massive “anti-war” rally organized by the organization United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ). As I headed toward a suitable vantage point from which […]

The government has still said and done nothing about the desecration of Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem – and the army is not happy about it. Senior IDF officials say that the government’s apathy is costing Israel a price in both the religious and security spheres. They feel that the PA interprets it as a weakness […]

Introduction: In this week’s literature section in the official Palestinian daily, Al Hayat Al Jadida, a poem written as an imaginary letter from a suicide bomber to his mother, glorifies and idealizes every action of his murder and suicidal death. The Palestinian Authority [PA] has been promoting, Shahada – Death for Allah – in general […]

Although the number of Jews who live in Ireland has been growing smaller and smaller, Jews have lived in Ireland for centuries. The Jewish population peaked at approximately 5,500 in the late 1940’s. The numbers have dwindled to approximately 1,700 today. Those who remain celebrate their heritage and holidays, all the time wondering how their […]

This past week, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, halted construction of new apartments in the Tel Rumeida-Admot Yishai neighborhood. What is the background of this building? Almost five years ago, Rabbi Shlomo Ra’anan, the 63 year-old grandson of Eretz Israel‘s first Chief Rabbi, Rav Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook, was […]

In response to U.S. President George Bush’s latest call on Wednesday night for a Palestinian state – he said it must “abandon forever the use of terror” – the ZOA says that such a concept is unrealizable. The Zionist Organization of America says that the ongoing terrorist war waged by the PA Arabs against Israel, […]