For weeks now, the FBI has carried out in the press a prosecution of individuals and organizations it has so far been unable or unwilling to pursue in court. Using innuendo and a steady stream of (often recycled) press leaks, the names and reputations of a number of people “including several who are senior officials […]

NEW YORK, August 30 – Last year`s inaugural “Israel. I Care. And I`m Going.” Pledge Campaign raised the bar for anticipated tourism to Israel. This year, the Israel Ministry of Tourism intends to break its own record. A grand total of 1,246 synagogues representing 44 states (including Hawaii) and six Canadian provinces participated in the […]

At first glance, it seems an oxymoron: Jewish Democrats For Bush. But in these unusual times where Greenpeace, the ecology group, has been seen to be promoting ecological damage and where it’s no longer politically correct to be different, Jewish Democrats for Bush actually makes sense. To understand how such a group could come about, […]

PYATIGORSK, Russia, Sept. 9 (JTA) Tanya Izyaeva lives with her father and grandmother in a garbage-filled shack in this former spa town about two hours from the Chechen border.Tanya, 6, was born soon after her parents fled war-torn Dagestan for southern Russia, along with more than 1 million other refugees from their homeland and neighboring […]

In a damning condemnation of left-wing behavior, a new book on the Al-Aqsa Intifada, quotes Hamas leaders saying that the behavior of Israel’s left-wing encourages them to continue their attacks. The book, The Seventh War written by journalists Avi Yissocharov from state-run Voice of Israel radio and Amos Harel from Haaretz was based on a […]

My decision to vote for the reelection of President George W. Bush, despite the fact that I am a life-long Democrat, has caused some to call me a turncoat. But am I really? Or am I moving in a direction the Democratic Party itself should be going? As mayor of New York City, I described […]

NEW YORK, July 26 (JTA) It wouldnt be the second night of Rosh Hashanah if our friends didnt come for dinner, contributing a cornucopia of dishes, especially divine desserts. There are enough pastries covering the buffet to keep judges at the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest busy for a week. I always bake a chocolate and yellow […]

Some 45,000 Arabs from “the territories” – Judea and Samaria – have moved to within pre-1967 Israeli borders in the past four years. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by an Israeli-Arab student who is “close” to the situation. The study notes that the “immigration” began some two decades ago, but has […]

Israel Air Force aircraft attacked a Hamas training ground late last night, killing 14 terrorists in the midst of practicing infiltrations into Jewish communities and military outposts. Another 30 terrorists or more were wounded. The targeted camp was of the Hamas military wing, the Iz A-Din Al-Kassam Brigades. It was also used to train budding […]

There is a line connecting this weekend’s mass murder in a school in North Ossetia, the ongoing genocide in Sudan, the bomb blasts on Madrid trains, the bombing of Istanbul synagogues and the suicide bombings in Be’er Sheva. That line is Islamic – for the most part Arab – terrorism and it endangers world peace, […]