Two Founding American Jewish Fathers “The twenty-three Jews who sailed into New Amsterdam harbor on a September day in 1654 were to found the first Jewish community in what is today the United States. They were not the first of their folk in that town; at least one man had come there from Holland earlier […]

RAFAH, September 12, 2005, (WAFA-PLO news agency)- President Mahmoud Abbas Monday raised the flag of Palestine at Rafah Crossing at the border line with Egypt. He told reporters that such moment is undesirable, affirming that such happiness would be not complete as long as Jerusalem is still under Israeli occupation. President;;s Abbas visit to Rafah […]

In an August 29, 2005 Sports Illustrated article, “Stars of David,” reporter Grant Wahl’s excessive focus on Israel’s alleged discrimination against Arabs mars an otherwise inspiring story of Jewish and Arab cooperation on the soccer field. The author almost seems to be urging the two Arab stars of the Israeli team to draw attention to […]

You may think that your baby is merely gazing at the stars, when in fact, she may be counting them. That’s what Israeli researcher Dr. Andrea Berger and her colleagues have set out to investigate in their pioneering research on what goes on inside the minds of young babies, focusing specifically on their mathematical abilities. […]

I was raised in Lebanon, where I was taught that the Jews were evil, Israel was the devil, and the only time we will have peace in the Middle East is when we kill all the Jews — drive them into the sea. When the Muslims and Palestinians declared Jihad on the Christians in 1975, […]

New York – Despite the fact that the Bush Administration has increased the amount of US aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its chief Mahmoud Abbas over what the Clinton Administration provided, including a recent additional gift of $50 million in direct aid on August 24, 2005; the PA is promoting horrifying anti-American propaganda, […]

Jews Settle In New York In 1654 the Portuguese recaptured the city of Recife, Brazil from the Dutch. This marked the end of the vibrant Jewish community that had flourished under the Dutch beginning in 1630. Those residents of Recife who were originally Marranos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity) fled for […]

The story, written by Ali Daraghmeh and entitled “Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in first armed operation since Gaza pullout,” begins with a dramatized account in which Palestinians were doing no more than enjoying the weather and a snack when they were attacked with Israeli gunfire: A group of young Palestinians sat outdoors on a […]

Israelis have been watching the unfolding tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath with deep concern, and from the highest levels of government to the individual grass-roots efforts, they have been offering assistance and support to the parts of the US that were hit hard by the natural disaster. “I want to point out that […]

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned that Judea and Samaria are now the main targets of Arab terrorists. He reversed his previously optimistic view that terror would decrease after the expulsion. Judea and Samaria “will become the main theater in the struggle against terrorism” after the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza is completed, Mofaz said in a […]