[In response to the letter released this past week by a group of IAF pilots to Air Force Command declaring that they refuse to attack targets in the “territories”.] My Not-So-Dear Pilots, In your letter to the prime minister (and Air Force command) at the start of the new year of 5764, you inform him […]

In an era in which Israel is known for high-tech innovation, Rummikub is an on-going low-tech success story – and a labor of love. Rummikub Everybody has heard of Monopoly and Scrabble. But fewer are familiar with the third best-selling family game in the world – Rummikub. But those who know it and play it […]

Many are the myths that have embraced Islam over the centuries. Of these, the most dangerous is a belief in its tolerance, at least in relation to Christianity which, in 1215, when the Fourth Lateran Council met under the patronage of Pope Innocent III, decided that non-Christians would be separated from Christians by a special […]

The Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana, is marked quite differently from January first. Whereas the latter is celebrated in Times Square, at gala parties and the like, most of Rosh HaShana is spend in the synagogue. According to the Jewish calendar, a new ‘day’ begins at sunset, and so it is that we commenced our […]

Shaked Avraham, the 7-month-old baby who was murdered in Negohot on Friday night by a Palestinian Arab terrorist – the 7th baby victim of the Oslo War – was buried this afternoon in Kfar HaRoeh. Shaked (pronounced ShahKED) Avraham, the 7-month-old baby who was murdered in her home in Negohot on Friday night by a […]

It takes a special kind of legal mind to file a lawsuit against ”all the Jews of the world.” But then, what’s a few quadrillion dollars among old enemies? It’s enough to kick off a massive legal project spearheaded by the dean of an Egyptian law school, along with Egyptians living in Switzerland. This experiment […]

The Council on American Islamist Relations (CAIR) is reeling after a federal grand jury charged one of its former senior staffers with conspiring to aid Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization. Former CAIR civil rights coordinator Randall Todd “Ismail” Royer faces federal charges that he and others “conspired to provide material support to Osama bin Laden’s […]

With college students often accusing Israel of racism and war crimes, some might call it chutzpah to go to American campuses to make the case that Israel is the real champion of human rights in the Middle East. But Natan Sharansky did just that last week, visiting 13 campuses on a tour sponsored by the […]

Every year, on the eve of Rosh Hashana, American presidents, candidates for office, and assorted other VIPs send the Jewish community their wishes for a happy new year. Under ordinary circumstances, such greetings are welcomed in the spirit of friendliness in which they are offered. But on Rosh Hashana,1944 (5705), one Jewish organization took a […]

IDF forces killed two barricaded senor Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza in an early-morning clash. Sgt. Avihu Keinan, 22, of Shilo was killed in the battle. Soldier And Two Terrorists Killed In an early-morning battle with two barricaded senor Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza, IDF forces killed the two, and one soldier was killed as […]