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Ari Teman - The Innovation Blog
Top Ten Jews Helping the Goyim (SPOOF)
My friend Dovid Efune, editor of The Algemeiner, has a yearly list, “Top 10 Non-Jews...
David Brog - For Zion's Sake
The Media’s True Failure in Gaza
Earlier this week, the United Nations confirmed that the tragic death of 11-month-old Omar...
William Rapfogel - Voice of the Needy
Ray Kelly is Beyond Reproach Over Training Video
In July 1993, I joined a group of Jewish leaders on a visit to Israel with Mayor David N....
Oliver Benjamin Karp - The World According to Karp
Martin Luther King, the Mensch (VIDEO)
Martin Luther King Jr. is correctly remembered as a great American who helped his country live...
Ron Agam -
Top Israeli Official Warns of Al-Qaeda in Syria
Recently, I had a very interesting conversation with a high-ranking Israeli security official...
David Harris -
The Resurgence of European Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. A recent Tel Aviv University report found that the...
Kevin Bermeister -
With Their New Status, Palestinians Will Observe a Bursting Israeli Jerusalem
Open your eyes and see the fires burning in Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya and...
Yosef Abramowitz -
Solar Energy For All of Israel and Land for the Bedouins
If solar energy is working for Haiti and its good enough for the kibbutzim, then certainly...
Yonah Bookstein -
MSU Student Viciously Assaulted, but Was It an Anti-Semitic Attack?
The vicious assault on Michigan State University student Zachary Tennen has been plastered...
Israel
Lone Soldier - The Lone Soldier
Lone Soldier Week 18 – Raw and Rugged from Israel’s Front Lines.
‘Woke today at the crack of dawn for another day of drills. My legs were already...
David Bratslavsky - Street Smart Politics
The Economist Should Get Real on Iran
The cover of the latest Economist reads “Iran” in ominous black letters peppered with...
Josh Hasten - Midwestern in the Middle East
Bat Hever is Israel’s Hurricane Sandy (PHOTOS)
For many Israelis, last week’s winter storm was a blessing. At least five straight days...
Arik Elman - Arik Elman Blog
Israel’s Bus Service and Liberal Rage
Those of you who prefer to get your news about Israel from somewhat more reliable sources...
Asaf Romirowsky -
BDS vs. Palestinian Statehood
This year’s National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference took place at Bethlehem...
Efraim Karsh -
The War Against the Jews
The sustained anti-Israel de-legitimization campaign is a corollary of the millenarian obsession...
Judy Lash Balint -
Experiencing Jerusalem Through the Arts
Jerusalem–Jerusalem inspires creative energy—ever since David composed his Psalms here,...
Eli Beer -
From Davos: Creating a Network of Heroes
From a talk delivered by the author at the World Economic Forum in Davos. As I stand here...
Hadar Sela - Hadar Sela Blog
Letter to a New BBC Middle East Correspondent
Hello, We do not yet know your name or when you will be arriving in Jerusalem but that does...
Shoshanna Jaskoll -
‘Collaboration’ Is Not a Four-Letter Word
I was recently privy to a conversation between nonprofit executives. The two work for a small...
Shraga Simmons -
Resurrected: The Rachel Corrie Libel
It was a horrible tragedy. In March 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was hanging...
Jewish International
Joshua Freedman -
Swedish Fears after Suicide Bomb Attack
A suicide bomb attack by an Islamic terrorist in Sweden has prompted the local Jewish community...
Gabriel Martindale - The perfidious Albion blog
Anatomy of a House Price Boom
If I have managed to communicate anything at all worthwhile in previous blog posts, I would...
Adam Jacobs - Jacobs' Ladder
Making Friends With My Grey Hair
My big sister’s hair went grey in her 30s My little brother Eddie also went grey early I...
Ben Horne - The Sports Blog
Orthodox Response to an Un-Orthodox Sport
Imagine the conversation between a Rabbi and his son. Says the Rabbi, “son, when you grow...
Elad Nehorai - Elad in Wonderland
Antisemitism Exists
We live in a world that is, thank G-d, very comfortable for Jews. Most of us are safe and...
Melvin Konner -
Israel, The Long View
I’m sitting on the porch of the home of my friends the Selas, in Binyamina, south of Haifa,...
Laurent David Samama -
France’s Unity: A Country Comes Together in Response to Murders at Jewish School
Paris, early in the morning. Just after breakfast, the news of an attack against a Jewish...
Michael Weiss -
Raed Salah’s Apologists Wring Their Hands After the Vile Sheikh’s Arrest
Hats off to Theresa May for throwing the frothing hate-cleric Raed Salah into jail, where...
Sam Westrop -
Fascism With a Human Face
Until now, every year, the Young Socialists have held a summer fair at Burbage Primary School...
Pinchas Allouche -
The Western Wall Clashes: Searching for a New Way Together
Concerning Developments “Clashes erupt at women-of-the-wall prayer service,”...
Jeremy Rosen - A Voice In the Camp
Pills and Religion
As a child in the UK, we used to make fun of Americans with their bottles of vitamins and...
Irit Felsen -
How The Media Can Help Heal Gilad Shalit
For five long years, a media campaign swirled around the abduction and internment of Gilad...
Paul Leslie -
A New Low for the International Committee of the Red Cross?
A new low for the International Committee of the Red Cross? When it indirectly sponsors activities...
Shahrouz Khalifian -
The Spanish Inquisition and the Spread of Conversos in the Americas
A road trip down to the Mexican-American border would yield much of what you would expect...
Avishai Don -
The Forgotten Christians
This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, and the Harvard...
Susana Scheiner -
Blaming Israel for Summer, and Other Libels
You thought it couldn’t get more ridiculous than Egypt blaming Israel for shark attacks...
Arsen Ostrovsky -
Happy Europe Day
As Europeans come together to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Europe Day today, the...
Gidon Ben-zvi -
Should Israel’s Security be Sacrificed at the Altar of ‘Regional Stability’?
Check out the front page of Monday’s (May 6th, 2013) edition of The Guardian and your hair...
Nicole Chayet -
Cheering for Aly Raisman: Another Jewish Girl’s Olympic Experience
As I walked off the plane at London’s Heathrow Airport, the first image I saw was the Olympic...
Rebecca Hughes -
Modern Slavery in Israel: It’s All Politics
Several days ago, I awoke to the sound of my phone ringing off the hook. A very annoyed...
Chas Newkey-Burden -
Hassan Rouhani and Nuclear Iran
With the election of Hassan Rouhani in Iran, people want to know what this development means...
Tabitha Korol -
Levy Distorts, Haaretz Supports
How absurd for Haaretz to be so named for the Land of Israel when it is quite unworthy of...
David Hersch -
Tutu Constantly Tooting His Tuneless Flute
It occurs to me that Desmond Tutu’s obsession with and hate of Israel, always couched...
Ben Frank -
Venturing Outside the Big Apple? Visit West Point
WEST POINT, NEW YORK – A number of years ago (when Richard M. Nixon was president) my wife...
Lifestyle
Mimi Hecht - Lady Mama
Mattel to Make Bald Barbie: Why I’m Not Applauding
Over the decades since Barbie has made her debut, she has taken on many themes to reflect...
Menucha Levy - Freidafroo
Lady Gaga and the Counting of the Omer
While half-heartedly screening the 53rd Annual GRAMMY awards this year, when Lady Gaga debuted...
Matthue Roth -
Writers Should Wake Up Early
As a glutton for torture (and as a recent parent, which is kind of the same thing), I’ve...
Vanessa Van Petten - The Science of People
When Your Jewish Child is Dating a Non-Jew
This is a tricky article for me to write, but if you will be patient with me, I’m going...
Uri Laio -
Finding Your Inner Matzah
Pesach is the one holiday on which Jews are required to become obsessed with food. This is...
Vanessa Bressler -
‘Pinkwashing?’ – Forget About Israel
How does one translate “pinkwashing?” After I read a New York Times Op-Ed on November...
Lillian Gewirtzman -
Reflections of a Shoah Interviewer
In The summer of 1994 I accepted The Shoah Foundation’s invitation to join the crew of...
Tony Rebuck -
That Took a Lot of Courage, Mr. Collins
As they say in my tribe: Yasher Koach. It took great strength of character to come out as...
Tanya Helfand -
When the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parents are Divorced
Although festive and meaningful events, bar mitzvahs, like weddings, are always full of anxiety...
Arts And Culture
Yitzchok Moully - The Art of Jewish Art
Un-Orthodox Orthodox Art
Jacqueline Nicholls is a fine artist in her words “…who...
Simcha Weinstein - Shtick Shift
Mensch of Steel
With the newest Superman film, “Man of Steel,” set for release, it seems only fitting...
Erez Safar - The Shemspeed Files
Sol Tevel Does Boee Kallah (INTERVIEW)
If you aren’t yet familiar with Sol Tevél, imagine Euro-Latin star Manu Chao, reggae...
Daniel Vahab -
Are You Addicted to the Internet?
“Do you neglect household chores at home or school to spend more time online or video gaming?...
Evan Kleinman -
‘Punk Jews,’ Why we made it?
People often ask me about an issue that is both the easiest and hardest to explain. Jewish...
Todd Weinstein - I on Ruach
Pharaoh Waiting for the Last of the Ten Plagues of Passover (PHOTO BLOG)
Text courtesy of chabad.org. 1. Aaron strikes the Nile, the waters turn to blood; 2....
Brandon Marlon -
Memo to Civilization
The doctrine of relativism is laudable for its egalitarian impetus, but falls short of the...
Kara Bieber -
British Girl in Tel Aviv Diary Part 7: A Peace of My Mind
As we continue to keep readers informed about what life in Israel under rocket fire is like,...
Abe Novick -
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not...






