They Con the World
Especially for those familiar with “We are the World,” this is a must-watch video. This video was taken down by YouTube for a “Copyright Violation” after some 3 million views. Thanks to Ori for...
Chanina Beni
When Chanina was born, his parents told friends and family, “We get a double mazel tov. We have a new son, and he is a special child.” To their own children, they added, “Hashem...
Answering Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart’s “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment” in last week’s New York Review of Books is an important piece – important in the same way as John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s 2006...
Tefilos for the Lynched IDF Soldiers
Six soldiers injured when they were attacked on the Mavi Marmara still need a refuah shelemah. Their names are: Dean Ben Svetlana Ro’ee Ben Shulamit Daniel Lazar Ben Tina Leah Yotam Ben Dorit Ido...
In the Trenches Against Abuse
Earlier this week, I attended a fundraiser for the Aleinu Family Resource Center, a project of Jewish Family Services in Los Angeles that provides an array of specialized assistance to the Orthodox community. Aleinu...
Hate Crime
No responsible journalist outside the Arab world and North Korea would ever dare report an unsupported allegation as fact.
Ais Tzarah Hi L’Yaakov
I don’t care so much about what went wrong. I want to know what I should be doing to help. Israel is on the ropes. The people who coordinated the flotilla are part of...
A Day We Will Not Forget
For those who are in a position to do any damage control with friends and neighbors, this is still the most compelling video showing what the naval commandos who boarded the lead ship had...
The Rebbe and the General
Israeli historian Arie Morgenstern tells of a fascinating difference of opinion between the Lubavitcher Rebbe, z”l, and Moshe Dayan in the current (Winter) issue of Azure. The setting is the Yom Kippur War. Morgenstern,...