Category: Israel

Carter’s latest book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" takes my antipathy for the man to an entirely new level, for in my view with this book he has shown himself to be an antisemite The Israel–Egypt negotiations resulting in the Camp David accords in the late 1970s were before my time….

Denying Israel’s religious authorities the right to decide who is and who is not considered a Jew undermines the Jewish status of Israel and causes the entire character of the Israeli state to fall even further into question The current “Who is a Jew” crisis, which is irritating many Diaspora…

The number of prominent politicians who have stepped forward to insinuate that the President is guilty before he has been given a fair trial is therefore particularly disturbing.   The accusations against the President of the State of Israel are extremely serious and if they are proven true by a court…

The desire on behalf of Jews living outside the land to support Israel is strong. However, it is disheartening when the country has seemingly lost the will to support itself Although it is very difficult for those living in the United States to gauge Israeli public opinion, recent conversations with…

Criticizing any government even if you are not a citizen of that particular government’s country should be the right of all people that live in free societies. Most of us very often do exactly that. I was a vocal opponent of the Oslo accords, the Wye Plantation agreement, the withdrawal…

Besides the tragic loss of innocent lives in both Israel and Lebanon the Hizbullah rocket attacks have caused considerable other damage below the surface. Families living in central Israel are housing refugees who have fled the rocket attacks on their hometowns in the North. Without workers in the North, crops…

Before I begin this article the following disclaimer is in order. Coming from a Diaspora Jew, my comments here may offend many Israelis, who will claim that those who do not experience the difficulties of having children in the Israeli army and those who are not subjected to daily threats…

As the polls close in Israel I am reminded of when, in February 2001, Ariel Sharon became Prime Minister. Sheindy and I were living in Israel at the time. As I left my apartment in central Jerusalem the morning after Ariel Sharon’s overwhelming victory I was stopped by a television…

With the incapacitation of its Prime Minister, Israel is undergoing uncertain times. In common with synagogues all over the world, when the seriousness of Ariel Sharon’s condition became known, we sent out an e-mail calling for a prayer gathering and urging those who could not attend to pray independently for…

The Bible talks about all types of Tzara’at (leprosy) including Tzara’at that inflicts buildings. The Torah relates, “God spoke to Moses and Aaron saying: when you arrive to the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, and I will place Tzara’at affliction upon a house in the…