Imagine if there were evil forces out to frame you no matter what you did or how you did it. Then consider Israel. Just two days ago, IDF soldiers performed routine maintenance by clearing bushes to improve the line of sight along the Israeli – Lebanese border. Then “suddenly” – a word that parents reading children’s books are all too […]
The world barely noticed when Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan left the entire planet in the lurch by voting against Iran’s nuclear sanctions last week (ditto for Brazil and Lebanon). The world stared silently when Russian government-ordered raids slaughtered thousands of Chechens and displaced over 500,000 in two decades. The world entirely overlooked hundreds […]
I don’t know about you but when I think about who should sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council, Muammar Qaddafi never comes up. But that is not how dictators around the world thought when they voted overwhelmingly in favor of ushering one of the most brutal and longstanding tyrannies onto the already pock-marked council. […]
Sometimes one person in the scheme of things doesn’t seem influential enough to make a difference. Yet, what if that one person is passionate, courageous and ready to take a stand? Consider being one of thousands of Houston commuters on U.S. 59 N. when dozens canvas the Mandell Bridge with signs that say, “Israel Out of the […]
The Jerusalem Post just characterized Israel’s prompt response to Haiti’s earthquake victims as the Israel’s “public relations knight in shining armor.” That couldn’t be further from the truth. Israelis and non-Israeli Jews have a long history of helping those in need. One of the beliefs rabbis teach young Jews and new Jews alike is tikkun olam, […]
Many of us lead sheltered lives. We go to work, spend time with family, visit friends, enjoy hobbies and spend a fair amount of time online. But how many of us know that the internet is also a hotbed for antisemites? Sadly, the number is small unless someone hits us over the head with it. Let’s face […]
The world is full of loving, caring individuals that make it a better place. But it’s also full of hate-mongers, misinformed twerps, antisemites, anti-Zionists, Holocaust deniers, terrorists and other unsavory characters bent on rewriting history or trying to blow it up. Instead of focusing on the haters for a change, let’s review the first of a five part […]
