Rosh Hashanah is Yom Harat Olam, the birthday of the world.
Not just of the Jewish people, but of all humanity.
On this day, Am Yisrael gathers in every corner of the earth to declare a vision that is nothing less than revolutionary: “Ki beiti…
Category: 7. Opinion
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Doctors Without Borders: Saving lives, spinning narratives
Stephen M. Flatowis President of the Religious Zionists of America (RZA) He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995 and the author of A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice…
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And what about antisemitism on the Christian Right?
Matthew M. Hausman is a trial attorney and writer who lives and works in Connecticut. A former journalist, Mr. Hausman continues to write on a variety of topics, including science, health and medicine, Jewish issues and foreign affairs, and has…
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Wine is Israel’s answer to economic isolation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally admitted it: Israel is economically isolated. He dressed it up in talk of “self-reliance,” but let’s not kid ourselves. What it means is sanctions chatter, investors holding back, tourism gutted and…Continue Reading
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s nuclear pact: A new threat to global security
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s new “strategic defense pact” is more than a symbolic gesture between two longstanding partners. By suggesting that Islamabad’s nuclear deterrent could extend to Riyadh, the agreement risks introducing nuclear…
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How the Houthis weaponize humanitarian aid in Yemen
In the days after Israel’s deadly airstrikes on a meeting of Houthi leaders in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, rumors began circulating that injured Houthi officials had been flown out of the country by United Nations aircraft for medical treatment.
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How Russia, China and North Korea are becoming Israel’s new threat
For two decades, Israel focused primarily on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The assumption was that the greatest threat lay in the possibility of Tehran one day acquiring a nuclear weapon.
In reality, the more immediate danger was always the network…
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Netanyahu hopes for a ‘Beirut moment’ in Gaza, but the IDF doesn’t believe
No one knows exactly how many Hamas fighters are waiting for the IDF inside Gaza City. Numbers are thrown around, anywhere from 3,000 to 12,000. For Hamas, the city is a historic symbol of resistance. “This is Hamas’s Masada, with all the…Continue Reading
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An opportunity, if done right
After years of failed attempts and political roadblocks, the government’s announcement of Uber’s entry into Israel has revived hopes. Now is the time to set things straight: what we stand to gain, the risks involved, and how to design a smart…Continue Reading
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Are we the last generation that can write without mistakes?
Imagine an 8-year-old girl typing a message to her grandmother on a tablet. She types quickly, autocorrect kicks in to fix the mistakes and the text looks perfect. But when she tries to write the same message by hand at school, she struggles —…
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