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Syria and the North

Pointing out that “The Golan … has been Israeli for 40 years, double the time it was in Syria’s hands..… ...

French Jews and Anti-Semitism

Will a new president's election bring it to an end?

The End of the Jewish Newspaper?

A story came across my desk today discussing the fact that Jewish newspapers are fighting to stay alive in a ...

A Dead Horse Rigged to a Land Mine?

Now is the time to strike a deal with the Palestinians, says Yossi Beilin, because “the Palestinians have a pragmatic ...

Catholic Supremacy

Yesterday, for the second time in a week, Pope Benedict XVI reversed positions of the Second Vatican Council, which in ...

Positive change for USCJ?

Even the Conservative Movement has jumped on to the eco-friendly bandwagon. This week, The Washington Post highlighted the new seal ...

The Joy of Sects

In an effort to get smarter and diversify my knowledge, I’ve recently decided to try and read Wikipedia’s daily featured ...

What’s wrong with this headline?

Today’s Jerusalem Post had an article that began as follows: Woman rabbi flies to US to preach aliya It’s not ...

Crime & Violence in Israel

According to Betzalel Kahn, “Policemen in Jerusalem, under direct orders … have been seeding violence and wreaking destruction aimed at ...

Stuck in a Pickle

When I was younger, my mother warned me that if I ate too many pickles, I would turn into one. ...

The Bedouins of Israel

Rahat, the largest Bedouin settlement (40,000 residents, with another 10,000 nearby) has only one branch bank; no other bank will ...

Holy American Jewry, Batman!

It’s worth checking out Eli Valley‘s latest comic strip on Jewcy. This one has Batman and Robin saving the Jewish ...