Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” “Israel Hayom”, January 22, 2016, US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro believes in “Land for Peace” and echoes the US Administration pressure on Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 ceasefire lines: an 8-15 mile sliver along the Mediterranean, towered over by the mountain ridges of Judea … Read more
Barry Shaw Blaming the victim for failed policies is the typical leftist reaction to current migrant violence. Recent incidents highlighted the dangerously failed European left-wing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality and judgment. Israel has been hit by over a thousand terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian Arabs in a four … Read more
by Naomi Ragen A trip to France reveals how its citizens are learning to live in the shadow of terrorism. “So, you’re probably not coming…” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation. We were on the phone, I in Jerusalem, she in Paris, the day after the massive terrorist attacks in the … Read more
by Reuven Schwartz ( in the picture At the scene: Revuven Schwartz, the author, with white beard at right.) Right in front of me, two Arabs stabbed a rabbi in cold blood. On Wednesday morning I visited my daughter, who lives in the Old City of Jerusalem. As I was leaving through Jaffa Gate I … Read more
Rabbi Lazer Gurkow Chabad.com Treasure the moment one meets with a loved one after a long separation. The Reunion Do you know the feeling of meeting up with your spouse after being apart for several days or even weeks? How about seeing your child come home from school for the first time in months or … Read more
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaacov Amidror Israel is facing a difficult security situation, but not an existential threat. Israel has had longer and harsher waves of terrorism. Israeli leaders must keep things in proportion, as “massive retaliation” could make things worse. The security situation is complex. Israel’s decision to outlaw the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch may … Read more
Psalm 91 The whole text of psalm 91 engraved on stailnless steel pendant. Within the text is the verse “He shall charge angels to watch over you in all your ways”( psalm 91:11) This very popular exclusive Shorashim design has been recreated in honor of the young men and women of the Israel Defense Forces. … Read more
King David is giving a powerful picture of faith and trust. Though life may bring about tears and though our ouney may involve countless wanderings, G-d takes note of them all. He gathers them and is faithful to heal, reward and refill with joy the cracked vessels.
