 75 years after Auschwitz and not much learnedMourning some dead Jews, spouting some trite lines, laying a wreath at Yad Vashem, and making sure the media sees you signaling the right thing, is what counts to world leaders. And what have the Jews learned? D'Nile isn't just a river in EgyptRav Tzvi Yehudah said that Jews became accustomed to think that life in Galut, exile, is normal, even with the increasing anti-Semitism, brutality and murder taking place there. They are in denial. YItzchak Rabin, Mordechai Kedar and the right to questionKedar accused the Left of turning the assassination into a political weapon against the Right, and there is no question about that. Genesis, Rashi, the Land of Israel, Canaanites and Palestinian ArabsRashi asks a question, “Why does the Torah start with the story of creation?" And Rashi says the most amazing thing that still resonates almost a thousand years later. Sukkot: Wave your Jewish Jedi lightsaber joyfullyJew, Yehudi, Jehudi, Jedi… Get it? Now's the time to connect. Shoftim: Building the Tzadik State of IsraelThe goal of a Tzadik State is a just, prosperous and God-Centered Society.The Bank of Israel, gold, and the Third TempleWhen the time came for King Solomon to start the construction of the Beit HaMikdash, he had all the resources needed. And today? Have you heard of Kibbutz Galuyot?Consolation and the return of the Jews to Israel. Ask yourself, what did I do for the Beit Hamikdash today?What did I do to help bring the Third Temple today? A question every Jew should ask themselves everyday, especially now that we’ve entered Chodesh Av and The Nine Days, leading up to Tisha B’Av. Great is vengeance because it appears between two Names of G-dAny war against the Jewish people, is a war against the God of the Jews and it is a Milchemet Mitzvah, an obligatory war, to eliminate the Chillul Hashem as quickly as possible. Vengeance on the national level is a mandate. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, mourning or Redemption?Why are we allowing the Congressional harpies to come to Israel? Pinchas and Jewish Leadership: Do the right thing, no matter what“Without vision, the people perish...” (Proverbs 29:18) King Solomon could have been living in modern Israel. Balak: Epstein and Pedophilia, Barak, Weinstein and PeresThe irony of the Jeffrey Epstein case breaking wide open this past week, as the week’s Torah reading is and was Balak, screams out for more scrutiny. Ehud Barak’s Napoleonic complex will save Israeli Democracy?The only way to understand Ehud Barak's hubris is to remember Napoleon. Chukat: Give us back the "Occupied Territories" now!Unlike Peres, Rabin, Barak, Sharon, Olmert, how did a real Jewish leader respond to claims of returning so-called “occupied territory?” Happy Nakba Day!On Nakba Day, Israeli Arabs are not mourning the Arab loss of the 1967 territories, but of all of today's Israel. On Kedushah, Kedoshim, and Kiddush HashemWhile those individual Jews killed in hate crimes, terror attacks, and the Holocaust, died Al Kiddush Hashem, when it comes to the Israel as a nation, it is a Chillul Hashem, and needs to be avenged. Spiritual leprosy and real faith In G-dIsrael of today is not Eretz Yisrael of a thousand years ago, desolate, difficult to get to, and ruled by hostile foreigners. Judicial Dictatorship in Israel is not DemocracyWhy does Israel need judicial reform? The Court's hearing on Otzma Yehudit is a telling example of judicial disdain for the Knesset. Pekudei: Counting and Israel's election pollsCounting and accounting are Jewish traits. They are the subject of this week's Torah reading, and there is incessant counting by means of polls for the upcoming elections. Jewish self-hatred rears its ugly headIt's gotten so outrageous, that even Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) saw the hypocrisy, and recently felt the need to push back: Unite the Torah nationalists now!It’s time for egos to get out of the way and let leadership and statesmanship enter. Tenth of Tevet 5789: Jerusalem is under siege again!Has anyone noticed the irony that Australia's recognition of only West Jerusalem as Israel's capital came within days of the Fast of Tevet? Ocasio-Cortez, Gringas, and Jewish ancestryif Ocasio-Cortez wants to claim Jewish ancestry, she had better be ready for the consequences. Where did the late George H. W. Bush stand on Israel?George H.W. Bush will go down in Jewish History as the American president who forced Israel into a subservient position and endangered millions of Jews. Israel's quitting UNESCO would make Ben-Gurion proud!At the end of December 2018, Israel’s intended withdrawal from UNESCO becomes official. Let’s hope PM Netanyahu keeps his word. Rabin and Trump: A comparisonThe Left’s annual “Guilt-In” in Rabin's memory, is meant to silence those who disagree with their delusional “peace” policies. Golden age aliya to Israel - like Abraham and SarahA new Birthright program that has older people – grandparents – moving to Israel, pulling their kids and grandkids there. Hurricane Michael, US Passports, Trump,...the Flood is Coming!Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but there are stormclouds ahead. Reality check: Israeli-Palestinian Arab coexistence - the Big LieWho wants Israeli-Palestinian Arab coexistence? And who most emphatically does not? Trump and Palestine vs. Genesis, Rashi and The Land of IsraelG-d has a sense of humor. Wave your Jewish Jed Lightsaber for this weekHave you connected to Hashem? The TIPH of the iceberg: Foreign occupation of IsraelNo UN Occupation Troops, “peacekeepers,” or TIPH “observers,” from Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey, should be allowed in the Land of Israel. Cancel biased TIPH's mandate now! Torah national structure in the state of IsraelRabbi Simeon: To be redeemed, we need to implement those Mitzvot/policies that will re-build the ideal national structure in the Land of Israel. Korban Pesach and Israel's RedemptionMoses sang at the Red Sea" G-d is the master of war. Last time Iraq, this time Iran, time for PurimWhat they planned for us, comes back on their own heads - as told in the Megilah, the Book of Esther. Time to imagineer* a post-Ayatollah IranWith Iranians now rioting in the streets, America - and not just America - must step-up to the plate and commit itself to absolute victory in Iran, using it’s massive resources, for the good of the world. Palestinian rioters, watch out! Hanukkah is coming!Push the Jews too far and you might just get a Jewish backlash. Israel, don't let the Kurds down!Israel must recognize an independent State of Kurdistan. Tell the world: "He took it from them and gave it to us"Netanyahu, tell the world the truth. Illegal immigrants in Israel and AmericaIsrael's Supreme Court justices preferred the human rights of the infiltrators who came to find work here over the citizens of the State of Israel, helping the Left destroy the country in which it lives. Just like in the USA. North Korea: There is an Israel ConnectionNorth Korea has never recognized the State of Israel. And that's for starters. An eye opener. Do you feel the churban yet?Do we feel the churban, the destruction of the Temple and the exile, do we really? A July 4th message for Israel: No taxation without annexation!Happy Independence Day, America! Now Israel should learn from Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry and the 1766 Boston Tea Partiers. Our obsession with the pastReminding haters of what was done to us in the past only whets their appetite. Don't cheat this time, Marwan BarghoutiThis is not the first hunger strike organized by Barghouti, the "moderate," but let's hope he doesn't cut corners this time around. Recovering from Peace Process Delusional DisorderThe delusional drive to create a Palestinian state, must be defined as a disorder. As such, it can be treated.Descended From Abraham, Isaac and JacobMost Americans are descended from earlier arrivals to its shores, from more than one country, and many don't know who their relatives were beyond a few generations back. Thus, the explanation for the growing popularity of genetic testing and ancestral searching, one of the latest fads in AmericaAnd There Was No Referendum in IsraelTurning reality on its head, on presenting his new government to the Israeli Knesset, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) endangered the State of Israel.Has Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi Become a Racist?It "bothers" Israeli Arab leaders that after years of war and terrorism, 63% of Israeli Jews agree with the statement, "Arabs are a security and demographic threat to the state."It's Time to Think Big and Take Power in IsraelThe Right has been reactive, a reactionary movement trying to hold onto what was, while Shimon Peres, Yitzchak Rabin, Yossi Sarid, Yossi Beilin, and, more recently, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, have undermined the national camp with their "positive" agenda.A Brutal Police Riot in IsraelNothing has been seen like this in the free world since the police riots during the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968."Retiring" to Israel Like AbrahamAvraham and Sara were not youngsters when they made <I>aliyah</I>. According to the Torah text, they were 75 and 65 years old respectively. So, here is my new idea, based on G-d's model. Programs need to be developed to bring older people to Israel, just as there is today a wealth of programs for younger people.Thank You, Ariel SharonI'd also like to thank all those in the Israeli electronic and print media who jumped on the "disengagement bandwagon" to promote an ethnic cleansing campaign in Israel.Israel: The Jewish Affirmative Action StateRecently, there's been a lot of talk about whether Israel should be a Jewish religious state, a Jewish and democratic state, a Jewish Zionist state, or a plain-old, everyday state for everyone who wants to be a citizen.Israel to Bush: Read My LipsThe redemption of the Jewish People and their return to the Holy Land is an unstoppable divine process...the "Palestinians" won't stop it, the Europeans won't stop it, and America won't stop it. If America continues to promote the "rights" of the "Palestinians"... know that you are going against the G-D of History and Jewish destiny. Beware!Pope Dead; Give Israel and the Jews Their PropertyI'm calling on the Catholic Church to open up the Vatican vaults and return all the stolen Jewish property that they have confiscated over the centuries - to honor the memory of the "good" relations Pope John Paul II fostered. |
