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Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer

News and updates about Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer

Was Israel permitted to free the Entebbe hostages?

Or for that matter, did Israel get permission to declare independence or bomb Saddam’s reactor? Op-ed.

Was Israel permitted to free the Entebbe hostages?

Lots of quick thoughts

There is never going to be an Arab country west of the Jordan River. And more. Op-ed.

Lots of quick thoughts

Cut off the UNRWA

UNRWA education is singularly responsible for the Gazan Arab effort in perpetuity to destroy Israel. The great crime of conservative leadership in Israel and America is that they allowed the Left to seize control of schools for half a century. Opinion.

Cut off the UNRWA

Trump, Obama, Iowa, New Hampshire, Europe, and Exile

American Jews must understand that, even as one or another local or national politician is the one to back now, the enthusiasm should be muted by recognizing that America is Exile. Opinion.

Trump, Obama, Iowa, New Hampshire, Europe, and Exile

S. Africa hates Israel, but it has G-d's protection

Antisemitism is so incomprehensible that many of us Orthodox Jewish theologians believe that antisemitism is G-d’s way of “mowing the lawn”- while making sure we survive. Op-ed.

S. Africa hates Israel, but it has G-d's protection

Women and children, feminists and misandry

As with almost everything in our Western culture — or what once could be called “culture” — the cause of women’s rights has gone berserk. Also hypocritical. Op-ed.

Women and children, feminists and misandry

Claudine Gay: Another DEI success story

The first hint that Claudine Gay was a plagiarist came when she copied 2,000 years of anti-Semites and their enablers. Two down, one to go. Opinion.

Claudine Gay: Another DEI success story

Gutless cowards hiding behind robes like thieves in the night

Courts cannot do that. They do not have standing to do that. Every reasonable legal system precludes judges from judging themselves.Op-ed.

Gutless cowards hiding behind robes like thieves in the night

Israel's ground incursion won't look pretty, but let it be

This is an article I wrote two months ago, shortly after the Oct 7th massacre, and it is more true today than ever. Opinion.

Israel's ground incursion won't look pretty, but let it be

A 10-part series on Israel that needed to be posted on YouTube

Watch this series to educate your family and friends, and then share it with your friend’s college kid or niece/nephew.

A 10-part series on Israel that needed to be posted on YouTube

The “innocent” civilians of Gaza

Gimme a break. There would be no Hamas in Gaza without the “innocent” citizens of Gaza. Where were their Maccabee rebels? Op-ed.

The “innocent” civilians of Gaza

Arab, Muslim foreigners and illegals stoke Campus Antisemitism

Look at the 30 odd Harvard groups who backed Hamas and see the cause of the sewage permeating US universities. It can be stopped. Op-ed.

Arab, Muslim foreigners and illegals stoke Campus Antisemitism

Why I am not moved emotionally by Gazan deaths

Dresden Gaza until Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders. Gaza civilians are no more innocent than Germans who elected Hitler. Opinion.

Why I am not moved emotionally by Gazan deaths

Guess the antisemite - are they or aren't they?

Charlie Kirk and Elon Musk are right. We all know it: Too many Jews give liberal and woke money and influence liberl and woke policy. Op-ed.

Guess the antisemite - are they or aren't they?

Israel must remember that America has not won a war in 80 years

It is evil to sacrifice our boys’ lives to a fake morality that does not exist, “global morality” that is neither global nor moral. Op-ed.

Israel must remember that America has not won a war in 80 years

Exasperated

I oppose any pause. Hamas will use the pause to resupply tunnels with food, water, and fuel. Op-ed.

Exasperated

An Open Letter to Ms. Candace Owens

Though it is not the only Jewish home, America uniquely has been a haven in the Exile for Jews. Op-ed/

An Open Letter to Ms. Candace Owens

From the River to the Sea, Palestine indeed will be free

Only one polity has an interest in assuring the region is quiet, Israel. Then From the River to the Sea, Palestine indeed will be free.Op-ed

From the River to the Sea, Palestine indeed will be free

On Dresdening Gaza and being vaccinated against antisemitism

I am vaccinated. My reaction is: “Israel: keep bombing. Keep crushing Hamas. All hostages not freed? Keep bombing their tunnels..." Op-ed.

On Dresdening Gaza and being vaccinated against antisemitism

Anatomy of a college brainwashing

How UCI brainwashes students to empathize with Hamas and hate Israel. You may never get your college age children back. Opinion.

Anatomy of a college brainwashing

The Brooklyn College Black-Jewish Jukebox Riot of 1970

It turned into a wild melee.But no Black student ever again told a Jew not to play that song. Op-ed.

The Brooklyn College Black-Jewish Jukebox Riot of 1970

American Jewish college students - stop whining and fight back!

No one loves cowardly whining American Jewish college students.Grow up. You have to save yourselves, There are more of you than them.Op-ed.

American Jewish college students - stop whining and fight back!

Biden loves Israel to death

Biden knows better than Israel what Israel needs — like, yeah, a “two-state solution.” That is just what Israel needs:Opinion,

Biden loves Israel to death

The blessings of a lower rating in the polls

Recent polls show Likud and Netanyahu's strength decreasing and that may bear the seeds of great fruit. Opinion.

The blessings of a lower rating in the polls

It is heartwarming that the world loves dead Jews so much

This war is not about revenge or justice, but about killing murderers so fewer Jews are killed..Find somewhere else for your wreaths.Opinion

It is heartwarming that the world loves dead Jews so much

Nothing wrong with a Lapidectomy

The first three months after the extermination may see huge shifts in public support for Gantz and National Union, but not for Lapid. Op-ed.

Nothing wrong with a Lapidectomy

A ruthless response is absolutely legitimate

I can only add my voice of responsibility to confer legitimacy to as ruthless a military response as Israel can muster. Op-ed.

A ruthless response is absolutely legitimate

I knew in 1985, before anyone, that Biden is financially corrupt

I never discussed this with my wife nor revealed this to anyone else until now. Op-ed.

I knew in 1985, before anyone, that Biden is financially corrupt

The GOP Debate and Presidential Race: My take

I liked Trump very much at the GOP debate. What are you saying? He wasn’t on the stage? He actually was all over it. Op-ed.

The GOP Debate and Presidential Race: My take

Yom Kippur’s Tel Aviv Jew-haters embody a strange Biblical verse

God allows purveyors of iniquity to bloom in seeming victory, but it is a pyrrhic victory. They have shown their true colors.Op-ed.

Yom Kippur’s Tel Aviv Jew-haters embody a strange Biblical verse

Oy vey survey

Another problematic "poll" by a controversial survey outift on Modern Orthodox voting preferences, funded by an anti-Israel.professor.Op-ed.

Oy vey survey

Wrapping up 5783

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Wrapping up 5783

"You are so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah"

Netflix's latest “hit” Jewish movie is a vapid, spiritually empty, materialistic and G-dless ghetto of “progressive” Reform Judaism. Op-ed.

"You are so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah"

They must go

It is not Israel’s obligation to offer itself as a movie stage for Africans to play out their murderous violence against each other. Op-ed

They must go

Another murder in Huwara: A song that never ends

Where to begin this discussion? Hard to say. It is easier to know where to end it. Op-ed.

Another murder in Huwara: A song that never ends

Judea-Samaria Is forever, but Modern Orthodoxy in America is not

While Israel is secure and forever, peril faces American Jewry. The fault lines extend into “Modern Orthodoxy”:Op-ed.

Judea-Samaria Is forever, but Modern Orthodoxy in America is not

On emotional blackmail, LGBTQ suicides, and actual facts

LG(B)T(QIA)+ propaganda stresses that “discrimination” and “homophobia” cause higher suicide rates among the LG(B)T(QIA)+. Really? Op-ed.

On emotional blackmail, LGBTQ suicides, and actual facts

COVID conspiracies, “Holocaust Education,” and “The Jews”

In the life of a Jew who just wants to be left alone to enjoy the summer, there is always something — every day. It really is crazy..Op-ed.

COVID conspiracies, “Holocaust Education,” and “The Jews”

The hypocrisy of Biden’s opposition to Israel’s judicial reform

What does Joe Biden have to do with Israel's court? In a sane world, nothing. Israel does not tell America how its court should work. Op-ed

The hypocrisy of Biden’s opposition to Israel’s judicial reform

How Israel’s Jewish and other media lie to you

A reader needs very serious analytic skills to read a news report (Arutz Sheva, which is posting this, is an exception...). Op-ed.

How Israel’s Jewish and other media lie to you

Woke Jew haters Ilhan Omar and Squad expose their inferiority

They dream of Israel’s demise and the rise of a country in its stead built on a foundation of Arab Muslim terrorism. Op-ed.

Woke Jew haters Ilhan Omar and Squad expose their inferiority

Pass the Judicial Reform already! Please...

If the government had passed all the Judicial Reform 3 months ago, people by now would know that the hubbub was ridiculous. Op-ed.

Pass the Judicial Reform already! Please...

LG(B)T(QIA+) tyrants, 303 creative, and a little Kosher Bakery

The US Supreme Court stopped the forcefeeding of LGBTQ lifestyle down the throats of everyday people with wholesome family values. Op-ed.

LG(B)T(QIA+) tyrants, 303 creative, and a little Kosher Bakery

'Affirmative Action' was racist from day one - and will continue

US Jews are not as smart as the stereotype says. No other group votes more stupidly, but they knew how to work hard to succeed. Op-ed..

'Affirmative Action' was racist from day one - and will continue

When Jews break the law after Arab terror attacks

The government should stop acting as if they are the British in Mandatory Palestine and crush those engaging in violence against Jews.Op-ed.

When Jews break the law after Arab terror attacks

“Pride Month,” huh? Proud of what?

Pride Month? Take pride that our Torah gave an immoral world a glimpse of morality. LGBT etc. deserve compassion, not a stage Op-ed.

“Pride Month,” huh? Proud of what?

Squaring Pew numbers with Reform leaders' own admissions

No one knows how many self reporting 'Jews' actually are Jews.” And that is my point, exactly the same as Mr. Coopermans! Op-ed.’

Squaring Pew numbers with Reform leaders' own admissions

Who is a Jew?

Pew Center researcher answers Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer

Director of Religion Research at the Pew Research Center replies to the claim that "Almost Half of American Jews Are Not Actually Jewish"

Pew Center researcher answers Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer

Almost half of American 'Jews' actually are not Jewish

Reform leader Rick Jacobs travels the USA proudly proclaiming that “interfaith families are now the majority of the movement.” Op-ed.

Almost half of American 'Jews' actually are not Jewish

Joe Biden’s sop to the Jews

Condemning White Supremacist antisemitism has meaning only if it acknowledges the breadth and depth of Black Jew-hatred in America. Op-ed.

Joe Biden’s sop to the Jews

It Is a mitzvah to condemn George Soros

I invite Elon Musk to quote me, the next time ADL's Greenblatt says it is “anti-Semitic” to attack that apostate.Op-ed.

It Is a mitzvah to condemn George Soros

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If an Arab terrorist wants to starve to death, respect his wish

Who cares? Those who hate Israel already won’t hate Israel an iota more or less if he kills himself or if Israel force feeds him. Op-ed.

If an Arab terrorist wants to starve to death, respect his wish

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A time to rally

The blessing behind the treason:The Deep State in Israel has exposed itself just in time. America is already lost, but Israel is not.Op-ed.

A time to rally

Ridiculous polls and similarities between the left everywhere

There’s nothing like Israeli polls They keep churning them out and are proved wrong every time, because the left cannot win anymore.Op-ed.

Ridiculous polls and similarities between the left everywhere

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The message Netanyahu might love to send to Joe Biden

If only he could have responded to Biden by saying what he really might be thinking, he might have said what I wrote below. Op-ed.

The message Netanyahu might love to send to Joe Biden

Op-ed

A Trump arrest imperils the American Idea

An oral compact has been breached. And Republicans will have Biden & Son arrested soon enough while Hillary may yet pay for her emails.Op-ed

A Trump arrest imperils the American Idea

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Oy! But this, too, is for the best

The legitimacy born of a readiness to explore compromise will help with “swing voters” in the next elections.Op-ed.

Oy!  But this, too, is for the best

Of course there Is no 'Palestinian' People or Arab “Palestine.”

The dizzying repetition of that Big Lie for so many decades causes people who should know better to speak of a “Two-State Solution.” Op-ed.

Of course there Is no 'Palestinian' People or Arab “Palestine.”

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The price of Likud not running serious presidential candidates

Now we have a guy who literally was the head of the Left-wing Labor Party for years and years, now posing as a political neutral. Op-ed.

 The price of Likud not running serious presidential candidates

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You see, here's the new problem

If the coalition capitulates on judicial reform now, other than cosmetic compromises, the putsch will not stop with judicial reform. Op-ed.

You see, here's the new problem