To Dave Smith:
You cannot teach morals to the most moral people on earth
Our ethics aren't abstract principles discussed in comfortable podcast studios, but lived realities tested in history's crucible. Op-ed.
Our ethics aren't abstract principles discussed in comfortable podcast studios, but lived realities tested in history's crucible. Op-ed.


Technical Note: Unprecedented terms and conditions could block return to war In Hamas deal. Opinion.

Hamas' hostage videos are part of its strategy to shake the foundations of Israeli unity, ignite division, and stir unrest. If they did not serve Hamas’ goals, the videos would never have been released. Op-ed.

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi and founder of Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Rather than facing total obliteration, Hamas, if they have any rationality, should understand, as did Arafat 43 years ago, that accepting safe passage in return for total surrender of the hostages and arms is their only escape option. But Israel must refrain from another Oslo that brings them back. Opinion.

And those allies are calling for the murder of Jews. Opinion.

Jabotinsky’s Betar worldwide is the growing link in the chain begun by Jabotinsky anf continued by Menachem Begin. Opinion.

For 334 weeks, we went through a weekly ritual in which I sent him my articles from Sydney, many of which were posted on Arutz Sheva, and he returned his cartoon from Herzliya that was able to convey what I had struggled to produce in 620 words.

The simple idea is that everyone is invited, without a formal invitation and without distinctions of origin or background, creating an atmosphere of closeness between people and expressing the aspiration for a cohesive and respectful society.

It’s not just the man suspected of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s Harrisburg home who has lost his mind. The attack on Shapiro’s house is what “Globalize the intifada!” looks like. Opinion.

No military, no country, no people has ever sacrificed collective victory for individual pain — not because the individuals don’t matter, but because the welfare of the whole trumps the welfare of the few. Opinion.

Trump is right to declare war on Harvard’s woke antisemites. They have declared war on Western civilization. Opinion

There were other battles in the early Jewish state—internal elements such as economic and societal concerns, ideological and practical. Opinion.

What happened to: Never forget: Never again? Opinion.

American radio host Sid Rosenberg spoke with US President Trump and presented a powerful suggestion for dealing with Iran. Opinion.

An excellent new approach to how Jews must deal with intractable, sworn enemies. Opinion.

The school would rather lose $9 billion in federal funding than offend the left and give up woke indoctrination policies that enable and encourage antisemitism. Opinion.

The Arab’s role today is the same as the Canaanite's. Opinion.

if forced to choose between being a Jew and commitment to Israel, which would it be? Opinion.

Letters signed by various groups hinting at refusal to serve and calling to free the hostages at any price, including giving up all the gains of the war and allowing Hamas to rule Gaza, are becoming routine. A bereaved father has had enough.

There is nothing typical about any Survivor story. All are different. All are unique. All need to be told. All need to be heard before it’s too late. Opinion.

The Abraham Accords were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of Trump’s first administration; he has made it clear that his new administration will seek to expand them- Forbes, March 8, 2025. Opinion.

First and foremost, the Ben Uliel case must be reopened to prevent a possible injustice stemming from continuing his incarceration. Opinion.

An incisive opinion contributor to Arutz Sheva, his writing reflected a deep sense of responsibility — not only to tell the truth but to stand in moral solidarity with the Jewish homeland and with Jews worldwide who face existential threats, both physical and ideological.

The 1,000-year-old university has been awarding degrees in Latin since the 12th century, but now it’s time for deconstruction. Opinion.

Israelis and the world know how to identify Jew-haters, and that the Jews are already collectively hated behind the term coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879, antisemites. And they know Emmanuel Macron. Opinion.

During the Nazi era, the minds and souls of highly-educated people, including judges, were corrupted by the ancient prejudice of antisemitism. It is startling to see it happen again today, to see judges whose warped decisions cloak terrorists from justice. Opinon.

It will stem the tide of the drugs on the street that have claimed the lives of children. Op-ed.

There’s nothing new about Jewish disunity, which makes our story even more miraculous. Opinion.

In order to continue supporting Hezbollah, with an emphasis on financial and military support, the Iranians had to recalculate their route (literally and figuratively). They evidently began devising alternative routes for a new corridor to facilitate the transfer of money and weapons.

All the Palestinian Arabs had to do in Gaza after 2005's Disengagement was make unto themselves a nation. You’d think Moses the Progressive Jew would be happy. Think again.

From Marseille to Moscow, the “multi” will eventually give way to a single “uni.” Or, more precisely, a single ummah. Faster than you think. Look at the numbers. Opinion.

Every week we do not see the hostages released, we will see a one kilometer deep strip of Gaza territory annexed to Israel. Opinion.

All the players of the deep state, all the actors who are needed in order to rule, are involved.

While the current trade war may escalate in the short term, the fundamental economic dynamics give the U.S. an advantage, especially over China. Opinion.

Avishai Moalem angered the ISA not only because he refused to carry out arrests without evidence, but also because of his priorities.

Trump’s decision to talk with Iran signals a calculated move to achieve meaningful concessions without causing unnecessary bloodshed and destruction. His effort must be based on clear-eyed goals. Opinion.

After being with Israeli's PM at the Oval Office: The bottom line is that there is a great battle of civilizations taking place, a World Series, that includes the West.

Trump said to Netanyahu that he cannot understand why Israel left Gaza. I said the same in 2005, but the Left thought it was a great idea. As Trump said, how did that work out? Opinion.

With every passing day of these sham court proceedings, and as more Israelis wake up to the truth, Netanyahu is finally saying out loud what many of us have known for a long time. Opinion.

While the Torah does not reject the people who believe their same-sex attraction is unchangeable, it does clearly reject their acting upon it. Opinion.

Elyashiv Hy"d was a symbol of how the love for the land of Israel and its people passes from generation to generation, and sadly, of the price that such limitless love demands. The story of a grandfather and his grandson.

The Talmud is a multi-book collection of “profound narratives” in addition to being a book of discussions of Jewish law. Review.

Aliyah is the ultimate act of Zionism, and is also a big responsibility. The freedom to live as a Jew in our homeland comes with the responsibility to protect it. Op-ed.

If this front is not taken as seriously as the others, we may win individual battles on the ground but lose the war in the long run. Opinion.

If you ask Wikipedia, the great lying and manipulated encyclopedia, how many Muslims there are in France, it will answer “from 3 to 5.7 million,” but the PM says there are 9 million....Opinion.

The security establishment, the prosecution, courts, media, and academia, all unelected, use their unshakeable powers, knowing that they will never again gain power through the ballot box. Opinion.

Two weeks after Rabin agreed to take back the Hamas terrorists, the World Trade Center was bombed by the Islamic Group which, like Hamas, had come out of the Muslim Brotherhood. Opinion.

Is rock-throwing harmless, “non-violent resistance?” It most certainly is not. Opinion.

Pope Francis, did you ignore the intent of “Nostra Aetate” to garner favor with extremist Palestinianism?

Define the broad market. Break the market into segments with shared characteristics. Target the segments, each with a pinpoint strategy, Opinion.

Antisemitism, Jewish self-hatred, and resentment of Torah scholars are not separate phenomenona; they have much in common. Opinion.

It is entirely possible that an objective review of the case would free Amiram Ben Uliel from a life in prison. That makes such a review imperative and now is the time. Opinion.

The biggest mistake on the part of those either too ignorant or too timid to ban Shari’a, is that they convince themselves that Shari’a is for Muslims only, and in any case, applicable only to family matters. Opinion.

Western governments continue treating Turkey as a European partner rather than what it truly has become: a Middle Eastern power with destabilizing ambitions. Opinion.

A friend, a scholar, tells me that kids today, among the ones he teaches, find Scriptures too masculine…signs of the times, that is, our times and our new sensibilities. Opinion.

This is the only way to combat the government’s attacks on Jerusalem, a government which claims to have learned the lessons of the Holocaust by embracing the role of moral policemen tasked with preventing “their victims from relapsing.” Opinion.

In the putatively evolved 21st century, the historical scourge of rampant Jew-hatred not only gallops across the globe but has also exploded exponentially in hundreds if not thousands of colleges and universities in the USA! Opinion.

How virtue-signaling, click-seeking, and opportunism are affecting real justice.

The idea that Israel’s state prosecution and legal system can interrogate a journalist because they do not like what he wrote is the behavior of a Marxist police state. Opinion.
