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Fern Sidman

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Mamdani's Shavuot celebration:

A defining moment for Jewish leadership in NYC

To attend or not to attend? To attend is not merely to partake in a cultural observance; it is to engage with an administration whose words and positions are antagonistic. Opinion.

A defining moment for Jewish leadership in NYC

Dov Hikind sounds the alarm

Rising antisemitism and NYC leadership have created a dangerous political climate. Opinion.

Dov Hikind sounds the alarm

Targeted by Words:

The verbal assault on Trump and the dangerous climate it fuels

There is a critical distinction between rigorous critique and relentless vilification. When criticism crosses into the territory of demonization, it risks creating an environment where violence is normative. Opinion.

The verbal assault on Trump and the dangerous climate it fuels

From Ashes to Eternity:

‘Feigele’- a monument to courage, faith, and unconquerable spirit

Review of a book that serves as an indispensable contribution to the preservation of Holocaust memory, a reminder of the human faces behind the statistics, and a call to vigilance in the face of escalating Jew hatred.

‘Feigele’- a monument to courage, faith, and unconquerable spirit

Scapegoating a Nation:

How pundits, politicians, and media distort Iran War Narrative

Why this insistence on placing Israel at the center of a decision that, by all available evidence, originated within the strategic calculus of the United States itself? Opinion.

How pundits, politicians, and media distort Iran War Narrative

Pope Leo XIV is wrong on Iran

Would his critique have been as forceful, as immediate, if the conflict in question did not involve Israel?

Pope Leo XIV is wrong on Iran

When ideology trumps humanity:

The moral bankruptcy of AOC's’ anti-Israel posture

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s position serves as a cautionary example of how political ambition and ideological alignment can distort judgment.

The moral bankruptcy of AOC's’ anti-Israel posture

A Party Unmoored:

Democrats are driving themselves into irrelevance

The party's current trajectory is unsustainable, and the gap between the party and the electorate has grown too wide to ignore. Opinion.

Democrats are driving themselves into irrelevance

NY City Hall’s Moral Collapse:

The alarming rise of antisemitism under Mamdani’s watch

The rise of antisemitism under Mamdani is not merely a political issue; it is a moral one. It challenges the very principles upon which New York City-and indeed the broader American project-are founded. Opinion.

The alarming rise of antisemitism under Mamdani’s watch

When Terrorism becomes “Context":

The NY Times double standard in the Temple Israel attack

A man targeted a synagogue. That is the story. No amount of geopolitical context should blur that truth, but the NYT subtly blamed Israel. Opinion.

The NY Times double standard in the Temple Israel attack

An Ally turned Adversary:

President Trump should sever ties with Sánchez’s Spain

President Trump’s warning that trade relations with Spain could end should be just a first step if Sanchez does not cease to undermine America's war effort. Opinion.

President Trump should sever ties with Sánchez’s Spain

Spain at the Crossroads:

Pedro Sánchez, NATO evasion, and Western moral clarity

NATO reticence, rhetorical hostility toward Israel, equivocal strategic alignments, and domestic fragility - form the basis of a growing critique: that Spain under Sánchez is repositioning itself at the margins of Western strategic consensus. Opinion.

Pedro Sánchez, NATO evasion, and Western moral clarity

Trump's Choice:

Confronting the architects of terror

Why striking Iran was a moral and strategic imperative. Opinion.

Confronting the architects of terror

Rubio’s Munich Speech: A reawakening of the West

Rubio named what many have sensed but few have articulated with such economy: that the West, in mistaking the end of one ideological contest, the fall of Communism, for the end of history itself, disarmed its own civilizational defenses. Opinion.

Rubio’s Munich Speech: A reawakening of the West

A Democracy in Procedural Captivity:

The case for granting Netanyahu a pardon

Democracies depend on the belief that courts adjudicate discrete wrongs, not that they preside over permanent plebiscites on leadership. Opinion.

The case for granting Netanyahu a pardon

A Chilling Crossroads:

How Spain became a flashpoint in Europe’s reborn antisemitism

Perhaps most disquieting was the emergence of an anonymous online project, Barcelonaz, which published a map identifying Jewish-owned businesses across Catalonia. Shades of earlier Spanish history. Opinion.

How Spain became a flashpoint in Europe’s reborn antisemitism

A Shot Heard Across Europe:

90 years since David Frankfurter killed Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff

Frankfurter’s act announced, with tragic clarity, that the menace incubating in Germany could no longer be regarded as a domestic aberration. Op-ed.

90 years since David Frankfurter killed Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff

Decrying Holocaust inversion:

Over 100 Holocaust scholars protest misuse of the word “Genocide"

The protest is a meticulously worded declaration of intellectual resistance against what these scholars describe as the weaponization of language. Opinion.

Over 100 Holocaust scholars protest misuse of the word “Genocide"

Analysis:

Why America must secure Greenland

The US needs Greenland for the survival of Its strategic future. Opinion.

Why America must secure Greenland

When Cynicism Masquerades as Analysis:

Candace Owens and the sabotage of Iran’s struggle for freedom

To attribute this revolt to Israel is to deny Iranians their humanity and their courage. How paternalistic. Shame on Candace Owens. Opinion.

Candace Owens and the sabotage of Iran’s struggle for freedom

Selective Justice in the Empire State:

How Letitia James found her courage only when Jews fought back

In New York City, synagogues require police barricades and families hide Stars of David under their coats due to violent anti-Israel protestors, but NY's attorney general acted only against Betar, the group which fought back. Opinion.

How Letitia James found her courage only when Jews fought back

Analysis: From Narco-State to Courtroom:

Trump’s thunderclap ends impunity for American hemisphere tyrants

This was law enforcement on a continental scale. Prsident Trump revived a doctrine that Washington has used before when criminal regimes become operational cartels.Analysis.

Trump’s thunderclap ends impunity for American hemisphere tyrants

Red Flags on the Steps of City Hall:

Mamdani’s Socialist spectacle signals a perilous turn for NYC

For many Jewish New Yorkers, the inauguration spectacle raised an uncomfortable question: when socialist leaders speak of predatory elites exploiting the masses, who do their followers imagine? Opinion.

Mamdani’s Socialist spectacle signals a perilous turn for NYC

Voting with Babka:

New Yorkers who value Jewish life must rally around Breads Bakery

A Jewish-owned NY bakery is being told that its very cultural expressions-baking cookies with Israeli flags, participating in Jewish food festivals-are illegitimate. Opinion.

New Yorkers who value Jewish life must rally around Breads Bakery

Australia's antisemitic timeline:

A relentless drumbeat of hatred

A record of Australia’s alarming descent into open Antisemitism. What began as chants metastasized into arson, threats, and ultimately mass murder. Op-ed.

A relentless drumbeat of hatred

The Netanyahu trial:

Israel’s 'Deep State' witch hunt

The years-long legal campaign against Israel’s longest-serving and most consequential leader has descended into a grotesque political spectacle-a weaponization of the judiciary by the “Deep State.” Opinion.

Israel’s 'Deep State' witch hunt

Meir Kahane memorial:

We’re here to look forward - toward destiny

Rabbi Kahane used to say, “If you want to know what they’d (the Arabs) do to us if given the chance, look at what they do to each other.” Therefore, the Jewish people must never again be spectators in their own destiny.(Must read: an excerpt from his writings at the end.)

We’re here to look forward - toward destiny

Tucker Carlson’s moral depravity:

The Right’s duty is to reject his platforming of hate

Every time someone like Tucker Carlson dignifies the likes of Nick Fuentes, they gift the left a propaganda victory, alienate Jewish voters, disgust mainstream conservatives, and fracture the moral core of the Republican coalition. Opinion.

The Right’s duty is to reject his platforming of hate

NY Mayoral candidate compaign of hatred:

The danger Zohran Mamdani poses to NYC and beyond

Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy is a test of moral clarity for New York. It But it is part of a global struggle over the survival of democratic values and truth. Will the city reward a man whose political career is fueled by hostility toward Jews and their state? Opinion.

The danger Zohran Mamdani poses to NYC and beyond

Newly published:

Rabbi Sacks’ Humash: “The Culmination of His Life’s Work”

The new Humash makes his teachings “more accessible than ever, ensuring his voice continues to guide future generations.”

Rabbi Sacks’ Humash: “The Culmination of His Life’s Work”

The Weaponization of Imagery:

How Western media misused a sick child to push a false narrative

The al-Matouk case is not an anomaly but rather the latest chapter in a decades-long pattern. Opinion.

How Western media misused a sick child to push a false narrative

Interview:

Dov Hikind condemns Jewish leadership inaction on antisemitism

In an outspoken talk, Dov Hikind decries what he called a growing trend of Jewish institutions “buckling under pressure from our anti-Semitic enemies."

Dov Hikind condemns Jewish leadership inaction on antisemitism

Suffering of Jews from Arab lands ignored by Israel and the UN

The story of Jews in Arab lands and their expulsion after Israel's founding has been ignored by a UN that sees only Arab refugees.Op-ed.

Suffering of Jews from Arab lands ignored by Israel and the UN

President Biden, the drumbeats of a US war have already begun

President Biden needs to grab the mantle of leadership; he must present a bold and intrepid plan to stop Iran from wreaking havoc Op-ed.

President Biden, the drumbeats of a US war have already begun

A tribute to Helen Freedman- cherished friend, intrepid warrior

We need you Helen now, more than ever. Looking forward to now seeing you again on the frontlines from your heavenly post. In Memoriam.

A tribute to Helen Freedman- cherished  friend, intrepid warrior

Part III: AFSI and Israelis in Yesha are Brothers

Part III: AFSI and Israelis in Yesha are Brothers

Part II: AFSI And "Settlers" Are Brothers

Part II: AFSI And "Settlers" Are Brothers

Wake Up the American Jewish Sleeping Giant

Wake Up the American Jewish Sleeping Giant

Pugnacious Panetta and Yom KIppur

Pugnacious Panetta and Yom KIppur

Enough is Enough

Enough is Enough

Pres. Elections Preview: Sept. 13th is Weprin v. Turner

Pres. Elections Preview: Sept. 13th is Weprin v. Turner

Bin Laden Death is for Starters

Bin Laden Death is for Starters

Bin Laden: Justice Has Its Day

Bin Laden: Justice Has Its Day