Sara Lehmann

Are we there yet?

Only several years ago, one antisemitic act would have provoked sustained national outrage. Now, these acts are so numerous that one cannot even count them, let alone sufficiently lament them. Opinion.

Reading the 'Writing on the Wall'

We must do whatever is in our power to protect the status quo of the Kotel, thus protecting the status quo of halakhic decisions that come under the purview of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. Opinion.

“A time to keep and a time to cast away"

A daughter's memorial tribute to her mother z"l, written as the saga of going through one's parents' home after their passing.

How Jew-hatred divides friends from frenemies

If a public persona chooses not to denounce an antisemite for speaking falsehoods and spreading hate speech, they themselves can be guilty of amplifying it. Opinion.

Thanksgiving terror and the lessons of October 7

American divisiveness has reached the point of 6 Democrat legislators advising soldiers to consider refusing orders. Israel had reached that point when it learned the hard way that when the enemy attacks, there are no political points to gain. Opinion.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

The Postmortem

As New Yorkers, we have to take the theoretical lessons from this election and practically apply them for our own protection. That means using all means possible - legal, organizational, financial, political, educational - to hold the mayor “accountable” to all his constituents. Opinion.

From Persia to Iran:

Israel’s UN Spokesperson: Jews lost contact with families in Iran

In his new book, Harounoff chronicles the descent of the once great nation of Persia and the current struggles and protests of the Iranian people against a dictatorial regime. Interview.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

May the best man win

If New York City's Jews were to get out the vote with the same vigor that the Muslim candidate did, their ranks could be crucial and formidable. But their votes will only prevail if they’re cast for the same candidate. Opinion.

Out of the frying pan into the fire

Suddenly, the intifada has moved from the Middle East to New York, as self-hating Jews and self-loathing Americans voted for a rabid antisemite for Democrat mayoral candidate. Opinion.

The Mullahs and their isolationist friends

Antisemitism might be uniting isolationists with Islamist apologists and anti-Israel Democrats, in the same ad hoc way it did with Islamists and progressives although American intervention in Iran would pose little risk to American lives. American boots on the ground? No. Bunker buster bombs? Yes.

It’s all about relationships: Interview with Anthony D’Esposito

A no-nonsense approach is what categorizes the kid from Island Park, who is now poised to assist in heading one of the biggest departments in the U.S. government.

Seeking to right the wrong: The story of the Jewish refugees

An Interview with Rabbi Elie Abadie on the Jews of the Levant. Only seven Jews remain in Syria, a country that had a Jewish presence dating back to biblical times.

Who in the Democratic party Is calling who a Nazi?

if any use of Holocaust imagery was justified, it was President Trump’s description of Jewish hostages released from Hamas terrorist captivity last week, certainly not Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s parallels between Trump’s political agenda and the rise of Nazi Germany. Opinion.

When lip service is lethal

The UN gave lip service to the Holocaust, ignoring the fact that Jews are being held hostage by Hamas right now - some kidnapped or held by UNRWA workers and others in UN facilities. If it weren't so macabre, it would be ironic. Opinion.

May their Memory be for a Blessing

We are at the end of the year of mourning for the October 7 victiims, a day which set Israel and world Jewry on a steep learning curve they are still charting. Opinion.

The Auschwitz border

Had she bothered to come to hear Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in July, Harris might have understood why former Prime Minister Menachem Begin described a retreat to the pre-1967 borders as "national suicide for Israel”. Op-ed.

The shot heard round the world

Unity can only be achieved by rooting out those responsible for undermining the possibility for consensus. And that can only happen at the ballot box. Op-ed.

Who needs Hasbara

Israel has to stop explaining why Jews have a right to defend themselves and just defend them. It needs to be less concerned about being liked than about being feared. Op-ed.

The two-tiered system at Amnesty International

Jewish women are thrown back into the stone age of women’s rights as they witness the world’s silence on the Hamas sexual violence against their sisters.

“I felt like we were in gehenom”- A talk with ZAKA

'We have to tell our children and grandchildren to remember and never forget. And we have to teach them who are friends are and who are enemies are.' Interview.

The Epiphany

Jews on the left are now scrambling to do damage control. Opinion.

No holds barred: Interview with UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan

You complain that the NY Times is antisemitic & Harvard allows pro-Hamas students to rally and you fund them and send your kids there?Op-ed.

A miraculous escape - the story of Moshav Tekuma

Although just seven kilometers from the Gaza border, the terrorists passed Tekuma without entering it. A resident tells why.

“One fall away from oblivion”

An Interview with Victor Davis Hanson. The left thinks that they are so morally superior, they have to use any means necessary.

Leaders in glass houses

Israel and America no longer share many of the same “values” that leftwing Thomas Friedman thinks and wishes they did. Op-ed.

Proud to oppose Pride

A pride parade shows how successful wokeism has been in seeping in, even into the Torah community. which has to stand up against sin. Op-ed.

The Democrats who cried wolf

The American public seems to be suffering from Trump indictment fatigue. And rightly so. The double standards are stunning. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

To believe or not to believe: The state of American values

Two polls reveal surprising differences on religious belief and seeming contradictions between age groups. Op-ed.

Op-Ed:

An interview with Nathan Lewin on judicial reform for Israel

Navigating between the US and Israeli systems, a noted judicial authority charts a clear legal path forward for the Jewish state. Op-ed.

What unites us is stronger than what divides us

To the antisemite, past and present, a Jew is a Jew. There is no difference between Sephardim and Ashkenazim. Op-ed.

Eyes On Islam: Interview with Middle East Scholar Daniel Pipes

'Give them nothing, make them go through defeat, let them feel pain.Then, once they’ve conceded, you can have agreements and benefits.Op-ed.

Op-ed:

What’s in a Jewish name?

There is a threat to Jewish identity today, more malignant and enigmatic than physical attacks, and it comes from Jews themselves. Op-ed.

Doubling down on double standards re US classified documents

Democrats, so-called champions of equity, have discovered that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Much to their dismay. Op-ed

Interview:

Broken hearts, not spirits, says brother of Hadar Goldin Hy”d

Returning captives from a war is a basic human right and the responsibility to fight for it falls on those who sent the soldiers to war.

Judging a Court by its system: Interview with MK Simcha Rothman

Answers to crucial questions, such as how the Israeli justice system differs from the American one. Interview.

Making sense of mixed messages

Instead of piling on Smotrich, Lapid should protest the appointment of Hady Amr to the new post for Palestinian affairs. Op-ed.

New York crime Isn’t Mind Over Matter

I am not falling for Hochul’s mind games. She cannot change facts on the ground I walk on..NYC is crime ridden, filthy, threatening. Op-ed.

Bordering on chaos

Migrants seeking a better life are not analogous to Jewish refugees who fled countries to protect their lives. Op-ed..

Making goulash of Viktor Orban

It was the non-Orthodox Mazsihisz that criticized Orban. Not the Orthodox Hungarian Jews, who welcome Orban’s pro--Israel policies. Op-ed.

Jason Greenblatt's account of the road to the Abraham Accords

Questions & Answers on the deal that changed the focus of peace efforts from Israel andPalestinian Arab to Israel and Arab countries.

White House of cards

With perverse political irony, Biden's leftist enablers are ready to shoot the messenger carrying their own message. Op-ed.

Speak loudly and carry a Big Stick

In the last few weeks, Israel has been bashed both by supposed friends and murderous foes. There is a lesson here. Will we learn it? Op-ed.

Look who’s guarding the henhouse

ADL, the organization that views itself as the leader in fighting anti-Semitism has not decided whose side it is really on. Op-ed.

Some Covid patients are more eligible than others

When is it ethical for a person to move to the head of the line for medical treatment because of his skin color? When he lives in NYS.Op-ed.

The great election pushback

Israel needs to internalize the lessons of November 2nd in the USA too.Op-ed.

Forever and a war

This week’s planned visit of Israel’s PM to the White House cannot come at a more cataclysmic moment - or a more consequential one. Op-ed.

Will the real Naftali Bennett please stand up?

A previously unpublished interview with the man who would be prime minister. Opinion.

With friends like these

What should worry Americans should worry American Jews even more. Opinion.

Intolerant of intolerance

In NYC, the factors that determine my quality of life have been taken out of my realm. I no longer feel safe on the streets. Op-ed.

All eyes are on Georgia

Democrats woo voters for a religious (and antisemitic) candidate where once Obama panned voters who “cling to guns and religion." Opinion.