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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Days of judgment
One of the prayers recited during Rosh Hashanah services deals with what may lie ahead in the year to come.
Michael Kuttner
We are reminded at this time of the year that our lives are fleeting...
Matching Donor’s Generous Offer
Shalom friends,
I wanted to point out that there is still a few days left before the Oct. 15th deadline for our bomb shelter. We have a generous donor who has committed to matching donations for...
A dark hour in American leadership
While critics of Israel in general and Prime Minister Netanyahu in particular, welcomed with glee excerpts from Bob Woodward's book "War," of President Biden cursing Mr. Netanyahu, the excerpts actually reveal the disturbing inability...
Palestinian Authority education: No room for a two-state solution
The current war in the Middle East often leads policymakers to think of a two-state solution as a panacea for peace.
However, Palestinian Authority texts feature three fundamentals which belie any possibility of peace:
1. Delegitimization of...
How Israel has damaged Iran’s ring of fire | Gen. Brig. Yossi Kuperwasser
“All that we are experiencing is part of an Iranian plan that has established this ring of fire around us.” Yossi Kuperwasser, former chief of the IDF’s military intelligence research division, breaks down Iran’s...
‘UNRWA is Out’: Knesset Committee Moves to Curb UNRWA Activities in Israel
The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee unanimously approved two legislative proposals on Sunday aimed at curbing the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...
Oct. 7 forever altered the global Jewish existence
For nearly a century, Jews in places like America, Canada, Great Britain and Australia took for granted their connection to and comfort within their homes and nations. Even if antisemitism still dwelt at the...
The real lessons of Oct. 7 must not be ignored
The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the fresh...
Britain’s response to October 7 has been shameful
What do you say?
What do you say to a bereaved father who waits, broken- hearted, for the head of his murdered son to be returned by his killers? What do you say to a...
The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians
Many pundits blame the Abraham Accords for throwing Palestinians under the bus, arguing that peace between Arabs and Israel enraged Palestinians and set the stage for Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.
But these peace accords – signed four years ago...
