Iranian American Jewish Federations of Los Angeles and New York Condemn Holocaust Denial Contest

The Iranian-American Jewish Federations in Los Angeles and New York strongly condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran’s government-sponsored Holocaust cartoon contest. The government-sponsored contest begins on May 14, 2016, and the winner of the contest...

For Middle East Peace, Look to Israel’s Arab Partners

Speculation is rife that President Barack Obama will make one final stab at putting his mark on the Middle East peace process before he leaves office. One theory has the administration supporting a United Nations...

When Israel is forced to fire at missiles embedded in schools, clinics in South...

Israeli reconnaissance has documented thousands of missiles that have been planted & ready to fire from the cover of schools & medical clinics, strategically planted throughout Southern Lebanon. If and when Israel fires back at...

Audio: Example of interview biased against soldier in the Hebron shooting incident

https://youtu.be/6GVemfQ_nMM Retired Tel Aviv District Court Judge Amnon Straschnov served as Military Advocate General of the IDF from 1986 to 1991 - In this 30.3.16 interview on Israel Radio with Aryeh Golan on the Hebron shooting incident...

Breaking news: MDA investigation: IDF sapper warned terrorist may have bomb even after shot

As Defense Minister Yaalon continues issuing statements attacking the IDF soldier who killed the terrorist last Thursday in Hebron in an incident featured in a B'Tselem video, Channel 10 news reports that according to an internal investigation...

Why We Do What We Do

​I  got on the Jersualem Light Rail today.​​ It was there that I saw Dana Weissman, a young man whom I knew when I was a community social worker in Tzfat more than 30 years...

Hamas Expands Ops Abroad

Israel's intelligence community has determined that Hamas expanded its operations abroad in its war against the Jewish state. Officials said Hamas established cells in the Middle East and Europe in an effort to attack Israeli...

Israel within range of most Iran missiles: IRGC chief

The chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Israel is within the range of most of the Islamic Republic’s missiles. “Any one bearing greater enmity towards Islamic Iran will naturally be more fearful...

PA Seeks To Upgrade Iran Ties

The Palestinian Authority, following the lead of the West, has sought to improve ties with Iran. The Palestinian leadership has sent a series of messages to the Iranian leadership in February 2016. The messages called for...

A Peculiar Attitude Towards Judaism in the Jewish Agency for Israel

Since 2002, I have been intimately involved with newolim, or new immigrants to Israel, from all over the world. Being a rabbi, I am naturally interested in their Jewish identity and spirituality. There are...