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Conditional Friendships
One can always discern when a potential friendship is really a conditional one.
The clue is when the word ‘IF’ is always attached to some kind of substantial condition.
Currently, there is fevered speculation swirling around the...
The problem in Gaza is Hamas, not how to provide aid
After months of pressure from left-wing critics and liberal media outlets that seem to only highlight the suffering of Palestinians since Hamas started a war on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden felt he had...
If not UNRWA then what? | Knesset discusses alternatives for Gaza aid
The Knesset on Sunday discussed the humanitarian aid that UNRWA provides to the Gaza Strip and viable options to replace the organization.
"We need to tell the truth because the international community is absolutely lying that...
Hamas has always had and still has grandiose plans to enslave and slaughter Israel’s...
During World War II, the Nazis envisioned enslaving and eventually exterminating the Jewish race. Muslims in the Middle East and Central Europe were happy to make common cause with the Nazis as Nazi goals...
SWC Statement on the City of Nagasaki’s Decision to Selectively Not Invite Israel to...
July 31, 2024
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director for Global Social Action of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, issued the following statement on a recent decision by the City of Nagasaki to selectively not invite Israel...
A Note on “Reciprocity” in Very Personal terms from an American-Israeli Mother
Our nation is now embroiled in a fierce and passionate debate about whether or not to unilaterally leave the Security Zone on the Lebanese Border. The issue has of course, taken on greater urgency,...
The Media vs. Tenenbaum
My friend is facing the trial of his life. His trial is not in front of any judge, tribunal or legally mandated court. It's in the electronic soundbites and newspaper headlines where he is...
“Why is this night different …”
If he has a son, the son asks.
In contrast to Hanukah and Purim where we are commanded to "publicize the miracle" (and include everyone), on Pesach, the publicizing of the miracle starts first of...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Like many other UN relief agencies, UNRWA was founded in the midst of a refugee emergency that occurred in the wake of war. The UN organized UNRWA as a special relief agency that was...
Corruption Under Arafat: the Legislators Speak
Within the Palestinian Authority (PA) there is an office entitled General Control (GCO). In May it issued a report that included a startling claim: because of corruption $326 million, roughly one fourth of the...
