On El Al, We Are One People
Airline travel is difficult enough without passengers making a scene. But that’s what occurred on an El Al flight from New York to Tel...
Blood Money
With its recent judgment against Arab Bank, a New York jury has potentially paved the way for justice in the form of significant financial...
Spawn of Hate
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan was once a promising Middle Eastern leader. He had good relations with the West and a constructive, strategic relationship with...
Double Standard on Gaza
Death in wartime is a given, and this includes civilian deaths. The death toll in Gaza has been high because Hamas has put its...
We’ve Seen This Before
The scourge of anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head in Europe. And a troubling number of people aren’t even pretending anymore. Gone are the...
Sharpening Operation Protective Edge
This week, the combat in Gaza grew increasingly deadly, as Israeli ground troops sought to pursue the elimination of “terror tunnels” and Hamas fought...
Support for Our Beleaguered Israeli Family
We are all glued to news sources for information about Israel’s ongoing Gaza war. While there is some sense of déjà vu in the...
Shame in the House of Israel
Coming as it did on the heels of the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teens, the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a...
With friends like these …
What’s with the Presbyterians? On the one hand, the Presbyterian Church (USA) claims to love its “Jewish sisters and brothers” and believes in interfaith...
A nightmare come true
Having a child snatched off the street is a common parental fear, although one with little basis in reality. In the case of three...