Lest We Forget–‘Don’t listen to me, listen to Moshe’
What is the first and fundamental mitzva that Moshe explains when he teaches the Torah to his people? Not Shabbos, not kashrus, but rather, seizing the land. ed note–chock full…
Judaism, Zionism and the toxic effect of apocalyptic religious delusions on world affairs
What is the first and fundamental mitzva that Moshe explains when he teaches the Torah to his people? Not Shabbos, not kashrus, but rather, seizing the land. ed note–chock full…
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Ugly Truthers… Just finished doing an interview on Iranian media discussing Soleimani and his ‘killing’ where I proffered the theory that perhaps Soleimani was in fact not…
Bill Clinton That GHWB did not go far enough as POTUS viz ‘destroying that gigantic army in the Iraqi desert so that Israel would not have to face it one…
George H.W. Bush A mere four months into George H. W. Bush’s Presidency, the pirates of Judea knew that stormy weather and rough political seas were on the horizon waiting…
ed note–please take careful note of the following– ‘…the new administration’s policy for the Middle East will most likely change, and the Democrats will make great efforts to bring Israel…
ed note–and, once again ladies and Gentile-men, exactly WHY the U.S. (and in fact, the world at large) has been subjected to all the ‘jrama’, noise, and instability ever since…
The Jewish Daily Forward The most important thing Joe Biden said or did during this campaign was talk about what got him into it: Charlottesville. “It was a wake-up call…
The Jewish Daily Forward The announcement by several national publications on Saturday that Joe Biden was the presumptive winner of the 2020 presidential election triggered a joyful, Jewish-inflected gathering at…
Part I–Kiss of Death…The Political Assassination of Every American President who tried bringing Peace to Israel & the Middle East Safe to say the political weather of the last 4…
He won’t have the power, backbone or chutzpah to force both sides to the table by Bishara A. Bahbah Biden usher in a peace deal? What a stupid question. But,…
Jewish voters remain committed to Democrats, as support for Trump falters across the religious spectrum – even in his white Evangelical base Haaretz U.S. President Donald Trump may have moved…
Times of Israel It’s election time in the US and that question is on most of our minds again within the Jewish and American-Israeli community. Which US presidential candidate is…
Biden has always assured funding to Israel, he’s pragmatic on the Iran deal, and will repair the damage Trump has done to US foreign policy By Robert Sugarman, former Chairman…
The call was an election simulation featuring New Yorker all-stars. Toobin apologized for the “embarrassingly stupid mistake.” ed note–keep in mind that this is by no means some rare, isolated…
Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump’s fitness to serve, announcing legislation Thursday that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th…
The Jewish Daily Forward On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York announced sweeping new restrictions on parts of New York City with rapidly rising rates of coronavirus cases, placing…
The Jewish Daily Forward President Trump is the master of saying the quiet part out loud, of speaking his mind about the parts of politics that other politicians know they’re…
While a Trump triumph probably means that the ‘pro-Israel’ lobby will continue to be sidelined over the next four years, if it survives at all, a Biden victory would get…
ed note–and, here we go again, ladies and Gentile-men… The author of this piece, David Frum– Is not merely some low-level ‘button man’ within La Kosher Nostra. He–along with fellow…
Trump has said and done much that was harmful during his time in office, but this statement may be the very worst and most dangerous things that has ever come…
What trade-offs would a president with this level of indebtedness be willing to make to save face? Bloomberg News In a tour de force of hard won reporting, the New…
The Jewish Chronicle Forty-eight hours after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, William Kristol tweeted four words: “Je ne regrette rien.” Mr Kristol, one of American’s most prominent conservative commentators…
Times of Israel Let’s just call it for what it is–Trump’s peace plan will create another Gaza in the middle of the Israeli Heartland. That is not our analysis, but…
CNN Senate Democrats (beholden to Israel and Jewish interests) say they will press President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to commit to recusing herself if the justices hear a case…
The US president’s record of lies and unfounded insinuations renders him a fickle and unreliable ally for the Jewish state Jeffrey Herf for the Times of Israel As most readers…
Times of Israel US President Donald Trump said that Jews put their ethnic allegiances above all others, making them unreliable political allies, according to the Washington Post. Following conversations with…
ed note–Not that it should need any further explanation, given everything that has taken place in the last 4+ years and especially in the last 4+ months, but the facts…
Forbes.com TOPLINE As President Trump touts a fast withdrawal of troops from the Middle East as part of a first term campaign pledge, Joe Biden is calling for a slower…
‘There is no doubt that Trump’s failings of character and America’s dismal global standing have hurt Jewish interests.’ ed note–please keep in mind that in the closing words of Foxman’s…
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, NY Times Sept. 5, 2004 HAIM SABAN, one of the nation’s richest and most improbable media magnates, was slouched in a leather seat aboard his Gulfstream…