Not By Smoke
byThey tell me the stories of previous years The blackness and ashes left behind, The sheer inhumanity moves me to tears And yet –…
New Government Plans to Cut Unemployment Benefits
byThe first change demonstrated by Naftali Bennett’s ‘change coalition’ is the ending of unemployment payments to Israeli job seekers and their families.
Evangelicals & the ‘Change Government’
byEvans and the Christian Zionist missionaries he represents could lose their power base in Israel without Netanyahu in the prime minister’s office.
The Yom Kippur War (VII): The International Aftermath
byIt’s not always simple to identify a conflict’s winner.
In Those Days, At This Time (III)
byWhen our nation wandered in the wilderness a strange enemy drew near cloaked in Amalekite garb but they spoke the Canaanite tongue a language…
The State of Israel’s ‘Coalition for Change’ (with Rav Mike Feuer)
byWill Israel’s new ‘change coalition’ be able to resist American pressure as skillfully as Netanyahu?
Malkeinu
byHoly, Holy, Holy Is our King. He reigns Supreme, Lofty on His Throne. His People flock, they run To where you may ask? To…
Naftali Bennett’s Dramatic Political Gamble
byForming a ‘change government’ would force Bennett to betray his voters but it would also make him a national leader in the eyes of the broader public.
We Must Resist US Efforts to Exploit Israeli-Palestinian Violence
byWashington’s two-state paradigm has for decades been a major contributor to pushing Israelis & Palestinians into unnecessary conflict.
V’Shavu Banim
by“I stand with Israel” you proclaim From a million miles across the sea As rockets rain down over my head “I stand with Israel”…
Running Divine Interference
byPray tell, what is this? These are surely miracles thousands of rockets thrown by Jihadi killers and caught by tech geeks This is the…
The Only Way Out
byIsraelis, Palestinians & our respective supporters abroad have become so entrenched in our narrow narratives that even trying to understand the Other is now perceived as an act of betrayal.