The torah portion begins with a confusing set of words “HaShem spoke to Moshe saying: “Speak to the children of Israel, and have them take for Me an offering; from every person whose heart inspires him to generosity, you shall take My offering.” (exodus 25:1-2) If this was truly to be an offering then the [...] Read more »

By Clifford D. May image from (http://www.anti-cair-net.org/) If you see something, don’t say anything M. Zuhdi Jasser is a physician, a U.S. Navy veteran, an American patriot, and a Muslim who does not hold with those who preach that Islam commands its followers to take part in a war against unbelievers. The Third Jihad, a [...] Read more »

We in this generation have seen miracle after miracle unfold. We have watched a battered people return to their homeland. We have tasted of the fruits that have blossomed in a land that had lain barren for centuries. We had experienced one miraculous battle after another of a small and gifted army. More recently we [...] Read more »

After the red sea covered the enemies of Israel, we read: Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and they spoke, saying, I will sing to the Lord, for very exalted is He; ( Exodus 15:1) The Song at the Sea is one of the great epiphanies of the [...] Read more »

Rabbi Berel Wein There is a substitute for Judaism that is the new faith in much of non-Orthodox American Jewry. It is called “tikun olam”. What differentiates Judaism from other faiths is that it is not only a religion. It is also a family and a people. Judaism is at one and the same time [...] Read more »

We are living in a generation wherein we can actually hear the footsteps of redemption. All one has to do to truly hear it is to open one’s eyes and see. We see pictures of the emaciated survivors arriving from the death camps of Europe and remember the prophet Ezekiel describing the bones beginning to [...] Read more »

By Caroline B. Glick. A must read, forward, share article indicting those who still delude themselves with a utopian ideal that’s widely embraced despite almost always failing. The rise of the forces of jihadist Islam in Egypt places the US and other Western powers in an uncomfortable position. The US is the guarantor of Egypt’s [...] Read more »

The people of Israel are acting like a fractured family with impulsive siblings hitting each other and calling each other names. As is often the case in familial disputes, perspective is lost .Each sibling overwhelmed by a fear that other considers him or her insignificant. Israel is going through a period wherein segments of the [...] Read more »

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” “Israel Hayom” newsletter, December 28, 2011 The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published its December 2011 report, contending that in 2016, Jews will become a minoritybetween the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. According to the PCBS, there are 2.6 million Arabs in Judea and Samaria and 1.6 million [...] Read more »

It is clear that the fragile constellation that makes up the Jewish state of Israel will be shaken and hurt by events like the disturbing confrontation at the Ephraim Brigade military headquarters between young, angry youth and the young, conscripted soldiers. Yet no event happens in a vacuum. These young people called the “hilltop youth” [...] Read more »