We are now in the High Holidays of Biblical Judaism. Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, begins Friday at Sundown. Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, begins Thursday, September 23rd and lasts till the following Wednesday. These are three special feasts God’s people are encouraged to keep. The Bible says, “Three times a year you will…
by Mort Zuckerman Seventeen years ago, the world was astonished to learn that the Israelis and Palestinians had concluded a far-reaching understanding to advance peace—the now-famous Oslo agreements. This negotiation has ever since served as a role model for how two hostile parties might settle. One essential feature of Oslo was that nobody knew about…
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, JPost When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently spoke in Washington and publicly condemned the killings of four Israelis by Hamas terrorists near Hebron, it generated a feeling of cautious optimism: “What happened yesterday and what is happening today is also condemned. We do not want at all…