By DROR EYDAR, ISRAEL HAYOM— The Jewish Diaspora is, for the most part, on the eve of a huge migration, similar to what we experienced with the collapse of the Iron Curtain in the early 90s and even at the end of the 19th century. Not just in Eastern Europe, also in the West. In…
By EVELYN GORDAN, COMMENTARY— A Yale University chaplain recently resigned “on his own initiative” over a letter to the New York Times blaming Israel and the Jews for anti-Semitism. Clearly, nothing Israel does or doesn’t do justifies attacks on Jewish citizens of other countries, but even if it did, Rev. Bruce Shipman’s reasoning would have…
By CATHRYN J. PRINCE, TIMES OF ISRAEL— On the third floor of the United Nations, just two doors down from the Security Council, more than 500 people gathered this week for a conference on the rise of anti-Semitism. For some, the location was a touch ironic. Because it wasn’t the UN that decided to address…
By ARUTZ SHEVA— France for the first time has become the country with the highest numbers of aliyah (immigration to Israel), according to the French office of the Jewish Agency for Israel on Friday. “France is today the leading country for Jewish emigration to Israel. It has never been before,” said Ariel Kandel, who heads…
Think on this: “I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The…
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Outside the US, throughout the Western world, anti-Semitism is becoming a powerful social and political force. And its power is beginning to have a significant impact on Israel’s relations with other democracies. Consider South Africa. Following a lopsided vote by the University of Cape Town’s Student Union to boycott Israel, Jewish…
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky has joined a growing chorus of high-profile figures in casting doubt on the viability of European Jewry in an article in The Jewish Chronicle. Writing in the UK’s oldest Jewish newspaper, Sharansky said that he believed that “we are seeing the beginning of the end of Jewish…
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Moshe Feiglin responds to accusations made by Hamas Leader Osama on Wolf Blitzer’s program, ‘The Situation Room’ on CNN.
By RON JAGER— For the past 27 days, Israel is once again fighting and sacrificing its best and brightest, defending Israel’s citizens against Hamas, a fanatical enemy. The war in Gaza, known as “Operation Protective Edge” has evolved into a watershed event in regard to Israel’s standing in the world and no less so for…
By ADAM LEBOR, NEWSWEEK— The mob howled for vengeance, the missiles raining down on the synagogue walls as the worshipers huddled inside. It was a scene from Europe in the 1930s – except this was eastern Paris on the evening of July 13th, 2014. Thousands had gathered to demonstrate against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.…