This Wednesday, Malcolm Hoenlein, chairman of the Conference of Presidents in America, said in an interview that anti-Semitism is definitely on the rise in the U.S. What’s more, a few seconds prior to mentioning rising anti-Semitism, host, Attila Somfalvi, asked him, “If you…
Inside the Microsoft Vision Center café at Davos, the rich, powerful and famous leisurely engage in conversations over coffee, wine, and an occasional pastry. Nothing glitzy, just the usual small talk of people passing time. On one of the walls…
UNESCO’s page announcing this year’s International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, which occurs on January 27, states that it was established … to “urge Member States to develop educational programs to instill the memory of the tragedy in…
As a Kabbalist, specializing in the intricacies of human nature, I know that as the situation in Europe worsens, and it will, the pressure on the Jews will grow. The hatred toward them will soar and they will undoubtedly be…
Following the jihadist attack on a kippa [Jewish skull-cap] wearing Jewish teacher in Marseille, the president of the city’s Jewish community, Zvi Ammar, advised French Jews to leave their kippahs at home. In my view, it is time for the Israeli Foreign Office to…
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi recently turned his threats towards Israel. In the war against ISIS, while other countries are perceived as victims of radical Islam, Israel is perceived as its perpetrator. So when ISIS sets its eyes on Israel, the…
The time has come to clear up some misconceptions about antisemitism. 1) What is antisemitism, and what isn’t it? Antisemitism is not about religious disputes. The Holocaust had nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with race. But antisemitism is…
I believe the time has come to clear up some misconceptions about anti-Semitism. 1) What is anti-Semitism, and what it isn’t? Anti-Semitism is not about religious disputes. The Holocaust had nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with…
The Maccabee war of our time is happening right now. It is a war over the values that will dominate our world. Only the connection between us can put out the black fire of fundamentalist Islam that is threatening to overtake the…
The Maccabee war of our time is happening now. It is a war over the values that will dominate our world. Only the connection between us, as one man with one heart, can put out the black fire of fundamentalist Islam threatening…
The Islamic terror stems from an unbridled evil force that is even sinking into 14-16 year old girls, poisoning their minds and causing them to leave their homes brandishing scissors in search of a victim. This is a time to…
From Harvard academic, David Ropeik’s “Terrorism — Why It Frightens, and Unites Us, ” through French intellectual, Dominique Sopo’s “Faced With Hatred, We Must Respond With Unity, ” and even to the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, who wrote, “If…