Last night, I gave a lecture at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, New York. The topic was “What makes people single out Jews, and what can counter anti-Semitism’s sharp rise.” Admittedly, I was not very hopeful. I had…
Time and again, Jews are persecuted and terrorized. Being Jewish myself, I often ponder the purpose of this relentless agony. Some believe that the atrocities of WWII are unimaginable today. And yet, we see how easily and abruptly the state…
Is it not time for a social Marshall Plan to heal the American society? vilians Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota; Dallas police officers Michael Smith, Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, and…
The scare over the strengthening of ISIS, and its growing appeal to youths in Europe and the US, should be a wakeup call for all of humanity, every man woman and child who are concerned enough to look in the…
The San Bernardino and Orlando massacres are not isolated incidents; they are the beginning of a new, bloody era in America. This week, America celebrated 240 years of independence. Much has changed in America since the original thirteen states agreed…
The horrific massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston set off a battle of banners, making us all feel as if the Civil War had not ended 150 years ago. Five decades after the Segregation has officially ended…
“No man is an island, entire of it self; every man is a peace of the continent, a part of the main. …And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” In one phrase,…
A few days ago, the Jerusalem Post reported that Mark Dankof, a Lutheran pastor and political activist, stated that “Jewish influence and money were being used to destroy Christian culture and values globally. It should not be ignored,” he added, “that the…
As our world incessantly moves toward the extremes, fascism, racism, fundamentalism, Nazism, and anti-Semitism are constantly on the rise. Everyone is taking sides, and people are growing increasingly aggressive. As our egos are taking over, they are causing such vehement…
Only when they have warmed up to the idea of Europe as a single country, comprising many complementing elements, will a European union succeed. Brexit is just the beginning. When nations that have been at odds with one another for…
On June 21, 2015, the former head of counter-terrorism at MI6 and the former coordinator of the UN’s al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team, Mr. Richard Barrett, published an insightful article in The Independent, “We cannot destroy Isis, so we will have to learn…
When we unite and unleash that balancing power Churchill instinctively detected, the question of our right to exist in Israel will be obsolete. The more chaotic the world becomes, the more it busies itself with ingenuities that aim to “resolve”…