While the resolution rightly emphasizes the need for a ceasefire, humanitarian aid and the release of the hostages, it fails to explicitly address the root causes of the conflict: Hamas.
My mother’s inability to communicate verbally turned out to be the best thing for our relationship. In a few months I was able to shed years of embittered daughter-mother relations.
After his traumatic childhood in Jaffa, Israel, Timor-David’s spiritual search led him to Judaism. Today he is a fierce Israel activist speaking truths not everyone wants to hear.
Stan Andrews, a WWII bomber pilot, had never set foot inside of a synagogue. When he heard that Israel was facing an existential war, something was sparked inside of him.
I trust that your silence regarding the hostages is due to not knowing the facts. But you cannot afford the luxury to remain ignorant on this critical matter.
The history of Valentine’s Day shows there’s more to the day than greetings cards, flowers and chocolate – and some good reasons why it’s been avoided by many Jews.
I am grateful that they addressed the atrocity, but here’s why it was woefully inadequate in truly honoring those murdered and advocating for the hostages.
The death toll among civilians in Gaza — even including children and women — is among the lowest in the history of comparable warfare. The media’s double standard against Israel buries this.
The breeding ground for antisemitism doesn’t start on college campuses; it begins in elementary and high school where youth are being filled with falsehoods, misinformation and distortions of history.