Today we are celebrating Israel’s 64th birthday. It was 64 years ago, today, that Israel officially became a recognized country, established through a vote by the UN. As Israelis celebrated, the surrounding Arab armies made their final preparations to attack and hopefully annihilate, this new tiny country. As we know, the Israelis were able to [...]
I find it fascinating, and unfortunately not surprising, that the UN Human Rights Council is focusing so much attention on how the Israelis are treating the Palestinians in the West Bank, and yet, have not come out against what the Syrian government is doing to its own citizens. While entire clans and villages are fleeing, or [...]
It is still amazing to me that no matter what Israel does or doesn’t do it gets criticized on the world stage. And yet, when rockets are fired upon innocent men, women and children living in Israel, there is not a word of condemnation from anyone in the world. Is it that they don’t care? [...]
It is truly amazing, at least to me, how people develop their ideas of what is right and what is wrong. While I think we would all agree that most of this hopefully happens when we grow up and is taught to us by our parents, siblings, grandparents, etc. What I find so remarkable about [...]
As I was sitting at the Jewish Federations 4th Annual Festival of Jewish Music, I made an important realization about why many people feel that it is difficult to be Jewish during this time of year. While in the secular community, Hanukkah is represented as the Jewish “alternative” to Christmas, in actuality it is [...]