Haredim Protected Again By Likud’s Shortsighted Leaders
Once again, we are in the midst of a new coaltion crisis over drafting the replacement for the Tal Law. As of this afternoon, the Likud and Kadima were far apart on the two key issues: First, whether...
View ArticleThe Partial Success of Zionism
I was working on a depressing article bemoaning the failure of Zionism when the depressing news of yesterday’s attack broke. I decided that an article on the collapse of Zionism can wait. Our problems...
View ArticleTime For a Constitutional Convention
The political maneuvering of the past few weeks in the Knesset climaxed in the temporarily aborted attempt to break up of the Kadima party. In the end, it also cemented the failure of the government to...
View ArticleJewish Voting in the United States- A Historic Perspective
Governor Romney is in Israel to burnish his Foreign Policy credentials and to try to broaden his support among Jews. Republicans have been trying to increase their popularity with Jewish voters for the...
View Article“No We Can’t”– The Sense of Frustration in the Protest Movement
The latest Saturday night demonstration has come and gone. Over the past few months I have attended almost all of the protests. To the social protest movement protests, I usually came as an observer,...
View ArticleAn open letter to President Obama
Dear President Obama, I write to you both as an American citizen who loves America, who has spent the majority of his adult life writing about and teaching American history, and as a worried Israeli...
View ArticleMuslim Brotherhood In Charge- Now What?
As a nation, we are reaching the point of national overload. Last summer life seemed simple. If only we could bring down the cost of cottage cheese, then the world would be a better place. This summer,...
View ArticleErr on the side of caution — Please!
This past Thursday we received a 10-page color pamphlet in the mail. The booklet was sent to us by The Homefront Command. The topic: “How to prepare for an emergency”. As outlined in the pamphlet, the...
View ArticleAmerica, Our War Weary Friend
On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in my office in a suburb of New York City when an e-mail alert came in about a small plane hitting the World Trade Center. I turned on the television and what I...
View ArticleStop Labeling Everyone as Nazis, It Undermines the Accomplishments of Zionism
My first instinct was to write about the tremendous mistake being made our government, under Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership, in its continued clumsy attempts to interfere in the United States’...
View ArticleA Wasted Election
I have been trying to write this piece for two weeks. I cannot comprehend why this article has been so challenging to compose. Why has it been so hard to get excited about the elections scheduled here...
View ArticleYitzhak Rabin- In Memoriam
Today is the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. It’s hard to believe 17 years have passed since that tragic event. Last night I attended a memorial in Rabin Square; a...
View Article“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” are the oft-quoted words of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Unfortunately, Roosevelt’s lesson of leadership has been completely lost on the Likud party as each...
View ArticleAmerican Jews: a guide to dissent
Last night, I received the following email from a liberal Zionist friend in the United States: “Well, after Meshal’s speech, how optimistic are you that you will live to see peace?” My answer: “You...
View ArticlePolitics of fear, politics of hope, politics of sand
Almost 40 percent of the Israeli electorate is said to be unsatisfied with the choice of candidates in the upcoming elections. This is an astounding figure considering the large number of political...
View ArticlePollard and the US & Israeli Elections
Many issues have been discussed over the course of this American and the Israeli election cycle. However, the fate of Jonathan Pollard is one issue that has not received even quiet mention in either...
View ArticleStop Writing About Hagel!
For the last two weeks commentators in the Israel and the Jewish world have been obsessing over the appointment of Chuck Hagel as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. I have no idea whether Hagel is good or...
View ArticleDecision 2013: I decided (kind of), Now It’s Your Turn….
A week ago I wrote a long article explaining why I have no ideal candidate for whom to vote in the upcoming Israel election. Now that the election is only a little more than a week away, the time has...
View ArticleThe Israeli Electorate Has Spoken
The Israeli public has spoken. Despite the fact that the final results will not be known until tomorrow, we can learn a great deal from the preliminary tallies. First, we can learn from what did not...
View ArticleCould this time really be different?
The new Knesset is being sworn in today. Negotiations are ongoing to form a new government. There is still a sense here that all things are possible. At the same time, the veteran political...
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