admin | December 3, 2019
Going back to school was a decision I made without much thought, to be honest (the program I am in is for a Master of Public Administration and a Master of Arts in Integrated Global Communications). My husband suggested it as a way to challenge myself and I figured why not. Perhaps it would help me at work.
admin | December 3, 2019
In a wide-ranging interview by Alan Johnson, Michael Doran criticizes the failures of U.S. grand strategy since the end of the cold war, expounds upon his essay from the beginning of this year on the Trump administrations Middle East policy, and discusses Washingtons complex relations with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds. Doran also addresses the situation of Israel in historical perspective, comparing two competing American approaches to peacemaking that date back at least to the Eisenhower administration: The U.S
admin | December 3, 2019
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman MK Avigdor Liberman on Monday night blamed the haredi MKs for working together with the "anti-Zionist" parties, Kikar Hashabbat reported. Slamming "the unholy treaty between the non-Zionist parties and the anti-Zionist parties," Liberman said, "Anyone who was at the Finance Committee meeting today saw once again the partnership between Tibi and [UTJ MK Moshe] Gafni," he said.
admin | December 1, 2019
This week's Torah portion speaks about one of the tests Abraham the Patriarch went through on his journey after his destiny. The Lord makes Abraham a grandiose promise to become the father of many nations and says to Abraham: "Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth, for I will give it unto thee." As part of the first test on his journey to inherit the land, Abraham looks for a burial plot for his deceased wife Sarah and discovers the yawning chasm between his vision and its realization.
admin | December 1, 2019
The faux Labour anti-semitism problem has been a central feature in the fight of the conservative, pro-Israel establishment, against Jeremy Corbyns progressive (and pro-Palestinian) agenda, since he was elected to lead Labour in 2015. It culminated in an attack by the UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis this week, on the pages of The Times. The Zionist rabbi, who learned his Torah at one of the Israeli Jewish settler-colonies in the West Bank, has now claimed that the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety.
admin | November 30, 2019
One of the darkest periods at the United Nations took place in 1975 when Zionism was declared to be racism. A more enlightened General Assembly reversed this decision in 1991 but the stench of politically driven antisemitism remained
admin | November 30, 2019
A Labour frontbencher who falsely denied claiming Zionism was the enemy of peace has said the party is sorry for the hurt caused to the Jewish community. Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgons comments come after the Labour leader refused to apologise for his partys handling of the issue.
admin | November 30, 2019
The Im Tirtzu movement today announced launching a public campaign titled "Save democracy - restore trust in the justice system." The movement calls on the public to come to the mass demonstration in Tel Aviv tonight, emphasizing that this is a topic that must be especially close to the heart of religious Zionism. According to movement leader Yehuda Sharabani, "Religious Zionism should be the first to arrive to the rally today because it's the first to be harmed if a Leftist government is established here." Im Titrzu notes that the decision to campaign now is due to recent events related to the investigation and conduct of the justice system against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
admin | November 30, 2019
Having come to Canada in 2017 from war-torn Syria, Aboud Dandachi has enjoyed not just physical safety but newfound freedomsincluding the freedom to interact with Israelis.
admin | November 30, 2019
The following is a guest post by Valeria Chazin, SSIs Board of Directors Chairwoman. The Hebrew phrase The generation which knew not Joseph is used to describe a younger generation who does not know the previous generation and its actions. The term borrows from the original verse inExodus 1:8, Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph, and another example of a similar idea is Judges 2:10 describing a generation that did not know God or the work that he had done for Israel.Both instances discuss the lack of awareness of the past, later leading to negative consequences
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