Rising anti-Semitism and the funding to combat it So far, the global efforts to fight anti-Semitism have been directed at heightening intelligence, monitoring and security for Jewish communities across the globe. Another objective has been to tackle the rising tide…
Nature has recently sent us strong reminders of its immense power. Two major earthquakes — the strongest in decades — rattled Southern California in the last few days. An extreme hailstorm hit Mexico. Meanwhile, Alaska experienced record high summer temperatures and across the Atlantic,…
We have not passed the point of no return in relation to climate change because we have never been in a state where we could “return” to begin with. Why? It’s because our ego, our desire to enjoy at the…
American pride is at its lowest since started to be measured about two decades ago. That is the conclusion of a recent Gallup poll showing that only 70% of US adults say they are proud to be Americans. Fewer than…
They may look like scenes taken from major US cities like Chicago or LA were racial tensions between a black minority and the police sometimes erupt, but in this case, the protests and riots are taking place across Israel after…
Nature is attracted to connection. If we look at nature’s development, then we can conclude that nature’s purpose is to reach perfect connection among all of its parts. The human being is the opposite of nature. Everyone desires only for…
“If you asked Jews twenty years ago whether a Holocaust could happen in America, you would get a unanimous answer: “impossible, not in America,” said Dov Hikind, founder of Americans against Antisemitism. “Unfortunately, a holocaust is possible in America. It…
The spike in hate crimes has opened the debate over the use of guns for self-defense among the American Jewish community. “We live in a time of danger,” stated the US official for combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, in a recent conference in Jerusalem. He suggested…
The spike in hate crimes has opened the debate over the use of guns for self-defense among the American Jewish community. “We live in a time of danger,” stated the U.S. official for combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, in a recent conference in Jerusalem. Carr…
I don’t reject BDS. I very much support and appreciate the BDS movement because its pressure on Israel urges the need for the unity of the people of Israel. What I see in BDS, as well as other organized forms…
Arming synagogues in light of the rapidly rising anti-Semitic crimes and threats definitely makes sense, and this topic has received much attention the last few days as the US anti-Semitism envoy and various Jewish leaders discussed the need to arm synagogues, Jewish schools and…
“Israel is all messed up with their election… They ought to get their act together,” said President Trump in relation to the political uncertainty in this country going to the polls for a second time this year. He is right, but it’s just…