Asher Keren, Author at Israel Rising

The Return of the Bakassi Boys in Nigeria

May 11, 2016

I am not African, neither have I ever planted foot on that great continent. I am a Jew, living in Israel. As such, I am sensitive to the insensitivities of the world. Granted that I may be missing facts, nuance...

The Jewish Revival of Papua New Guinea – Part One

Asher Keren

March 21, 2016

Thought

The real and tangible occurrence of the Jewish Revival in Papua New Guinea represents a unique opportunity for both the Jewish people and the State of Israel to both clarify and explore its own roots, prioritie...

Anti-Semitism and the Native American Genocide

Asher Keren

March 16, 2016

The Society

As a child I watched hundreds of Westerns and played hours upon hours of Cowboys and Indians. I was born in the United States and marveled at the exploits of both sides, courageous, tragic, emboldened, displayi...

Two Jewish Activists Try to Stop Trafficking of Blood Diamonds

Asher Keren

March 9, 2016

Thought

Roughly speaking , there are two types of diamonds: those that are produced ethically and those that are not, the latter termed blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are those diamonds mined in areas of conflict or di...

Jewish Pirates That Punished the Spanish and Portuguese

Asher Keren

February 29, 2016

Thought

Revenge was sweet. In the centuries following the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions of the Holy Roman Empire, there were Jews that took to the high seas to punish with vengeance those that had betrayed them a...

The Day Dachau was Liberated by Native Americans

Asher Keren

February 25, 2016

Thought

Located in Oklahoma City, the 45th Infantry Division, disbanded in 1968, was originally a part of the Oklahoma National Guard and saw action in both World War II and the Korean War. Composed of soldiers from Ne...

The Biology of Terror

Asher Keren

February 21, 2016

The Society, Thought

While the world scrambles to deal with the continually growing threat of radical Islam, the true underlying causes of this phenomenon are grossly ignored. Governments - local, federal and international - are co...

The Case Against Building a Casino in Eilat

Asher Keren

February 18, 2016

The Society

I have a very wise friend, one of the wisest people I know, who explained to me recently, in his typically wise way, why people should not be shocked over a recently aired interview on Israeli television betwee...

The Amish and ISIS

Asher Keren

February 12, 2016

The Society

Both the Amish and ISIS reject to a great extent Western culture and both have serious issues with the principles of modernity. One chops off heads and one does its thing, in peace and with dignity and love. G...

Author Asher Keren