(Republished with author’s permission from the Israel Hayom news website) A storm of criticism has erupted over the possible nomination of Israeli war hero Effie Eitam, the son of a Holocaust rescuer, to the chairmanship of Yad Vashem, Israel’s main…
by Rafael Medoff and Stephen H. Norwood Franklin D. Roosevelt is widely remembered as a strong leader who boldly led America out of the Great Depression and to the brink of victory in World War II. Yet when it comes…
The unthinkable has actually happened. The Knesset now has 21 days to decide who will receive the mandate to build a coalition. There are no parties in this decision, just individuals. It is important to understand that this process…
As the vaunted Regional “Peace Deal” appears to be in the process of being cooked up between Bibi Netanyahu and the Trump administration, the question persists why the need to restrict building outside of the generally accepted “settlement” blocs?…
Did you know that Israel commemorates the Holocaust on a different date than the International Holocaust Remembrance Day? The world would have preferred to forget. In 2005, Israel finally succeeded to attain UN recognition of an internationally recognized Holocaust…
In spite of all apparent reality to the contrary, and for reasons just as varied as the people, there may be a few individuals and interest groups who still wish for the survival of the Nigerian state as it…
“Israel has been infected by the seeds of fascism …There are no serious leaders left in the world who believe the Israeli government.” – Former PM, Ehud Barak, Channel 10, May 20. “Today we have a country afflicted with ultra-nationalistic extremism, infected…
One man wounded after stabbing attack along Hanevi’im Street in Jerusalem. Arab terrorist arrested. [Arutz Sheva] Light earthquake measuring 4.8 hits southern Israel; No injuries reported. [The Jerusalem Post] Iran mocks the Holocaust by staging a Nazi-themed cartoon…
Egypt brokers a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after clashes between both sides began after Hamas fired mortar shells at IDF positions near the Gaza border. The IDF has been performing operations near the Gaza border exposing terror tunnels…
Freud observed that to mourn and to move on you have to know what you have lost or mourning can turn into a permanent melancholy. I have never seen any photographs that connected my mother to the extended family…