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April 8, 2013
11:59 am

My Grandfather’s Time, Our Nation’s Future

Grandpa – I’m still overwhelmed by your uncanny sense of time. You always had a way of knowing what needed to be done and when, and your recent choice......

March 10, 2013
8:50 am

Miluim Part 1: A stone’s-throw away from home

Draft notices for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve duty are a wake up call for all who respond. Especially when you’re called up for military service close to home. I’ve......

February 24, 2013
11:27 pm

Time to remove Israel’s masks

Israel has long been the victim of its own self justification. Sadly, both Israel's adversaries and advocates relegate themselves to lowest-common-denominator partisan tactics that undermine the very complexities that......

January 29, 2013
10:23 am

Netanyahu’s wife-beater

Anti-Semitism is yesterday's news. Blood libels are nothing to tweet home about. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dressed in a sleeveless white undershirt is worth a double-take. ...

January 20, 2013
12:01 am

Early election results: Ron Nachman wins

Although once a Member of Knesset, Mayor Ron Nachman had no plans to run in Israel's 2013 national elections. After all, he didn’t need to: Ron Nachman......

January 14, 2013
6:23 pm

Bab al-Shams: Political Palestinianism Turns to Zionists for Inspiration

Political palestinianism* may be the most extensive and successful public relations campaign the world has ever seen. Yet the movement was recently compelled to set its traditional methods aside......

January 7, 2013
5:54 pm

For Jerusalem: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Wind and rain storms are striking above and across Israel, leaving uprooted trees, injured pedestrians, damaged property and a flooded shopping mall in their wake. As is often the......

January 1, 2013
1:36 pm

2013: The Jews, The Zionists, and The Arab with the Big Black Glasses

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles controversy, and even more by whether he perceives controversy in the first place. It's safe......

December 30, 2012
5:14 pm

Running for Ron

To date, my short experience on Twitter has taught me that 140 characters or less may not be enough to truly inspire, but at times they’re enough to move......

December 28, 2012
12:43 am

Manhattan, Moscow, Samaria: The Genesis of Ariel University

Cold rains couldn't dampen the countless rallies that repeatedly swept the streets of Manhattan for more than a generation. Jews half a world away were punished and imprisoned......