June 18, 2013
9:33 pm

Putin at the G8 was a travesty

The leaders of eight of the world's largest national economies have just finished meeting in Northern Ireland for the annual G8 Summit...

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June 10, 2013
8:57 am

The Rebbe of the whole world

About 22 years ago in the United Kingdom I hosted Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach for a concert at the Oxford Union. After the musical festival where he electrified an otherwise......

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June 5, 2013
11:08 am

Defending Samantha Power on Israel

Last year I became the first Rabbi to ever win a Republican nomination for Congress (NJ-9) and I have, as a columnist, often been critical of President Obama’s......

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May 21, 2013
12:28 pm

Elie Wiesel’s healing Jewish spirit

Readers of my columns know that my most central belief is that universal Jewish values have the capacity to bring healing to a world that sorely needs it and......

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May 13, 2013
12:48 pm

The Blessings of a Big Sister

My eldest sister Sara, whom I’ve affectionately called Sarala since I was a baby, turned 50 on the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer. When I was a boy of......

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May 8, 2013
8:10 pm

It turns out that Hawking is no Einstein

Has Stephen Hawking really left the company of Albert Einstein, an avowed Zionist who worked to create the State of Israel, and replaced him with the august company of......

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May 3, 2013
9:16 am

Porn and marriage – not a great match

Wow. That was unexpected. A new study from The Journal of Sexual Medicine quotes four Dutch researchers who argue that porn ultimately has no seriously negative effect on......

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April 21, 2013
1:31 pm

Did you hear the one about the Genocidal tyrant?

Yet again, the United States, and, indeed the world, finds itself having to confront a dictatorial regime led by a maniacal leader who continuously threatens both our country and......

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April 14, 2013
10:51 am

Leprosy and badmouthing the IDF

Having a daughter in this Israeli army changes everything about how we as a family commemorate Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial day, observed today. As we mourn the loss of......

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April 8, 2013
9:28 am

Obama in Israel: the wrong apology

President Barak Obama’s first trip to Israel since he became president had the potential to yield many tangible results, not the least of which could have been......

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March 24, 2013
10:52 am

What enslaves us?

Conveying the contemporary relevance of Passover, Judaism’s most famous holiday, to a western audience, most of whom have grown up in thriving liberal democracies, is challenging. I......

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March 3, 2013
10:42 am

Loving America by serving in Israel’s army

I met with a group from the American military last week. After I think thanked them for their gallant service, one of them inquired about my daughter serving in......

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February 24, 2013
11:28 am

Where are Israel’s intrepid defenders?

For those involved in pro-Israel advocacy, now is the winter of our discontent. We’re on the defensive in virtually every part of the world. The BDS movement......

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February 17, 2013
2:28 am

Getting the Apartheid-Israel equation right

Arriving in South Africa for a lecture tour – the second in a year – I popped on the TV to watch President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation......

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February 5, 2013
11:14 am

Bar Refaeli and GoDaddy’s degradation of women

I don't want to come across as a prude and less so do I want to judge. So how do I say this delicately? For those of us who always......

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