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Nov 1, 2023, 12:35 PM

No one has a greater claim to Israel than Jews

The massive rise of antisemitism in the United States is expressed by the outrageous demonstrators calling for Israel's destruction with their chant "from the river to the sea Palestine will be free." The antisemites demonstrating base their view on...

Nov 22, 2017, 5:48 AM

Trump’s improved policies toward Israel

The massive change in policies by the Trump Administration towards Israel has been overlooked by most observers. Those that are hawkish on Israel point to the areas that have not yet changed and condemn those areas. Those that are...

Aug 30, 2017, 7:04 PM

How to act against anti-Semitism and hate

We must speak out when we hear hateful speech or hear of hateful rallies. One who listens to such hateful speech and does nothing at a minimum it appears one is condoning the hateful speech and the speech may even...

Apr 10, 2017, 4:20 AM

Next Year: Passover Seder at the US Embassy in Jerusalem

It is time that Embassies of the world be moved to Israel's capital, Jerusalem. .Next year in Jerusalem is the statement we make every year at the end of the Passover Seder. This year we celebrate the fiftieth year...

Mar 31, 2017, 7:31 AM

Palestinian Arab terrorist Tamimi needs to be brought to Justice

President George W. Bush proclaimed an extraordinary moral principle after 9/11 as to why the US has the right to launch a war in Afghanistan. He stated that those who give safe havens to the terrorists are just as morally...

Mar 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

Trump and Israel — Time to Evaluate

Much has been happening in the six weeks since President Donald Trump took office - enough information to begin to allow a realistic analysis regarding the new president vis-a-vis Israel. The first actions by Trump were taken even before he...

Jan 13, 2017, 12:58 PM

President Elect Trump should recognize a united Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

There is a shock in the world that President Elect Trump, unlike past US presidents, may make good on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing it...

Dec 13, 2016, 12:25 AM

Conway – Trump will prioritize recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

President-elect Trump spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway, was asked on the Hugh Hewitt national radio show on December 12 about whether Trump will move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Conway responded "That is a very big priority for President-elect Trump. He...

Nov 23, 2016, 10:23 PM

Jared Kushner and the Trump Adult Children should be allowed to advise the President

What happens when you have an astute adviser that helps you win the Presidency? What if that adviser happens to be someone you trust implicitly? What if you know that adviser is always putting your interests first? The obvious...

Nov 10, 2016, 11:33 PM

Sabbath observance respected like never before

Shortly after being elected to the Senate for the first time, Senator Joe Lieberman told a fascinating story about his victory over Senator Lowell Weicker. Lieberman related that a prominent politician in Connecticut called him up a week...

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About Me

Farley Weiss is the president of the National Council of Young Israel, a member of the Conference of Presidents that represents around 25,000 Orthodox Jewish families and around 130 synagogues across America, the president of the intellectual property law firm of Weiss & Moy, P.C. with offices in Scottsdale, AZ, Boca Raton, FL, and Las Vegas, NV. He has authored opeds in the Arizona Republic, The Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and Hamodia, and has spoken around the country on political issues affecting Israel and American Jewry.