Michael Boyden

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Jan 8, 2025, 3:18 AM

Is it Time to Attack Iran?

In his Reichstag speech on January 30, 1939 Adolf Hitler called for the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe". If European Jewry had listened to his speech, then maybe six million Jews would not have perished in the Holocaust....

Jan 2, 2025, 10:45 PM

The Game Is Over

There comes a time when the charedim can no longer hide in their yeshivot while our soldiers, including reservists in their 50's, are fighting on all fronts to defend our country. The days are gone since Ben Gurion exempted 400...

Nov 23, 2024, 12:00 AM

Time to End this War

From the very beginning many of us said that the two original objectives of this war – to destroy Hamas and bring the hostages home - were unachievable. Thirteen months later, over 800 Israeli soldiers are dead and thousands more...

Sep 13, 2024, 5:54 PM

It has become commonplace for anti-Israel protesters to accuse the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of practicing genocide in its war against Hamas in Gaza. The term "genocide", incidentally, was coined during the Holocaust by a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin....

Sep 2, 2024, 9:57 PM

Where Are All Those Bleeding Hearts?

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets yesterday to protest following the horrific murder of six hostages held by Hamas terrorists, whom the spineless BBC continues to refer to as "fighters". While the protest was primarily aimed at...

Aug 27, 2024, 5:53 AM

Bibi or Ben-Gvir

When it comes to Jews and Muslims, there is no more combustible tinder box than the Temple Mount. Israel ended up holding the whole of Jerusalem following the 6-War in 1967. However, the political leadership of the day wisely chose...

Aug 20, 2024, 12:14 AM

How Stupid Can You Get?

Okay. So we know that the British Government supports the International Criminal Court's proposal calling for the arrest of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, the decision to do so is still...

Aug 2, 2024, 1:33 AM

Targeted Assassinations

Hospitals have been told to prepare for large numbers of casualties. Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv has emptied its underground car park, so that medical units and patients can be transferred there should the city be attacked. Generators in government...

Jul 29, 2024, 7:31 AM

The Knesset Recess is a Disgrace

Israel is facing its longest war since the War of Independence. Only yesterday a Hizballah rocket exploded in the Druse village of Majdal Shams killing 12 children at play and wounding many more, some seriously. As a consequence, our prime...

Jul 24, 2024, 11:40 PM

Shame on you, Bibi

Bibi revelled in the dozens of standing ovations he received on Capitol Hill. He wouldn't have received even one of them in Israel, because we know him better. He cynically used the presence in the chamber of Israeli soldiers, the...

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About Me

Made aliyah from the UK in 1985, am a former president of the Israel Council of Reform Rabbis and am currently rabbi of Kehilat Yonatan in Hod Hasharon, Israel.