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May 26, 2024, 9:34 AM

President Biden Is a Giant

On June 28, 2022, at the White House, President Biden knelt on one knee as a show of respect in front of Rivka Ravitz, Chief of Staff of outgoing Israeli President Rivlin, when he heard she had 12 children....

Jan 30, 2024, 2:56 AM

Reuven Rivlin, Israel’s 10th president: We were also butchered by Polish people

In this exclusive interview recorded in Krakow, Reuven Rivlin, the tenth president of Israel pushes back on Polish law on remembering the Holocaust. President Rivlin was among world leaders of politics and industry at the European Jewish Association’s delegation to...

Dec 4, 2023, 11:36 PM

We must stop conflating antisemitism and Islamophobia

On December 3 in London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that it is time to “clean away antisemitism and Islamophobia”. He added, “We will not let antisemitism, Islamophobia have a role in our streets, our schools, our...

Nov 23, 2023, 10:04 PM

Teach the Children – The Anne Frank Children’s Human Rights Memorial

In a quiet suburban Buenos Aires neighborhood, a new memorial is being prepared for an early 2024 dedication. The sculpture by noted Jerusalem artist Sam Philipe has been funded and donated to the citizens of Buenos Aires by the...

Jul 10, 2023, 3:56 PM

Demonstrators argue with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest march in Bnei Brak against funding to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023. (Flash90)

One can almost imagine a modern shibboleth test in which we are stopped and asked, 'judicial reform' or 'judicial coup'?

Jul 14, 2021, 7:38 AM

The Sin of Cowardice

It was the last day of the life of Moses. He probably started off the way he did every other morning -- washed his hands, put on phylacteries, prayed and then ate a light breakfast with Tzippora. Then, he...

Michael Rainsbury

Jul 7, 2021, 2:13 PM

President Rivlin: The Jewish world’s greatest educator

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin, and his wife host children who are entering first grade, towards the start of the school year, at the President's Residence, on August 31, 2017. (Mark Neyman / GPO)

When the 'sabra' president included Diaspora Jewry in his long-term plan, he earned the title he'd claimed: 'president of the Jewish people'

Jul 1, 2021, 1:42 AM

This may be one of my shortest blogs but the opportunity can't be missed. Today Israel's president made a most hurtful and disgraceful statement when addressing a group in the U.S. It is hard to believe that a president of...

Jun 16, 2021, 8:55 PM

Rivlin proved the importance of the presidency

President Reuven Rivlin (R) hosts President-elect Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 7, 2021. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

The president helps balance a country that risks being pulled off course by extreme factions and special interests. He also keeps an eye out for world Jewry

Yohanan Plesner

Jun 3, 2021, 7:53 PM

The two strategic challenges facing Israel’s new president

Just a couple of days ago, the Knesset elected the new president of the State of Israel. As in the past, questions are being raised as to the necessity of the institution of the presidency, and there are even...

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