My Obiter Dicta

We've had all kinds of Prime Ministers. However, we've never had a coward. We've never had a virtual leader who isn't even t...

From the Jewish Worker .

I'm a big believer in looking at things from the perspective of (what Annales Historians call) ' la longue duree .' Even in the...

Canonist , whose site has had serious trouble itself, reports that anti-Israel hackers have attacked and destroyed YU's website . How do...

In the War of Independence (1948), there was an expression 'כל הארץ חזית' or 'The entire country is the Front.' That experie...

Almost a year ago , I had the opportunity to comment on the above syndrome. In that context, I related the following true story: This did re...

Israel is losing World War III By Bradley Burston There has never before been a war like this.That is why we are losing it.We don't kno...

Everyone, it would appear, is talking about Professor Samuel Heilman's new book, Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of Am...

נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ, עַמִּי--יֹאמַר, אֱלֹקיכֶם. ב דַּבְּרוּ עַל-לֵב יְרוּשָׁלִַם, וְקִרְאוּ אֵלֶיהָ--כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ, כִּי נִרְצָה עֲו‍ֹנ...

The Katyushas continue to rain death upon Eretz Yisrael and Am Yisrael. In the brief interlude between Tisha B'Av and Shabbat Nahamu, tw...