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An Old Story: Anti-Semitism, Past and Present
by Jack Schwartz The worst things to accuse the Jews of: racism, apartheid, genocide, colonialism.
The Courage to be Different
by Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen A Jewish boy's request for a Christmas tree leads to an important discovery: to be truly universal, we must first be able to give to the world our own unique light.
Textbook Incitement
by Avi Davis Peace does not lie in characters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of people.
Israel Update: December 2001
by Aish.com Staff In this issue: Fatah continues the Intifada, French Ambassador poo-poos Israel, and Arab MK's show their true colors.
Media Critique #37 - Newsweek-MSNBC Rewrites History
by HonestReporting.com A comparison of the lives of Sharon and Arafat packs a lot of bias into 100 words.
Arafat's Palm Pilot
by Michael Freund Arafat's speech was far too little, and way too late.
Arafat's Suicide Factory
by Daniel Pipes Why blame Arafat for the suicide bombings?
How To Work Miracles - The God Factor: Part 2
by Sara Yoheved Rigler The distinction between the natural and the miraculous is only one of human perception. Everything that occurs is really a miracle.
Intersecting Lives
by Rabbi Shalom Schwartz Two young women snuffed out by terrorists. Their lives so different, yet so much the same.
Arabs Have Never Accepted Israel
by Daniel Pipes The latest attacks on Israel remind us that the attempt to destroy the Jewish state has gone on since it came into existence in 1948.
Intellectual Honesty
by Rabbi Berel Wein Acknowledging and admitting one's limits is a sign of greatness, not weakness.
Cycle of Absurdity
by Michael Freund With the body count of Israeli civilians mounting, it's time to get tough.
Truth versus Terror
by HonestReporting.com With suicide attacks plaguing Israel, it is more important than ever that the media get its facts straight.
European Media and Anti-Israel Bias
by Tom Gross A British journalist in Israel chronicles the shocking, systematic anti-Israel bias of the European media.
Reuters' Overshadowing Bias
by HonestReporting.com When Palestinian gunmen machine-gun Jewish shoppers, Reuters lumps the attackers' deaths together with the victims.
The God Factor: Part 1
by Sara Yoheved Rigler Chanukah comes to teach us how history can take the most unlikely turns and produce the most improbable victors.
Reflections from the Land
by Shellie Berman For a young Toronto family, a year-long sabbatical in Israel reaps unexpected rewards.
Secretary Powell's 'Vision' is a Mirage
by Cal Thomas Powell made numerous false assumptions in his speech, chief among them that the Palestinians would be satisfied with their own state adjacent to Israel.
Victory Shifts the Muslim World
by Daniel Pipes The Sept. 11 attacks were expected to take a major step toward extinguishing America. Instead they served as a rousing call to arms, reducing the prospects of militant Islam.
Shootout in Gaza
by Moshe, IDF Soldier Media reports of an IDF mission in Gaza don't seem to match the experience of a soldier who was there.
The 'Good' Terrorist
by Seth and Sherri Mandell When a man sprays machine-gun fire at a busload of schoolchildren, is that activism, militancy -- or just plain terror?
Israel Update: November 2001
by Aish.com Staff In this issue: Arafat fails to crack down on terror, and Hamas calls for putting anthrax in the U.S. water supply.
Media Critique #35: Spouting Off
by HonestReporting.com Some small papers join in the slander against Israel -- including an accusation of discrimination against Christians.
Terror First Hand
by Sara Yoheved Rigler On a bus targeted by a terrorist, a 16-year-old girl faces death.
Neighborhood Bully
by Bob Dylan He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to lay down and die.
We Have Lost A Father
by Jonathan Rosenblum The Jewish world lost one of its greatest leaders, Rabbi Shach, whose concern encompassed every Jew.
Media Critique #34: Eyeless In Gaza
by HonestReporting.com Harper's magazine accuses Israeli troops of murdering Palestinian children for sport.
U.S./Israel Parallels on Terrorism
by Alan M. Dershowitz With both nations facing a similar war against terrorism, it is wrong for the United States to demand more of Israel than it asks of itself.
Israel Now
by Tefilla Buxbaum Is the future of American Jewry secure?
Dear George
by Saul Singer How Prime Minister Sharon should respond to Tom Friedman's mock letter from President Bush.
Resurrecting an Ancient Face of Evil
by Suzanne Fields Virulent anti-Semitism is alive and well, and proliferates across the Arab world.
The Day Rechavam Ze'evi Was Assassinated
by Sara Yoheved Rigler For me, Wednesday, October 17, was a day that started in tragedy and ended in celebration.
With Allies Like These...
by Jeff Jacoby If these are the partners we are relying on in our war to rid the world of terror, that war is as good as lost.
The Sheik's Screed
by Memri.org The Arab world spreads a conspiracy theory about a purported Jewish plot to terrorize America and discredit Islam.
Containment: The U.S. War Aim?
by Daniel Pipes Without precise goals, the war will almost certainly go awry. Here's one suggestion: contain radical anti-Westernism among Muslims so that its adherents no longer assault Americans or their allies.
Media Critique #33 - Danger of Militant Islam
by HonestReporting.com Is Bin Laden motivated by radical Islamic teachings? Some fifth columnists say ‘no -- it's all Israel's fault.'
Spread Freedom In The Mideast
by Natan Sharansky The democratic world must not only destroy the empire of terror, it must also seek to expand the very freedom our enemies want to destroy.
Israel Update: October, 2001
by Aish.com Staff In this issue: anti-American incitement in Palestinian textbooks; two-faced terrorists; and the squeaky un-clean record of Yasser Arafat.
Seeking Peace
by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Let us say to our enemies: We do not seek our freedom at the cost of yours; therefore do not seek yours at the cost of ours.
Learning How To Speak To Generation X
by Gary Rosenblatt Lack of knowledge and an ingrained sense of moral relativism make it difficult for Jewish college students to fully identify with Israel.
The Common Islamist Rage
by Jonathan Rosenblum The terror attacks on Jews in Israel have little to do with the living conditions of Palestinians.
Quash the PLO, not the PA
by Lenny Ben-David Splitting the PLO from the PA presents the United States government with the option to officially label the PLO - and not necessarily the PA - as a terrorist group.
In the Name of Allah
by New York Jewish Week We Jews know well the dangers of blaming an entire group for the actions of individuals.
Apocalypse Now?
by Rabbi Noson Weisz The terrorist's power is psychological. What will happen to the Western world when its bubble of security and control is pricked?
Of Bombings and Hope
by Rabbi Ahron Hoch The Jewish people know what it's like to endure vicious attacks. And we can learn how to avoid them, too.
Hero of Flight 93
by Seamus McGraw Jeremy Glick joins a line of courageous Jewish heroes.
Celebration of Terror
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons When Palestinians celebrate terror attacks, the media is strong-armed into suppressing its coverage. Here's why.
A Middle East Party
by Daniel Pipes Palestinian nationalists and Islamists share a hatred of all things American. Both are taking indecent pleasure from American suffering.
Preparing for War
by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith While President Bush prepares America for war against the forces of evil, with the advent of Yom Kippur Jews are preparing for an additional war against an implacable foe.
The Tightrope of Life
by Rabbi Pinchas Waldman Terrorists aim to destroy the survivors as well by instilling a sense of paralyzing fear. We must not let them win the war against our nerves.