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When Antisemites Sue the Jews

The suit that Al Jazeera has filed in the International Criminal Court could shine an embarrassing spotlight on the network itself.

The Al Jazeera media network has filed suit against Israel over the accidental shooting of its reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. The history of extremists suing

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Iran Is Supporting New Terrorist Groups in Judea and Samaria

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are pursuing a strategy of encircling and weakening Israel.

The escape of six terrorists from Israel’s Gilboa Prison in September 2021 was the catalyst for the establishment of new terrorist groups in Samaria, according to senior Islamic Jihad

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The FBI Contributes To Antisemitism While Claiming to Combat It

Shame on the U.S. Justice Department for abetting Israel’s enemies abroad and Jew-haters at home.

During a hearing on Thursday of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, House Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J. Fifth District) posed a question, via video conference, to Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher

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Don’t Apologize for Ben-Gvir or Anything Else About Israel

The claim that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will make life hard for
Diaspora Jews ignores what motivates Zionism’s foes and other antisemites.

As Benjamin Netanyahu begins forming the next Israeli government following his victory in the latest Knesset

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Palestinians Vote for Terrorists, Then Claim Israelis Are ‘Extremists’

Even before the final results of the latest Israeli general elections were announced, Palestinian leaders and officials were quoted as expressing deep concern and fear that the outcome of the vote would lead to increased tensions and violence between the Palestinians and Israel.

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Israel Elections: Is This the Third Reign of King Bibi Netanyahu?

Those who trumpeted the “Fall of King Bibi” were premature.
They underestimated the indefatigable nature of Benjamin Netanyahu.

He’s baaaack, or at least that’s how it appears at first glance.

If the exit polls are to

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Modern Orthodoxy Is Judaism

“A king invited his children to a banquet for a certain number of days. When the time arrived for them to take their departure he said, ‘Children, I beg of you, stay one day more with me; it is so hard for me to part with you!’”—Rashi (Vayikra 23:36)

I have two 12th graders. This Shemini

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Ten Reasons Faulty Israel-Lebanon Gas Deal Smells Foul

After 10 years of failing to reach an agreement on the Israel-Lebanon maritime border, Prime Minister Yair Lapid has announced that an accord has been reached, calling it a “historic achievement.”

The agreement is highly controversial for a number of reasons, including that Israel essentially ceded

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Why Mainstream Jewish Groups Didn’t Defend Yeshiva University

The battle between the school and an LGBTQ student club pits religious freedom against gay rights. Organizations, and even major donors, think the latter is more important.

The latest exchange in the ongoing battle between Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ

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Israel’s ‘Peace Partner’ Is Slaughtering Israelis

In the past few months, there has been a rise in the number of terrorist attacks against Israelis carried out by gunmen belonging to, or associated with, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its ruling faction, Fatah. These two bodies are headed by one man: Mahmoud Abbas, who has zero compunction about his loyalists murdering and wounding

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A Sneak Peek of What is to Come: Living Connected: A Bergen County School-Shul Tech Initiative

There are many reasons to be proud of the Jewish community in Bergen County. There are extraordinary chesed organizations, beautiful shuls overflowing with congregants, and outstanding schools filled with Torah learning.

There is another, sometimes overlooked, reason why we should be proud.

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The Worst Deal of the Century

You don’t need to have written a book on dealmaking to know that Team Biden is making every mistake in the book with Iran.

In a recent episode of Disney’s “Tehran” thriller, an Israeli spymaster (played by Glenn Close) advises one of her operatives trying to make a deal with an

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