Posts Tagged: Isi Leibler Israel
New Biography Explores a Defender of Israel
Lone Voice, The Wars of Isi Leibler, by Suzanne Rutland, Gefen Books (2021) Communal leaders who take on establishment bodies and challenge accepted wisdom are not...
How Israeli Politics Can — and Should — Move Forward
When waking in the morning, Israelis need to pinch ourselves to be certain that our current position is not a dream: The American administration headed...
Netanyahu: The End of an Era
As we move into the New Year 5780, Israel's dysfunctional political system seems to have sunk to an all-time low. There is now a complete...
Who Should Israelis Vote For?
Most of Israel’s previous elections have presented voters with meaningful choices, many with long-term implications on the security of the nation. The most extreme example...
The Prime Minister Is Treating Us Like Morons
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed his political savvy by avoiding an election as he outmaneuvered Naftali Bennett and his Bayit Yehudi party, forcing them to...
Israel Must Restore Deterrence in Gaza
All of us abhor military confrontation or war, which inevitably leads to casualties. Israel today faces a major threat from Hamas in the south where Iran...
The Kavanaugh Imbroglio and Jews
Although I am not American, I must confess that I was glued to the screen watching the Kavanaugh hearings in the US Senate. With the hindsight...
The Devastating Impact of American Non-Jewish Jews
There is no disputing that, except for the vast majority of Orthodox Jews, American Jews and their leaders have distanced themselves from their Jewish identity. In...
5779: A New Year of Hope
Those of us privileged to live in Israel should give thanks to the Almighty and appreciate the extraordinary achievements of the past year, and pray...
Ronald Lauder Loses the Plot
Ronald Lauder is a billionaire and respected art collector who became passionately committed to Jewish life. As US ambassador to Austria, he witnessed virulent antisemitism....
Looking Candidly at Israel’s Nation-State Law
It is inevitable -- and laudable -- that there are debates and differences over most new legislation. However, that does not justify the global hysteria...
Regional Storm Clouds Threaten Israel
Notwithstanding the exuberance of Israelis at the Jewish state's joyous 70th Independence Day celebrations, which were justified in light of Israel’s extraordinary achievements and progress on...
Storm Clouds Gathering in the Middle East for Israel
The volatility of political activity in the Middle East is dizzying. The Syrian civil war is almost at an end. President Bashar al-Assad remains in power,...
Breaking the Ultra-Orthodox Control Over Israel
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate, backed by its ultra-Orthodox political factions, is negatively affecting the entire state of Israel. In previous generations, we were blessed with chief rabbis...
