Posts Tagged: Larry Domnitch
Independence Day Parades in Jerusalem — 1967 and 1968
On May 15, 1967, Israel's Independence Day parade was held in Jerusalem. It was a parade with historical significance. But the parade also faced opposition...
Yom Kippur 1967: The Return to the Western Wall
On Yom Kippur in 1967, thousands arrived at the Western Wall for the concluding prayers and to hear the long awaited sound of the shofar. Prior...
The White Paper: 80 Years Later
Eighty years ago, an ominous and devastating policy was enacted by the British government that would wreak severe destruction upon the Jewish people. The MacDonald White...
Reading the Megillah — and Supporting Israel — at the United Nations
The United Nations is the ultimate arena for Israel bashers and anti-Zionists. But on Purim 2016, the UN was the scene of prayers for world...
What the Horrors of Kristallnacht Should Teach Us Today
During the summer of 1938, with an urgent situation facing Jews in Nazi-occupied lands, 32 nations gathered in Evian, France, to find a solution to the...
Why Sukkot Reminds Us of the Need for a Jewish State
The Duke of Manheim once asked Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levin why children ask the "Four Questions" on Passover and not Sukkot.“After all, on Sukkot you have more...
The Steps Ahead After France Are Not Easy
It was a Kumbaya moment in the Lincoln Square Synagogue as leaders addressed the latest outrages in France at a memorial service. The speakers declared...
Protesting Anti-Israel Bias at the UN
Why did members of Activists 4 Israel and Americans for a Safe Israel spend a cold, rainy Sunday protesting at the United Nations in New...
Hanukkah and the Lessons of International Pressure Against Israel
What induced Antiochus Epiphanes to attempt to eradicate Judaism? Some speculate that he had his own political motives. However, he initially had good relations with...
Reflections on the UN Partition of Palestine
The day was November 29, 1947, the time, 5:50 p.m. EST. The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that would divide the Land of...
