Posts Tagged: Ronn Torossian
Spending Shabbat in Beverly Hills
When traveling, it’s enjoyable to encounter different Jewish communities and synagogues. I spent this past Shabbat in Beverly Hills, California, and it was no different. A client put...
Standing Up for Israel on Social Media
Too often when Israel is featured in the news, it is for something negative. Yet, the reality is that there are so many great stories...
Judaica and Memorabilia Connect Us To the Past
A date in a calendar is strengthened when history can be held and cherished. Last week, Israel remembered the Holocaust, and this week marked Memorial Day for...
Haaretz and New York Times Happily Excuse Palestinian Child Terrorists
A recent headline in Haaretz read, “Sharp Rise in the Number of Palestinian Children in Prison.” The article noted that there have been 438 Palestinian Arab youths put in Israeli jails since February....
Ze’ev Jabotinsky on the Need for a Strong Jewish Army
Earlier this week, the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, an organization dedicated to supporting the men and women serving in the IDF, held its annual dinner...
New Israel Fund Grantees Accuse Jewish State of Torture
Another week, another attempt to vilify Israel. Once again, this attempt comes from two NGOs -- HaMoked and B’Tselem -- that receive funding from the New...
Jewish Candidates Run, Free of Bigotry, in Presidential Election
Politics aside, the extraordinary popularity of Bernie Sanders has been a surprise. Adding to that, the rumblings of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggesting...
Optimistic Thoughts for 2016
We come into 2016 with a degree of unease, as the world looks somewhat bleak at the moment. Terror attacks have become routine in Israel again,...
Israel Does Not Take Public Relations Seriously
A recent report by the Israeli Knesset's Research and Information Center has proven what has been said over and over again: Israel's public relations efforts are costly and ineffective. Unlike...
The New Israel Fund Supports EU Discrimination Against Israel
There was a time in Europe when Jews were made to wear yellow stars to indicate that they were Jewish. This was not a badge...
Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Message About Jews, Terrorism Eerily Valid Today
If history is any measure of truth, the facts about Israel have not changed since the struggle for the modern-day Jewish state began. The wisdom...
PR Firm That Refused to Represent Israel Now Has Hate-Filled Turkish Prime Minister as a Client
Burson-Marsteller, a major international PR firm, has been retained by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu “to improve his overseas image” following the recent Turkish elections. Relations between Israel...
The New Israel Fund Supports Incitement Against Israel
In recent weeks, Israelis have been terrorized by a new wave of attacks. This persistent violence comes with tacit encouragement from the Palestinian leadership -- and...
The NIF Funds Groups That Incite Palestinian Terror
In recent weeks, Israeli and Palestinian Arabs have been carrying out terror attacks and arbitrarily murdering innocent Israeli civilians. Instead of categorically denouncing this terror,...
