Posts Tagged: Ruthie Blum
Bibi at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - By Tuesday night, exit polls from the elections for the 24th Knesset will show whether or not predictions of the kind of deadlock...
A Pregnant Pause to Consider Vaccine Denial
JNS.org - A tragedy that befell a Jerusalem family this week and resonated throughout the country should serve as a cautionary tale. A pregnant mother...
The Bundestag, BDS, and Ex-Pat Israelis in Berlin
JNS.org - At a news conference in Berlin last Thursday, the directors of 32 academic and cultural institutions -- some in attendance and others via...
Peter Beinart’s Assault on the Abraham Accords
JNS.org - Peter Beinart’s latest attack on the Jewish state that he opposes as vehemently as he professes to have its best interests at heart...
A Unified Reminder of the Iranian Threat
JNS.org - In a rare moment of unity, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz addressed the nation together on Monday night....
Reflections on ‘Aliyah’
JNS.org - This week marks the 43rd anniversary of my aliyah. In July 1977, I arrived in Israel for what I had thought was going...
‘Bloat’ Is the Least of the New Israeli Government’s Problems
JNS.org - Public criticism of the new Israeli government has focused on how “bloated” it is. Prior to and since the swearing-in on Sunday of...
Why the Israeli Right Need Not Fear Trump’s Peace Plan
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming visit to Jerusalem this week -- to “meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of...
Let Us Remember What the Survivors Can’t Forget
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors do not need annual ceremonies to remind them of the Nazi atrocities that they endured or of the family members that...
Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized -- particularly...
Corona, Chinese Oppression, and the Chinese Ambassador’s Holocaust Chutzpah
JNS.org - China’s acting ambassador to Israel came under well-deserved fire this week for invoking the Nazi genocide of the Jews to criticize Jerusalem’s preventive...
More Calls for Terror From Palestinian Society
JNS.org - As the nearly 50 heads of state from around the globe began preparing for their arrival in Israel this week to attend the...
Israel’s Education Minister Gets Taught a Lesson on Tolerance and Religious Zealotry
JNS.org - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the right-wing Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) Party, indicated this week -- for...
Tel Aviv’s Mayor Should Be Drowning in Tears
JNS.org - The response of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai to the unfathomable death of a young couple is nothing short of a disgrace. When...
