Posts Tagged: Theodore Herzl
Israel, Water and the Next 100 Years
JNS.org - Did you know that if you put a bucket in your backyard in Israel to capture rain water, the water belongs not to...
German Foreign Minister Walter-Frank Steinmeier’s Disconnect on Israel
When Secretary of State John Kerry recently thundered that Israel could choose to be a Jewish state or a democratic state, but not both, he...
Reconnecting With the Spark of Judaism
The Hebrew month of Elul, which leads to the New Year, brings daily shofar blasts, extra prayers, selichot, and the serious mood of anticipation of...
Thanks to Zionism…
Over the past several years, we have witnessed a growing and dangerous trend -- especially on many college campuses -- delegitimizing Israel and questioning its right to exist. This is...
Salon’s Hate for Israel Shines Through in New Article
Ben Norton at Salon wrote an incredibly one-sided, anti-Israel piece about the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine. The headline already tells you where this is going: U.N....
EXCLUSIVE: SWC Rabbi Takes on Jerusalem Cardinal Over Papal Trip, Says Herzl Grave Visit Was Break From Church Doctrine
Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Thursday took Jerusalem Cardinal Edwin O'Brien to task after...
U.K. Silent on Pope’s Meeting With Mufti Who Wants to Kill Jews
A report at the Independent by Ben Lynfield focuses on Palestinian activists who are "scathing about the Pope's plans to make the first visit by a pontiff...
How Sports Can Shatter Israel’s Glass Ceiling
JNS.org - Recent polls show that Israeli women earn 25 percent less than their male counterparts. The situation is not much better in the United...
The Power of Turning Dreams”Ž Into Reality
In one of the greatest transformations in all literature, Joseph moves in one bound from prisoner to prime minister. What was it about Joseph -...
Netanyahu: Peace Agreement Won’t Eliminate ‘Wild Defamation of Jewish State’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he desires peace, but that no agreement with the Palestinian Authority would silence critics of the Jewish...
Israel: Triumph of Resilience
Israel, having attained its 65th anniversary, resists easy definition. Sixty-five years ago, on May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion, its first prime minister, declared...
Cuba, Marxist Capitalism – and Israel?
"Marxist capitalism" sounds like a contradiction in terms. Marx felt that capitalism was doomed. It would be replaced by the inevitable final stage of communism,...
Ten Reasons to Admire Israel
In the daily news coverage, as they say, if it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead. The larger story of Israel, therefore, is rarely told. And the...
Durban I, II and III – Nothing More Than Jew Hatred Rivaling Nazi Germany
The Durban III Conference is scheduled to be held in New York City on September 21. The two prior Durban conferences -- Durban I held in...
