Posts Tagged: Yoram Ettinger
The Ninth of Av: A Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
Here are nine thoughts on the Ninth of Av: 1. Forgetfulness feeds oblivion; remembrance breeds deliverance. According to a legend,Napoleon was walking one night in the streets of Paris,...
US Pressure on Israel? No Need to Panic
In recent weeks, commentators and others have been worried about the prospect of US pressure being applied to Israel. Can Israel afford, they ask, to...
Shavuot Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Liberty. The Shavuot holiday reflects the 3,500 year old trilateral linkage between the Land of Israel (pursued by Abraham), the Torah of Israel (transmitted through Moses)...
Passover Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. According to Heinrich Heine, the 19th-century German poet, “Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.” 2. Moses’ “Let my people go”...
Fake Demography
There is now almost unanimous rejection of the “two-state solution” -- the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state on any part of the former west...
President Trump vs. the State Department
In order to avoid the failed Middle East track record of all US presidents, since 1948, President Trump should refrain from -- rather than repeat -- the...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Hanukkah and Jewish immortality. In 1899, Mark Twain wrote: “Jews constitute but one percent of the human race…, [but] their contributions to literature, science, art, music,...
Israel and the 10 Commandments of a Trump Presidency
The outcome of the November 8, 2016, US election was predicted by those who doubted the accuracy of the polling samples. In fact, it is...
A Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Yom Kippur is a day of hope and optimism, in addition to a solemn day of soul-searching. The Day of Atonement provides a unique awareness...
The Palestinians Are Trying to Manipulate Demographics — Here’s How
The July 11, 2016, Palestinian Authority report claiming that Jews are a minority west of the Jordan River is a classic case of "lies, damned...
Israel at 68: Are We Isolated?
Secretary of State John Kerry and other Western policy-makers -- joined by the “elite” Western media -- contend that 68 year-old Israel is increasingly isolated...
13 Facts About the Israeli-Arab Conflict
1. Erroneous assumptions produce erroneous policies, as has been the case with all US initiatives towards the Palestinian issue, which the US foreign policy establishment erroneously...
The Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed, 2015
1. The U.S. connection: Columbus Day is celebrated around Sukkot. According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles Davidson, 1997, p. 268), Columbus arrived in America on Friday...
On Iran Nuclear Deal, Beware of ‘Peace in Our Time’ Promise
National security and foreign policymakers should study a critical lesson from the medical profession: The failure to think beyond the stage one effect of painkillers...
