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And the LORD said to Abraham:

“Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. …  Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” (Genesis [...]

Decide where you stand, Mr President

Dear President Obama
You will just have heard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver his speech, which as you know you are partially responsible for having pressed him into making.
Hopefully you will have heard his heartfelt appeal to the Arab world to grasp the hand that Israel has long held out for peace.
You will have heard [...]

Write to strengthen Bibi

As Israel’s prime minister gets ready for Shabbat, after which he is set to deliver his widely-awaited foreign policy speech, you can write to encourage him to stand strong against the shameless bullying tactics of the Obama administration and the European Union. Along with the whole world, Washington and Brussels are panting to hear Benjamin [...]

Urgent call to prayer

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be going before his nation, and before the world, to deliver his much anticipated foreign policy speech.
The two issues he is certain to focus on are Iran’s nuclear threat and Israel’s negotiations with the Palestinian Arabs
As he prepares to lay out his vision, this man is under [...]

America - Out from under His wings?

Back in my old homeland we had a saying when we prayed for ‘traveling mercies.’
“Remember,” we admonished one another, “the angels that protect you when you drive will take their securing hands off your car when you exceed the speed limit or otherwise break the law.”
I was reminded of this as I read two headlines [...]

Misusing the memory of the murdered

I almost dare not write this. But I feel I dare not not. What I see is vivid as daylight. I have to let it out.
Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has an ability shared by surely very few if any other men: to invoke with words the deep pain that has etched itself forever on his [...]