Our ultimate value should not be solely that Israel does, and benefits from, good, but that all humanity should similarly strive to meet this goal for the good.

Predictions for Israel’s medical achievements that will take place in the forthcoming new Jewish Year of 5776. They are reliable predictions, as they mirror actual events that occurred in 5775.

The Syrian boy washed up on the Turkish shore was hardly the first innocent victim of the ongoing, brutal war. Where has the world been for the last 54 months?

Your signature strengths are a gift from God to you. How you use your signature strengths, however, is your gift back to God.

The nightmare of social media in the eyes of anti-Israel propagandists has just started, with no end in sight, and all that hard work at spreading propaganda for decades may turn out to be in vain.

I usually publicize the positive achievements of the Jewish State. This week, however, I want to illustrate that much of Israel’s work also goes into counteracting the negative side of life in the modern world.

When, in 2012, I authored a cautionary tale about the dangers of a nuclear Iran, I never imagined a U.S. president who would, just a few years later, actively try to strengthen Iran’s geopolitical and financial position while providing international legitimacy to the Iranian nuclear program. But sometimes truth is scarier than fiction. In my... Read more »

Knowing the facts of Israel's historical and legal rights as they have been recognized in international law and making that public knowledge for all was Howard's mission in life.

I always marvel how fresh and exciting the discoveries and innovations that I collect are. But last week, even I couldn’t anticipate the vast number of astonishing stories recently reported in the Jewish State.

If you're a Jewish kid who graduated law school – and got a job – chances are your proud parents gave you a picture with the famous quote, “Justice, justice, shall you pursue…" Now let's understand what it really means!

I’ll never forget the day when I learned how the world works and why people do what they do. I was running a community event and my cohort made a unilateral decision, which was a game changer for the event, and then put it out in an email, which made it public and permanent.  Confirming... Read more »

Canadian Jews and Friends of Yazidis held a vigil to raise awareness of the plight of the Yazidis of northern Iraq in downtown Toronto. Cries of "Never Again" rang out over the noise of traffic.

The response I got from Facebook hit me like a punch in the stomach. I had joined about 26,000 other people in asking Facebook to take down the “I Hate Israel” page, as Facebook has a so-called “policy” that supposedly doesn’t permit hate speech.

This is what the enemies of Israel actually want: to define us like everyone else. Any terrible, violent action committed by Israelis allows the world to pronounce that this nation is just like everyone else.

Volunteering at a facility for disabled children and young adults gave a Canadian the opportunity to satisfy her two great passions: Helping those less fortunate and supporting Israel.

During World War I, the demographics of Christians and Kurds were both each approximately 20% of the whole of the middle east. Albeit the latter increased in numbers due to Kurdification and forced conversion to Islam. In 1915 the Kurds volunteered en masse with the Ottoman in committing a genocide against Armenians and Assyrians. These... Read more »

  “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”  – Carl Jung I was passing the lounge area of a hotel on my way out the door and I glanced up at the TV monitor, which was tuned to a news station.  “Coming up next”, the anchor... Read more »

The Book of Deuteronomy starts out with Moses doing a recap and overview of the Jewish people since they left Egypt, and the review was hardly favorable.

In contrast to Iran’s destructive ambitions and manipulative nuclear activities, Israelis are working from the microscopic to the atomic level, in order to develop vital medical treatments and life-enhancing technology.

Iran is still Iran, a major supporter of terrorism – and the participants at the table were only there because they believed this. So why all the camaraderie?

Not to be an alarmist, but we could be on the brink, once again, of facing great challenges. However, when we rise to the occasion, we achieve great heights.

This is the sabbatical year regarding working the land in the Land of Israel as commanded in the Bible (Leviticus 25:1). As Jews have resettled the Land of Israel and are again working the land, we are able to perform some mitzvot (commandments) that can only be performed inside the Land of Israel. G-d commanded that... Read more »

On November 4th 1979, nine months after the successful Islamic revolution in Iran. A hostage crisis had ensued, when students had stormed the American Embassy in Iran, in what was to be known as the longest hostage crisis in history.

My grandson and his classmates embarked on an 8-day trip to Poland to tour the concentrations camps and visit the cities and ghettos where Jews lived and were slaughtered.

My husband was shaking his head as he was scrolling down the text on his cellphone.  “Who do you think Greece blames for the collapse of its economy?” “I dunno…” I replied offhandedly, “must be the Jews.”  I thought I was being sarcastic. My husband then read to me the most vile invectives spewed by... Read more »

Much has been written about just how bad the proposed Iranian nuclear deal has gotten. This outcome is hardly surprising after Israel’s former ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, bravely published Ally, his memoir detailing Obama’s hostility towards Israel. But even without Ambassador Michael Oren’s personal testimony, there is overwhelming evidence that – on the issue most important to global security... Read more »

In contrast to a UN report containing biased information on reduced foreign investment in Israel, here are some recent news articles that reflect the real economic success of the Jewish State.

The Golden Age or The Third Generation are fancy titles referring to anyone over 60. In plain language senior citizens. Becoming a Golden Ager is a very special bracha (blessing). It is not something we should take for granted. Being able to see our children grown-up, becoming parents themselves and living productive lives brings joy... Read more »

We don’t have to be churlish and demand instant answers to everything, especially since answers can trivialize serious issues and are far from soul-satisfying.

The most serious problems affecting the planet include disease, hunger, drought, natural disasters and terrorism. Israel’s superb work to combat these menaces deserves far more publicity.

Pina Chama is a place where soldiers can drop in for a bite to eat, a warm drink, some friendly conversation and feel the love of the residents of Gush Etzion.

Chassidic thought teaches that there is a seed of greatness in every moment and a spark of holiness in everything – even more so in people. Try looking for it with positive questions.

The last 24-48 hours for me have been a rather frightening and revealing look into how much anti-Semitic sentiment has permeated our global society. I am not someone who is easily offended; I’ve got big shoulders. Truth be told, I myself have been critical of the P.C. obsessed mob, those who seem to yearn for,... Read more »

One of my readers suggested that I write another anti-boycott article, so I just took excerpts from Israel’s positive news over the last 3 weeks and will let you make up your minds as to whether or not there is a boycott.

“Before the world of truth can come, the world of lies must disappear." - Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook

So as much as I condemn the attack on Charlie Hebdo and support the right of this magazine to publish the cartoons that it does, I am still not Charlie Hebdo.

Summer is nearly upon us. In Israel, this is traditionally a time for blasting the AC, heading to the beach…and rocket fire from Gaza. On Monday, the IDF deployed an Iron Dome anti-missile battery beside the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, in response to multiple rocket salvos that had been launched at Israel from the... Read more »

A ratio of 1:1 (compliment/criticism) will destroy the quality of your relationship as surely as it destroyed the generation of the Jewish people in the desert.

One of the Israelis’ most famous characteristics is a “can do” attitude. And over the past few weeks, Israel has shown just what can be done in the Jewish State.

Just as the very process of creation is said to be ongoing, so is our involvement. We are God’s partners in the process of creation. But what are we creating?