On Friday, February 24, I had the honor of guiding a distinguished group on a tour of the Mount of Olives cemetery in eastern Jerusalem. The group included two U.S. congressmen – Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice...
The war is as fierce today as it ever was. It is a battle for culture and identity and it is the same war the Maccabees fought so long ago. While the original Chanukah victory had a military component, the battle was certainly first and foremost a fight against...
Dear American Jews, I wish to apologize in the name of the State of Israel. We have heard that our ad campaign encouraging ex-pat Israelis to come home has offended many of you. That was certainly not the intent, and if it did offend, we are sorry. Israel created this...
Everyone is talking Iran. Go to any AIPAC meeting and you will hear about Iran, and if Israel’s PM speaks publicly he will surely mention Iran. This is what Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the Joint Session of Congress: “Time is running out, and the hinge...
The JStreet organization recently sent the following letter (pdf and jpg below) to their members alerting them to the trend in Washington policy discussions on Israel to annex Judea and Samaria. To hear something about my position on this issue, please view our series...
Israel should back Arab revolts, which offer rare opportunity for change in Mideast As I celebrate Passover with my family in my east Jerusalem apartment, I contemplate the meaning of the holiday. Passover is about the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt, but as I...
