Gary Rosenblatt is mistaken to refer to the Israeli designation of 988 acres of land in the Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem as a “grab,” nor does this drive “another nail into the fading prospect of a peace deal with the Palestinians” (“Israel’s West Bank Grab, More Than Bad Timing,” Sep. 12). Since the days […]

Members of the Knesset Interior Committee on Thursday will conduct a special tour of the Mount of Olives in order to examine up close the security arrangements there. The tour comes after hundreds of complaints by Jewish visitors to the huge cemetery located on the Mount of rock-throwing attacks by Arabs, and vandalism of the graves of loved […]

Anti-Semitism is a unique hatred. Throughout history, the Jews have dealt with adversaries not interested in territorial or economic gain, but genocide. This hatred manifests itself in irrationality and the absence of self-interest. Take the Nazis, for example. Why did Hitler try to annihilate the Jews during WWII? Wouldn’t it have made more sense to […]

Hear special guest Jeff Daube, Director of the Zionist Organization of America in Jerusalem, speak to the issue of President Obama and Secretary Kerry’s insistence on deescalating violence as HAMAS, Islamic Jihad, FATAH and other Islamic groups pursue ways in which to destroy the Jewish state.

It is troubling that Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman asserts that because one of many anti-Semitic passages was removed, the “Death of Klinghoffer” opera to be performed at the Met is no longer anti-Semitic (“High Drama Over ‘Klinghoffer’ Opera,” June 27). The opera still contains outrageous libels stating that Jews cheat, exploit, pollute virgins, […]

What if I told you that a right wing professor at a state University received $7,000 from the University-taxpayer money-to travel on a political solidarity tour to a KKK rally, in order to further the agenda of this hateful organization? Do you think this would be allowed to happen? Would the President of the University […]

In an attempt to target, harass and intimidate pro-Israel Jewish students at UCLA, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) recently demanded that candidates for student government positions sign a statement pledging they will not go on any trip to Israel sponsored by three Jewish organizations. Notably, SJP has targeted only Israel and three Jewish organizations that sponsor […]

A few days before we heard the horrible news of the three boys who got kidnapped in Israel, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) leader Mort Klein visited the Jewish Journal offices to speak to our editorial staff. He said a lot of things over the course of a lively one-hour session, but one thing in […]