This is the fourth post in the series “Why I moved to Israel.” In this series, immigrants to Israel tells us why they came here and what makes them stay. If you haven’t seen them already, take a look at the first, second and third posts in the series.
Guest post by Becky Feinberg
Zionism has Never [...]
Deborah E. Lipstadt, a scholar at the Holocaust Museum, was one floor below when the shooting took place in the museum. She writes about the experience on CNN. An excerpt:
I was on the level below the shooting in a classroom preparing to begin a lecture on Holocaust denial. I was going to speak about those [...]
Since many of us get our information from social media sites like Facebook, the Center for Online Judaic Studies now has a Facebook page. If you become a fan, you will receive updates on news, featured articles and videos, as well as links to new content on the COJS website. The updates will appear in [...]
Read the first and second posts in the series for other personal accounts of aliyah and the reasons behind it.
Guest Post by Noah Roth
Most Zionists can be neatly wrapped up and placed into one of two camps- religious Zionists, and political Zionists.
I consider myself both.
And a third category I call practical Zionism.
I suppose I should [...]
A lot has been said recently about the relationship between the US and Israel as a result of President Obama’s speech in Cairo.
On Tuesday, Gil Troy posted an article on the History News Network which analyzes the Cairo speech. He says that Obama likes to be “even-handed” when dealing with controversial issues. In his speech, [...]
The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the discovery of the aqueduct which brought water to the Sultan’s Pool and to the Temple Mount. More information can be found on the COJS website.
The controversy about the rescue of 113 Jews from Yemen to Monsey, NY continues. The Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization claimed they should be brought to Israel and certainly not to the anti-Zionist Satmer community in Monsey.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Yisroel Schulman, a New York attorney who is involved in the resettlement, [...]
This is the second post of a series entitled “Why I Moved to Israel.” Guest posters tell their stories and offer their perspectives on aliyah. The first post in the series can be found here.
Guest post by S. David De Zwirek, Karmiel, June 2009 – Aliyah in 1993 from Canada
First of all – tachlis – [...]
Last week Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Obama’s former pastor, said that “them Jews aren’t going to let [Obama] talk to me.”
Now he has “corrected” himself: “I’m not talking about all Jews, all people of the Jewish faith, I’m talking about Zionists.” He added that the Jewish vote and the AIPAC vote have too much influence [...]
Yesterday’s horrific shooting in the US Holocaust Museum was clearly an anti-Semitic act. The shooter, James Von Brunn, was a white supremacist and anti-Semite who served jail time for trying to place the Federal Reserve Board of Governors under “citizens’ arrest.” He was nominated on a white supremacist website for “White Racialist Treasure.”
Rev. David L. [...]
