Ammunition lies on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen in the Sderot area of southern Israel October 7, 2023. _ _ This morning, I took my father-in-law to a hospital in Jerusalem for a routine checkup. While he was being examined, I sat in the waiting room, as always, but this time […]
Mike Huckabee, 69, the American ambassador to Israel, was sworn in to office on April 10. Arriving in Israel days later, he headed directly to the Kotel, the Temple Prayer Wall in Jerusalem. There he prayed, then placed a handwritten prayer from US President Donald Trump, for peace in Israel and the return of the […]
One of Israel’s most fearless spokespersons is Caroline Glick, the International Affairs Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The author of two books and hundreds of articles in major Israeli and international newspapers, she is known for confronting even the most brazen critics of Israel among the diplomatic elite. At a Jewish News Syndicate […]
My wife and I were given tickets, so on May 15 we went to see a play, something we seldom have time for. It was a stage version of “The Sound of Music” (Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959). The audience had turned off their cell phones and were attentive and polite. In the middle of the […]
It is important to thank those who stand with the Jewish people, especially when they suffer. The oldest hatred is becoming normal again. The results of several opinion polls were released recently, and the news is not good for Jews (“Antisemitism: The Modern Forces Fueling an Ancient Scourge,” David Swindle, RealClearInvestigations, April 29, 2025). In […]
Israeli singer Idan Amedi lighting Chanukah candles before performing at a children’s concert for 400 orphans and victims of terror. _ I received less than an hour of warning: “We’re flying down south by helicopter to visit a Chanukah Camp for about 400 kids. They’re all orphans or such that have lost a brother or […]
Dismantling a rocket piece that crashed in a home in Israel. “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord your God, He it is that goes with you; He will not fail you, nor forsake you” (Deut. 31:6). _ The new year brought a different Middle […]
The following is the opposite of the tailored message presented by the Western news media. And yet, these are the voices of large numbers of Arabs, most of them Muslims, speaking about Hamas, Hizbullah, Islam and the Quran, Israel and the Jews, and protestors. Gazan refugees speak out A: “May Allah take revenge on those […]
A vote in the US Congress caused me to revisit an old subject, proving it is still very relevant today. The following is based on a lecture my father, Dr. Herbert Hillel Goldberg, presented in the 1980s on the crucifixion of Jesus. The accusation that the Jews bear sole responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus, […]
This past summer, waiting in a check-in line before a flight home to Israel from Los Angeles, a gentleman behind me began a conversation with me. A fireman from the state of Utah, he was heading back to northern Israel as a volunteer to fight forest and building fires caused by the constant shelling from […]