By Jeff Dunetz

Hate speech and Antisemitic incidents across the world have grown to frightening levels. The holiday of Purim offers lessons about how to fight the hatred facing the Jewish world today. On Purim, every Jew is commanded to listen to the reading of the Megillah Esther—literally, the scroll of Esther. The Megillah is a first-hand account written by Queen Esther and her cousin, Mordechai, who raised her; each of them is Jewish.

By Jeff Dunetz

It’s one month since former President Jimmy Carter passed away, therefore, we’ve waited long enough to tell the truth about the man. In a 2016 interview with the NY Times, Jimmy Carter said, “When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that’s a violation of basic human rights.” I agree with him. But why, then, did he single out the Jewish people for hatred. And why didn’t others point it out?

By Rafael Medoff

The popular image of the Jews who took part in battles for black civil rights is of liberal activists and idealistic college students. Yet several important early civil rights efforts in the United States and South Africa were undertaken by—of all people—officers of the Irgun Zvai Leumi…

By Jeff Dunetz

Last week, many Synagogues worldwide finished reading Genesis, the first book of the Torah. Those Synagogues will start the second book, Exodus, this week. The two have many differences, but one may be something unexpected. I am not a Torah scholar, nor have I ever played one on TV, but in my humble opinion…

You ever wonder who the real first Zionist was? Ask different people you will get different answers. Such as Leon Pinsker-a, a late 19th century Zionist, Was the founder and leader

Many may take for granted the historic passing of UN General Assembly Resolution 181.  Many may not know of the pressures for and against this resolution that served as the