Judaism’s greatest leap of faith: the belief that the world is r

By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day of At0nement. The Torah calls it ‘the day when the horn is sounded’, and its central event is the sounding of the...

The Potential is a Challenge – Israeli-Arabs

By Yoram Getzler. Good Brother; Dear Steve (from America/Aim Raikah) I really wanted to thank you for putting-up the inspiring story of a man you call “…a gutsy Arab kid from the Galilee”. I think this is truly one of those “A MUST READ” I usually find less than...

Disarming the Iranian Bomb Game

for israelseen.com Dr Yitzḥaq Ḥayut-Man.  Short article about designing a game for disarming the Bomb + additions, illustrations and references. Many people are sorely concerned what will happen in the next few weeks: Will Israel initiate an attack on Iran, or, ...

Plains Beer – Harley Zipori on Beer

By Harley Zipori.  for israelseen.com One of my favorite sayings is “Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be”. I left the city of my birth at the age of 3 and my only childhood memories are of growing up in Northern California. However I do remember visiting my...

Two Game Changers

  By Yoram Getzler for israelseen.com It’s not often that truly game changing events or statements disturb the peaceful quiet of the Middle-East. But this month there were two major ones. The first occurred about two weeks ago. In an effort to reassure its neighbors...

Daily Alert on Syria and Iran

Syria's Plan B: An Alawite State? - Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand (GlobalPost)    Last Thursday's massacre of rebel fighters and residents in the Sunni village of Tremseh, 20 miles northwest of Hama, fit a geographic pattern of attacks by forces loyal to...

UN Watch confronts Richard Falk for supporting bias, racism, terr

GENEVA, July 2 - Despite continued killings today of civilians across Syria, the U.N.’s top human rights body devoted all discussion to its ritual Hate Israel Day. A day against Israel is a permanent feature of every council meeting, under its only country-specific...