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The Johnson Amendment: first attack on religious freedom in America.

What made America great?

Clever political slogans have a way of resonating within us. They can result in votes for the candidate that is talented enough to wordsmith the catchiest...

Spinoza thought he was an expert on humility.

Ignite the Pulpit9 years ago

Humility: Jewish critique of Spinoza 1

Two things prompted the reissue of this essay on humility. One is the arrogance displayed in the current American Presidential debates. The other is a recent...

A moral compass. Will the 2016 Presidential election show America has lost hers? Fortunately that did not happen. But moral relativism remains a threat to America and Israel.

Ignite the Pulpit9 years ago

Making America good again

Neither Donald Trump nor his Catholic opponents would dare campaign under the slogan Making America good again.

Death of Abel, illustration of sin, and of the real problem at Aurora, CO

Ignite the Pulpit9 years ago

Tempting fate

“For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” James 4:14 Has anybody noticed how...

The Knesset: 61 years of parliamentary democracy, and counting, in Israel. But do its members properly love their country? Or does the dysfunctional way Members are chosen, with their election rules that do not conform to Jewish law, lead to a pointless scramble for patronage? A new Manifesto calls for radically reforming the way Israel picks Members of this body. Furthermore, terms like right and left, as in other parliaments, mean little when no one will articulate first principles.

World news9 years ago

Right and left in Israel

The terms Right and Left have been bandied about ever since the French Revolution. Use of these shibboleths to damn individuals or groups or to avoid...

Seal of the Islamic State, the face of Islam today. Islam is not religion but politics pretending to be religion. This is the secret of Islamic imperialism. Is Obama their secret ally, fostering Muslim sedition? This is why we need security. And mere word-mongers and pussy cats cannot fight this effectively.

Guest Columns9 years ago

Islam and Nazism

Winston Churchill defined Mein Kampf as “the new Qur’an of faith and war.”[1] Consistent therewith, Haj Amin al-Husseini, the notorious former Mufti of Jerusalem, declared, “There...

The Torah, one of many documents defining a Jew, the nature of God, and the elements of faith. It could be the blueprint for a Godly Israel. And a key source of the rule of law in Israel--or it should be. Is the ingathering of the Jews in the offing? But these Jews must turn to God, Whom their leaders, and the public in Israel, seem to have forsaken. (What parallels exist between Judaism and George Lucas' Jedi ideal?) It names many heroes, including Abraham and Sarah.

World news9 years ago

Nations against Israel

In his “Epistle to Yemen,” Maimonides tells us how the nations have tried to destroy Israel. He prefaces his analysis by saying “God has made us...

Why the Texas TSA bill is necessary: a defiant message speaks to individual liberty

Constitution9 years ago

Violated with a smile by TSA

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” So said Benjamin Franklin. (Editor’s note: see here...

The gavel: a symbol of judgment and rule of law. It should not be consistent with Don’t tell your mother. But it is when it stands for judicial abuse. What happened to good judgment in America? Or are we left only with scandal?

Executive9 years ago

Reviving rule of law in Israel

Various Jews in Israel, especially those committed to Jewish law and the restoration of he Jewish people’s title to Judea and Samaria, are being deprived of...