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Israel celebrates Shavuot

This is a beautiful holiday whose agricultural dimension was revived during Zionist settlement of the Land of Israel. Traditions that began in those days, as well as traditions that began much earlier, thrive today in the annual Shavuot celebratins in Israel (marked on Tuesday night and Wednesday this week), as I discuss on PJ Lifestyle with a few representative videos.

Part 4 of my Abraham series on PJ Lifestyle

When you run your own affairs--like Abraham then, like Israel now--and get your hands dirty with war and politics, does it make you less moral? I discuss on Lifestyle.

Horrific Palestinian persecutions of Palestinians

And as long as Israelis aren't allegedly involved in offenses against Palestinians, by and large you can't get enlightened people to give a hoot about what's now going on. What does that say about their supposed concern when Israel is supposedly a culprit? I discuss today on Frontpage.

The ins and outs of keeping the Jewish people going

It's always complicated and can never be taken for granted--as I discuss in my weekly PJ Lifestyle column.

Kerry's new angel of peace: The Qatari PM

Kerry and Qatar concur: let's shrink Israel down to the size of a shoebox, that should stabilize the Middle East. I discuss today on Frontpage.

Israel 65th-birthday edition

Mideast Outpost, monthly mag of Americans for a Safe Israel, came out yesterday with its May 2013 issue. It's a special issue dedicated to Israel's 65th birthday, with a series of great pieces on the subject. I'm honored to be one of the contributors with this short piece.

Iran sending drones over Israel from Lebanon

Sound alarming? It is, even though people don't seem alarmed about it. Denial? I discuss today on Frontpage.

Abraham, part 2

A follow-up to my column last week on PJ Lifestyle--part of a series on the biblical patriarch.

Bruce Bawer's unusually deep insight into the left

Having known the left both in the U.S. and Israel (in the latter they've become, blessedly, smaller), I've long regarded them as a frightening and fundamentally incomprehensible phenomenon. Why do they make excuses for vicious enemies, like jihadist terrorists, while relating to the conservative elements of their own societies as avatars of pure evil? I think this great piece by Bruce Bawer has some real answers.

Kerry's appalling behest to Israel: Free terrorists

As I discuss today on Frontpage. Yes, murderers of women, children, and the elderly now sitting in Israeli prisons--as a means of propitiating King Abbas. One week after Boston.