Explosive new Claims Conference scandals revealed Almost a decade has passed since I began urging for drastic reform and change of leadership at the Claims Conference in the wake of successive scandals relating to the mismanagement of the organization entrusted to pursue justice on behalf of the...
American Jews are in “Galut” – Exile The exceptional response to my column, “American Jewish leaders fail to respond to Obama’s threats,” combined with further developments on the American scene, have brought me to the sad conclusion that when the chips are down and when faced...
American Jewish leaders fail to respond to Obama’s threats It is time to stop making excuses for American Jewish leaders and their failure to respond to U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest despicable efforts to turn the Jewish community against Israel. This time he employed a charm offensive, expressing...
Commemorate the heroic contribution of Soviet Jewish activists Last week, I was deeply saddened to learn that Volodya Slepak passed away. A week earlier another giant among the heroes of Soviet Jewry, Volodya Prestin, also died, preceded a few months ago by Yuli Kosharovsky. They were members of a group of a...
Claims Conference leaders continue obfuscating the truth Once again, as we commemorated the victims of the Holocaust, what was highlighted was the grinding poverty of elderly survivors unable to live out their few remaining years with a semblance of dignity. It is now almost five years since the exposure...
The Iranian crisis: American Jews must stand and be counted The announcement of the Lausanne joint statement concerning the framework of the U.S. deal with Iran highlighted the extent of President Barack Obama’s subterfuge and deception. We also witnessed the blatant contempt of Iran’s supreme leader,...
Obama’s shameless Jewish cheerleaders While U.S. President Barack Obama determinedly pursues his policy of appeasement, which may enable the world’s most dangerous terrorist state to become a nuclear threshold power, there are Israelis and American Jews who have initiated a campaign...
Lessons from France – Aliyah is the cornerstone of Zionism French Prime Minister Manuel Valls courageously stated that “if 100,000 Jews leave, France will no longer be France. The French Republic will be judged a failure.” He said that he did not employ the term Islamophobia because it “is often used...
Increasing numbers of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party in the recent midterm congressional elections. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that increasing numbers of American Jews at the grassroots level...
Is American Jewish leadership intimidated? I would hesitate writing this column had I not served as a national Jewish leader who faced similar dilemmas to those confronting the American Jewish leadership today, many of whom I was engaged with in various battles against enemies of the Jewish...
