A Memoir – Background to Indian prime minister’s visit This week’s historic visit to Israel by India’s prime minister revived memories of my previous associations with Indian leaders and the Indian Jewish community in the 1980s. India at that time was still a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement,...
The Trump revolution, Israel and American Jews The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections will have long-term global repercussions at many levels. It represents a revolt against extreme postmodernism which has undermined the moral fiber of the West and its willingness to...
Global chaos — a byproduct of the failure to confront evil A generation ago, the term evil had meaning. There were no bleeding hearts — certainly no Jews — who minimized the malevolency of the Nazis. Evil was evil. Today, as moral relativism dominates, the world has effectively abandoned the...
No permanent allies or enemies: only permanent interests Aware that President Erdogan remains an aggressive Islamist and presumably harbors as much love for Israelis as we do for him, the government was strongly criticized for the unpalatable concessions it granted in order to restore economic and...
Jews and Israel in a threatened, leaderless and delusional world The painful lesson of the Orlando massacre is that no place in the world is immune to fanatical religious extremists willing to kill themselves to achieve heavenly salvation. The Western world is floundering in its pathetic efforts to confront the...
The United Nations sanctifies evil The United Nations is an evil body dominated by Islamic nations and tyrannies. Just last week, on March 24 in Geneva, the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) concluded its session by passing five resolutions condemning Israel. This followed a series...
A roving ambassador India and Israel are currently experiencing a renaissance in relations, with the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj having just concluded a visit to Jerusalem. You might be interested in the article recently published in the Jerusalem Post by...
Temper compassion toward Muslim “refugees” with reality Sensitive to the despicable behavior by much of the world which denied haven to European Jews on the eve of the Holocaust, I react instinctively with compassion when I hear about the plight of refugees. I am personally sensitive to this issue,...
Putin’s Russia and Israel: A tenuous relationship For over 30 years, my principal public occupation in the global Jewish arena was to promote the struggle for liberation of Soviet Jewry. This brought me into direct contact with Soviet ministers, officials and apparatchiks, enabling me to appreciate...
