OP-ED Articles

Dateline Jerusalem — On Saturday night, Jews throughout the world will be celebrating the first of eight nights of Chanukah, the perfect holiday to represent the age-old Jewish saying “We were persecuted, we won, let’s eat!” Chanukah commemorates the re-dedication and re-capture of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from its Greek-Syrian oppressors.  The Hebrew word Chanukah means dedication.  Chanukah is also called the Festival of Lights … Read More

Every hour for the past six weeks, classy Donald Trump has demonstrated how he simultaneously became one of America’s smartest and wealthiest entrepreneurs, a worthy winner of the White House. He may join the premier tier of American presidents. With equally resounding clarity, President Trump’s greenly jealous critics on the left have shown why the shrewdest voters spanked them. For … Read More

Dateline Dayton – Twas the week before Christmas, and… Last Thursday was my regular dental appointment, and I knew my dentist was not going to be happy with me. He wasn’t. He said I should have come in as soon as I lost my tooth. I told him I already had made three emergency visits since my last checkup. I … Read More

With the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump less than a month away, and the election receding into the rear view mirror, one thing is clear: The scope of the Latino vote majority Democrats needed and expected to get was significantly less than in many earlier elections. While outgoing President Obama has spent the last few weeks skirting this fact by … Read More

In what seems like its never-ending quest to smear the Jewish state and its supporters, The New York Times has managed to come up with a new one, or perhaps a new variation on an old one: Zionism is anti-Semitism. At least, that seems to be the accusation made in a lengthy and barely comprehendible screed by Omri Boehm, an … Read More

“Personnel is policy.” That’s one of the great cliches of Washington staffing, and we have an example of its truth in Donald Trump’s nomination of the New York bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman to be his ambassador to Israel. Much will be made of the blunt Mr. Friedman’s very harsh words about left-wing Jewish groups and about President Obama. These will be used … Read More