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Jun 25, 2018, 12:32 PM

Krauthammer’s glory

Charles Krauthammer (YouTube screenshot)

If you never watched Fox News, you missed a national treasure

Aug 9, 2015, 6:06 PM

In Praise of Netanyahu

Given the cottage industry in the American print media – not to mention the international media – of Netanyahu bashing, we ought, occasionally, to praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister of Israel’s address to 16,000 listeners via...

Oct 31, 2012, 10:25 PM

Obama’s Israel trust gap

It's true that by the second half of his tenure, the president’s approach toward Israel seemed to evolve, but it was never clear that his basic thinking had changed

Sep 9, 2012, 12:32 PM

With Iran, teshuva may mean acting alone

Last week, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, Rabbi Donniel Hartman, entered into the conversation about the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran, stating that “silence is a position” that he is no longer comfortable...

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About Me

Matt Abelson is a delegate for the Mercaz slate for the upcoming 37th Zionist Congress and the Rabbi of Kesher Zion Synagogue.