Gleaning the fields

My son has a green thumb. I discovered this today in a field outside Kfar Sava, north of Tel Aviv, as he happily stripped leeks of their roots and dried leaves and carried them from the field to a large shipping crate (see photo at right). He’s not even two years old, but he’s already showing [...]

Heavy medals

Olympic glory awaits in Beijing – so why aren’t Israel’s Paralympians getting a fair share of funding for their efforts?

“The hatred is in Muhammad himself”

Ali Sina: In Islam, it’s not the community that is bad, but the religion. Islam has nothing like ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ Islam is full of hatred, and the hatred is in Muhammad himself.

“Islam is gnawing on the core of Palestinian nationalism”

Despite Sheikh Raed Salah’s acknowledged involvement in terrorism, and despite encouraging Israeli Muslims to see themselves as murabitun - a sort of garrisoned sleeper agents preparing to fight their heretic neighbors - he still remains a mere nuisance in the minds of Israeli authorities

Fleeing Arab lands: “They left no Jewish community intact”

Dispelling the fallacy of Jewish happiness under Muslim rule

Moderate Islam: Koranic exegesis

Tawfik Hamid: Muslims have two options: to lose Islam entirely, or to accept a moderate interpretation

“Allah above us in heaven, and Hitler with us on earth”

The Nazi connection to modern Muslim anti-Semitism is undeniable. But what is it, exactly?

Attention JMart shoppers…

The kind of coupons you get at the supermarket is just one little sign that Israeli is different than America.

The weighting game

A small group of dedicated athletes cling to dreams that few understand and that could take years to fulfill

Service not included

The sudden growth of a state-sponsored voluntary national service program is being quietly celebrated by the government - and loudly condemned by the Arab community