Renowned Israeli Economist Predicts Economic Catastrophe for Israel Mideast Peace Renowned Israeli Economist Predicts Economic Catastrophe for Israel Richard Silverstein May 22, 2014 They say that economics is “the dismal science.” Frankly, I never excelled in math or science in... Read More Read more about Renowned Israeli Economist Predicts Economic Catastrophe for Israel
How Can Israel Be a “Jewish State” When Nearly One-Million of Its Jewish Citizens Reject It? Mideast Peace How Can Israel Be a “Jewish State” When Nearly One-Million of Its Jewish Citizens Reject It? Richard Silverstein March 2, 2014 I was struck by this Haaretz headline, which noted that a half-million Haredim had barricaded Jerusalem shut... Read More Read more about How Can Israel Be a “Jewish State” When Nearly One-Million of Its Jewish Citizens Reject It?
Israel Detains Sanctions-Busting Ultra-Orthodox Arms Dealers Mideast Peace Israel Detains Sanctions-Busting Ultra-Orthodox Arms Dealers Richard Silverstein February 20, 2014 UPDATE: Haaretz reports that Weinstein and Cohen were not arrested, but questioned. After reporting here that Israeli... Read More Read more about Israel Detains Sanctions-Busting Ultra-Orthodox Arms Dealers
Shin Bet Throws Book at Mentally Ill Man for Alleged Spying Mideast Peace Shin Bet Throws Book at Mentally Ill Man for Alleged Spying Richard Silverstein August 1, 2013 In the annals of Shin Bet outrages, this one is right up there. There is a gag... Read More Read more about Shin Bet Throws Book at Mentally Ill Man for Alleged Spying
Chabad Rabbi Enables Alleged Serial Pedophile Jews & Judaism Politics & Society Chabad Rabbi Enables Alleged Serial Pedophile Richard Silverstein June 25, 2013 I wrote a post yesterday about the astonishing revelation in the Sydney Morning Herald that a former... Read More Read more about Chabad Rabbi Enables Alleged Serial Pedophile
Former Australian Chabad Rabbi Overlooked Sex Abuse in Yeshiva, Now Says Students Consented Jews & Judaism Former Australian Chabad Rabbi Overlooked Sex Abuse in Yeshiva, Now Says Students Consented Richard Silverstein June 23, 2013 The Sydney Morning Herald has discovered a riveting piece of audiotape by Rabbi Baruch Lesches, who served... Read More Read more about Former Australian Chabad Rabbi Overlooked Sex Abuse in Yeshiva, Now Says Students Consented
Jerusalem Police Commander Placed on Leave, Suspected of Raping Woman Mideast Peace Jerusalem Police Commander Placed on Leave, Suspected of Raping Woman Richard Silverstein July 26, 2012 Jerusalem police commander Niso Shaham has been placed on leave by his boss, as has been Shaham’s... Read More Read more about Jerusalem Police Commander Placed on Leave, Suspected of Raping Woman
Israel’s Orthodox Rabbis Worship God of Mammon, Collect $250-Million Yearly, Largely Off-Books Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Israel’s Orthodox Rabbis Worship God of Mammon, Collect $250-Million Yearly, Largely Off-Books Richard Silverstein June 10, 2012 Believe it or not, during my late teen years when my life revolved around Hebrew school, Camp... Read More Read more about Israel’s Orthodox Rabbis Worship God of Mammon, Collect $250-Million Yearly, Largely Off-Books
Haredi Jews Dress Children as Holocaust Camp Inmates in Jerusalem Protest Mideast Peace Haredi Jews Dress Children as Holocaust Camp Inmates in Jerusalem Protest Richard Silverstein January 1, 2012 Now I know the Israel’s Haredi community has truly lost its mind. In Beit Shemesh, they began... Read More Read more about Haredi Jews Dress Children as Holocaust Camp Inmates in Jerusalem Protest