How should Sderot react to the Gaza flotilla? They support Hamas who shoots rockets at us. Who is really responsible for the violence at sea?

Obama and Netanyahu at the U.N. posted by Jerry Waxman [U.S. President Barack Obama spoke eloquently at the United Nations today. Several hours after Obama's speech, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also spoke eloquently and passionately at the United Nations. Below is the part of the text of Obama's speech that is relevant to Israel. [...]

Senator Robert Menendez outlines the true history of Israel and the Jewish connection to this land.

Good Job, Bibi! This is the full speech delivered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Bar Ian University, June 14, 2009.  Journalists and pundits raved about this being a first for Bibi, actually saying he would agree to a Palestinian state.  (See my comments after the video.) Thank you to WEJEW.COM for this video. When [...]

Open Letter To President Barack Obama During His Visit To Germanyby Jerry Waxman To the Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United States of America Dear Mr. President: Yesterday you visited a concentration camp alongside Elie Wiesel, who had lived in that camp in his youth.  I’m sure you didn’t need to visit a concentration camp [...]

Open Letter To President Barack Obama in the Wake of His Address in Cairo on 4 June 2009 by Jerry Waxman To the Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States of America Dear Mr. President: I'm writing to you from Sderot, where I live. You visited this town last year. In your speech in [...]

Of Holidays and Heroes – Will the Red Sea Part Again? by Jerry Waxman Friday, 7:00 AM, Beit Haggai near Hevron:  In the early morning hours, a young Arab man came into the town. Armed with a knife and firearm, the first persons he met were two residents on the First Response team. There was [...]

Passover, A Lesson In Unity by Jerry Waxman It is Erev Shabbat and the second day of the Passover holiday.  Much has occurred lately to remind us of how we, Jews, are consistently singled out for “special” treatment.  Barack Obama and his family hosted a Passover Seder in the White House.  This is encouraging to [...]

by Jerry Waxman In response to the article in: The New Republic, April 15, 2009 edition Washington Diarist: At The Window by Leon Wieseltier Here are a few excerpts from Wieseltier’s article: “Of three or four in a room there is always one who stands at the window. He must see the injustice among the [...]