Steve Kramer

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Yesterday, I heard Mottle Wolfe say on his daily podcast (rebmottle.com, itunes, etc.): “Jewish lives matter.” Of course, all lives matter, but when it comes to Jews, especially Israelis, Jewish lives seem to matter less. Speaking to the Swedish TT news agency, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said of the

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel —If I were a progressive, left-wing liberal (I’m decidedly not), I might say the following: * BDS – you know, the byword used by us progressives to put Israel in its place – is going great guns. If you’ve forgotten, it stands for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel,

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The United States has been in many “wars” since the end of WWII: 1961 War on Organized Crime 1964 War on Poverty 1969 War against Tobacco 1971 War on Drugs 1971 War on Cancer 1987 War against AIDS 1988 War against Global Warming 2001 War against Terror What do

By Steve Kramer   ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Many Americans will be outraged that Israel is requesting a large increase in its annual military aid from the United States. As it stands, Israel is the largest recipient of American aid funding. Why should it currently receive $3+ billion, let alone $5 billion? First, there is

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is carnage in the streets of Jerusalem and throughout Israel. The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, primarily ones who are “millennials,” are responding to the relentless incitement of “President” Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority: a lifetime of brainwashing in schools, on TV,  in the mosques and

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — You wouldn’t think that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would be the go-to guy to lecture about the feckless policy of the U.S. in the Middle East – but he told it like it is: “The failure of America and the international coalition to bring defeat to Daesh [Islamic

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Under the auspices of The Zionist Council in Israel – Anglo Division, Michal and I and friends joined a group headed for Jerusalem for the Selichot prayers at the Kotel – the Western Wall. These are traditional penitential poems and prayers which are said in the period leading up