Jerusalem and Real Freedom
There is something about Jerusalem that feels different. Despite the modernity that surrounds the Old City and the City of David, when we stop and breathe in those places of our past that we have returned to, there is a feeling of freedom that is hard to replicate elsewhere. Why? Where is this inner connection […]
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Contiguity Leads To Sovereignty
In the winding maze of streets that make up much of Jerusalem’s Old City, much of the emphasis on Jewish land reclamation initiatives has been the establishment of urban homesteads. Isolated Jewish compounds, secured in a sea of hostile arabs has never been seen as the aim of Ateret Cohanim. Rather, it was a strategy […]
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The Hidden Story of Jerusalem in Purim
Ateret Cohanim – then and now! “I hereby make a decree what you shall do for the builders of Jerusalem and the House of G-d…. expenses given with all diligence…and whoever alters this word, may a beam be pulled from his home and he be hung…and may his house bea dunghill and refuse.” No, this […]
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Jerusalem’s Security Barrier and the Loss of Jewish Sovereignty
When one stands on various areas of Jerusalem’s seam-line that runs roughly along 1948-49 armistice line, the unmistakable site in the distance of the security barrier, is both jarring and in many ways calming to the eye and the mind. The security barrier, which is actually a fence in most places, turns into a foreboding […]
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Ahuvia Sandak: Some Pioneers Live Forever
Ahuvia Sandak, a young Jewish pioneer who was killed last week in what seems more and more likely to be a police instigated “road accident” has transformed Israel since his passing. And while we hope reports of extreme negligence turn out to be not true, an important question remains: Why has an idealistic teenager’s unfortunate […]
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A Review of Pre-Israel Land Ownership in Judea
A Review of Pre-Israel Land Ownership in Judea[1]John D. Reisner Arab and leftist mythmaking is never so industrious as when it turns its attention to the issue of ‘palestinian’ land rights. The habitual projection of leftists, in this regard, to smear Jewish reclamation of their property with the guilt of their own imperial sins serves […]
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