Gil Troy

So, you’ve made it to Israel for the year? Welcome. Now, you must serve two successive sentences – a two week bidud  – quarantine – to ensure your body is healthy, followed by a ten-month experience to stretch your soul. Use this time. Prepare for this …

These days, the angel of death seems to be hovering above, swooping down more than usual – and not just via the coronavirus. My fifth month of mourning my mother began with three blows: a favorite teacher, the Revolutionary War historian Bernard Bailyn, died at …

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We, the Israeli Police, supervised by the Ministry of Public Security – and ultimately by you, despite your constant bashing of us and pretending you haven’t been in charge since 2009 – understand that you’ve been robbed of your reputation. Feel …

In December, 1901, as delegates to the Fifth Zionist Congress, dillydallying over technical issues, considered once again pushing off a critical decision, Theodor Herzl himself intervened. Recognizing that only by launching what became Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), could the Jewish people start redeeming …

Ten years ago, when my father-in-law, Marcel Adams, turned 90, my wife, Linda, and I decided to film this amazing storyteller in action. As so often happened in the life of this dynamo who turns 100 August 2, he charmed our film crew – Guy …

On Friday, the tabloid Yediot Achranot ran one of the most beautiful items I ever read in a newspaper.  Page one mocked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to give Israeli adults 750 shekels or more to stimulate the economy. “Three Million Will Get a Subsidy …

There’s a reasonable case against annexation: Netanyahu’s too distracted; Jordan’s too weak; the Gulf States are too opposed; Palestinian rights are too important; and the status quo is too advantageous to risk. But I keep reading more infuriating, delegitimizing, statements from supposed allies — anti-Annexationists …

96 Center field: Why I remain an American patriot View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 07/07/2020   Center field: Why I remain an American patriot   America’s traumatized. We’ve got riots on the streets and Corona-victims filling the hospitals. Statues of presidents …

Last week, a student warned in the Forward : “Israel will lose my entire generation if it goes ahead with annexation.” Normally, I’d scoff. I’m an optimist. I’ve seen the thrill in the most alienated of Jews’ eyes when they land at Ben-Gurion airport with their …