Just some of what you will find this week at http://www.jewishpress.com/

From our Op-Eds:

* That 1929 massacre became the paradigm in the Arab world for removing Jews. Massacre them. Massacre them especially while they are at study in their religious schools. Massacre them today and it will lead to the Jewish evacuation of Jerusalem just as it led to the Jewish evacuation of Hebron in 1929. - Micah D. Halpern *
"As a pulpit rabbi, I have provided dozens of affidavits to the Rabbanut attesting to the Jewishness of my members who were born Jews or who converted according to halacha and who wished to make aliyah or marry in Israel. And this is justly the province and domain of the Chief Rabbinate, and its legal authority under Israeli law. In this instance, the GPS makes the process easier, as participating regional batei din in the network of the RCA, under the auspices of the Beth Din of America, are pre-certified to have their conversions accepted by the Rabbanut" - Rabbi Steven Pruzansky and the RCA Geirus

From our Feature section:

* "In their place, we have inherited a new political leadership that is leading the people and the Land of Israel - with open eyes - like lambs to the slaughter. What are we doing in the face of attacks on Ashkelon and Sderot? We are reacting like lambs to the slaughter. We aren't doing a thing. What other democratic country, let alone a dictatorial one, would put up with even one bomb on its sovereign territory and its citizenry? What other country would send its soldiers to be killed - like lambs to the slaughter - in order to decrease criticism of its policies, instead of wiping out the enemy?" - Dr. Chaim Shalem with Truth from the Land.

* "Reflecting a startling demographic change in professional baseball, 16 of the top 20 prospects are white and American born; only two are African American, one is from Venezuela and the other hails from the Dominican Republic. (The starting lineup of the Tigers this year has two African American players and seven Latin American players. The best players in the Tigers' minor league chain, however, are mostly white and American born.)" - Baseball's Spring Training

From our Columnists

* "Hunger Artist refers several times to the ultimate story of the triumph of order over human weakness: the Biblical tale of the binding of Isaac. In an interview, Jacobson said the book originated with the Akeidah and its parallels with her father's ?great hopes for his family's suburban future' and her own ?sense of the ways in which a man's own dreamed life can take precedence over everything else and make the emotional realities of his relationship to his children recede.'" - Menachem Wecker, Hungry for Literature

* Aside from the practical application of Torah law, the Torah is the spiritual blood for our hearts and the spiritual food for our souls. Among other things, it grounds us in emunah, defines an objective moral standard and provides for us a historical and metaphysical context to where we find ourselves on this third planet from the sun. - Why Torah is for Everyone.

* "It is interesting that nowadays when we say "a bachur," it is a title of honor bestowed upon a boy who chooses to learn in yeshiva; thus, he is known as a "yeshiva bachur." Now we know that there is another meaning to the title of bachur; namely the courageous bachelors who, two-and-a-half centuries ago remained staunchly committed to Yiddishkeit, sacrificing marriage and a family to remain true to our faith." - Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss at the Touro Shul.