Rabbi Berel Wein once shared a story he had heard from the editor of a major American newspaper.

The editor explained that as long as he held his position, his paper would never publish an editorial attacking the State of Israel.

“It’s not policy,” he said. “It’s personal.”

“My mother came to this country alone—eighteen years old, an Irish girl with no education, no family, and no money.

“She found work in the home of a rabbi. They didn’t treat her as hired help; they treated her as part of the family—teaching her to read and write, and giving her dignity.

“One year, just before Xmas, the family had to travel. They left her in the house with money for expenses, planning to return on the night of December 24th. My mother wanted to do something for them, so she went out and bought a large Xmas tree. She placed it in the front window and filled the house with lights—inside and out.

“That night, as the family drove down their street, they saw a........

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