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It’s essential that everyone involved in relations between Israel and the Palestinians understand the real issues that underlie the conflict. And it would be a good thing if all parties could agree to use words the same way.

So what is Kwanzaa? It’s the ultimate fraud. It is a holiday created by a man responsible for violently torturing two women–and it has a fascist goal of separating the races.

From the ever sardonic scribe, Larry Shapiro

A government agency had paid for and was making use of a report which would decide who was to live or die based on race and income. And no one was willing to say a word about it.

Nothing could deter her. Her determination and her stamina were the stuff legends are made of.

{Reposted from the Abu Yehuda blog} Here we go again. Another yawning gulf between Israelis and American Jews, “a rupture that threatens Jews everywhere, the...

I got the vaccine today and did not turn into a monkey (but I still like bananas).

Two of the most notorious bigots in the House of Representatives signed a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding that he “eradicate anti-Muslim bigotry from Facebook”.

Throughout the city there are various historical and archeological sites connected to the Maccabee time period, and my husband and son were lucky enough to participate in a shul trip for the local kids to one of these sites.

If Schumer had any morals or guts, he would be distancing himself from an anti-Semite like Warnock.

Naftali Bennett of the Yamina Party has declared his desire to be prime minister. Him being elected to that position in March is about as likely as me growing taller.

An Esther neighborhood. Horgen Hill. A place where more Jewish children can live, grow and thrive in the land of our ancestors. That is how it is done.

The reality of the need to be able to secure borders for the protection of citizenry has never been more apparent

But the NY Times jumped on the “social justice” crazy train. Instead of relying on science, the Times came up with a third option—base the decision of who goes next on race.

Operation warp speed, President Trump’s program to develop a vaccine by the end of 2020, is another major achievement of the Trump presidency.

David was NOT PC. He was not as sensitive or sophisticated as some of our "progressive"  teachers today.  If King David lived in our generation with those same outmoded ideas, he would be shunned and mocked by "sophisticated" Jews.

We know, however, that the open graves off of Highway 443 opposite Modi'in are certainly not from the time of the Maccabees.

Every gift came with a personalized note, letting the recipient know that her Secret Maccabee was thinking of her.

Rare Carlebach video from Hebron sparks memories of special concert during troubling (perilous / challenging) time.

“Oops,” he muttered. “Awkward. My bad.”

A picture=1000 Thousand words BUT ZERO calories

It’s still unclear when the country will be opened to foreign tourists, but the spring seems like a good bet, maybe even Pesach.

That egotistical hatred of a G-d that isn’t a culture war idol, that isn’t named Cuomo, Obama, or Ginsberg, is why the battle for religious freedom is far from over in this longest of Chanukahs.

Embracing terrorism and the public challenge of Trump’s demand to stop rewarding terrorism was too much.

I turned to Google Scholar to see what academic articles were being written on historic Palestine. There were 3490 results to this search

The same lefty elite that elevated Obama is unable to understand how to talk to someone who rejects any of its premises, for example, that America isn’t racist, that socialism isn’t the answer, or that its entire worldview is destructive and wrong. So it wants to censor it instead.

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While I certainly don’t love giving my Adi too much screen time, I must admit that I found myself easily caving whenever he begged me to allow him to “review” the videos just one more time.