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It’s incumbent on parents and educators to take a more proactive approach in shielding children from triggering images and educating them about responsible media consumption.

I offered to coach her through her fear, if she wanted, but she declined. I shook my head in disbelief. I have managed very well without waterskiing for the last 52 years, but how on earth do you live without going on elevators?

There are two that would seem to me to be exactly on point, that should be better known. I hope that you will consider adding them to your daily tefillah, and perhaps suggest them for the congregation with whom you daven.

10:00 a.m.: You try to use your USB thumb drive on your computer. No go. Thumb drives (a.k.a. flash drives or memory sticks) were invented by Dov Moran at Msystems, and acquired by SanDisk.

Along with the initial, existential shock, a miracle occurred: The vicious and vociferous arguments were seemingly set aside. The mutual hostility and suspicion seemingly disappeared.

By ignoring the profound suffering of the Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon, these self-proclaimed "pro-Palestinian" activists and groups are once again proving that their goal is not to help Palestinians, but only to make Israel into a pariah state.

Hizbullah ties its attacks on Israel with the Gaza war

Few know his name, but John Dalberg-Acton, otherwise known as Lord Acton, gave us insight and a warning that millions of people recite, perhaps...

Recent developments indicate a significant departure from Hamas's previous policy of restricting its actions to "occupied Palestine."

This leads us to consider a military solution to the problem with Hezbollah. Simply put, the IDF will have to fight and defeat them

As we wonder how so many western liberals have been drafted into the patently un-liberal cause of Hamas, we must recognize that a significant part of the problem is that Jews and our allies have been too passive.

The international press in Israel had become less an observer of the conflict than a player in it. It had moved away from careful explanation and toward a kind of political character assassination on behalf of the side it identified as being right

The storms of change are raging around us. The current is getting stronger and stronger and sweeping more and more people away. The only way to stay safe, and remain true to our values, our traditions and our obligations, is to make a commitment to not only hold on to Torah, but to demonstrate a willingness to swim upstream at times, to go against the tide, to dare to be different and to be willing to stand out.

What is the International Court of Justice? ... It is the United Nations' court, and that tells you all you need to know about it.

The existence of Klal Yisrael is dependent on us all banding together in unity, as one cohesive nation. Then with Hashem’s help we can stand up to any power in this world.

Moments before the third brother arrived, the baby’s grandmother mentioned that this would be the first time the three boys would be together since the war broke out.

I don’t want to stick around to see what happens. But I also don’t want to feel like I’m escaping to Israel.

Armenian nationalism is rising, with government and groups in Armenia glorifying Nazi collaborator and promoting antisemitism; neo-Nazi march in Yerevan signals a serious warning for Israel.

The French writer Emile Zola penned a newspaper article in 1898 in which he called out his government for its mishandling of the Dreyfus...

President Donald Trump, and more importantly, American democracy, will now get its day in court.

There were even people who condemned Garner’s parenting, alleging that Garner must be a weak mother if she couldn’t convince her daughter to switch her shirt.

Hamas sees Barghouti’s potential release as an opportunity to boost public support and showcase its commitment to a comprehensive approach involving prisoners from various factions.

As the Biden administration doubtless knows, replacing Hamas with the PA will change nothing in the Gaza Strip.

Will Sinwar leave Gaza to fight another day or go down in a blaze of glory?

Like Thieves in the Night

The usual suspects in the Middle East peacemaking industry are already beginning to recycle their old and discredited ideas. President Joe Biden, sounding like a dummy for the ventriloquist Barack Obama, is talking of "a two-state solution: one for the Israelis and one for the Palestinians."

"At the time of writing, the State of Qatar contributes more funds to universities in the United States than any other country in the world, and raw donation totals omit critical, concerning details about the nature of Qatar's academic funding." — ISGAP report, "Networks of Hate," December 2023.

Israel’s Ethiopian community is about 180,000 strong. Exiled from Judea before the Second Temple, and before Rabbinic Judaism, the Jews of Ethiopia suffered religious persecution, forced migration, forced conversion, and horrific trials before they could make aliyah to Israel.

So, the seeds of Jew hatred lie in the belief of our enemies, from Sefer Shemot, that we witnessed G-d as a people. But the story of Sefer Shemot also provides us with hope.

I decided that if I was going to post again, I wanted to also use my business to help out Israelis in need.