Just Where on Earth was ‘Palestine’?
We are witnessing a concentrated rewrite of history.
U.S.-Slovak Bipartisan Roundtable Discussion on Rising Antisemitism at Home and Abroad
Slovakia and the members of the U.S. Congress, Jewish organizations leaders, experts, opinion shapers, and diplomats from foreign missions convened in Washington, D.C. to discuss the global rise of antisemitism including addressing roots of antisemitism and finding ways to fight against it.
Mindfulness and Judaism
Mindfulness is actually built into the very fabric of Judaism.
The First Time I Ever Truly Felt the Pain of Tisha B’Av
The year 2005 was the first time I ever truly felt the pain of Tishabaav.
Hear O Israel––How Do I Hate Thee?
What are YOU doing aboout it?!
It’s All the RAGE: New Palestinian Fashion Craze: M-16 T-Shirts
M-16 T-shirts – celebrating rifle used to murder 5 Israelis
What Type of Jews do WE Want to Be?
While the Jewish community reacts to hate when it's banging at the door, it makes the fatal error of ignoring the root causes in the futile hope it will all blow over
FREEDOM SUNDAY and CHANGING THE WORLD
We sang Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s Soviet Jewry anthem, “Am Yisrael Chai,” and the earth shook. We really felt that together we could change the world.
I am a Jew. Plain and Simple
No matter what kind of Jew you are, we have more in common than the trappings that divide us
Hate Israel, But Don’t be Stupid About It
Long ago, I became a believer in the "You can't fix stupid" movement. Intelligence is not something that you can control. It is an innate part of your being. Stupidity, however, can be cured by education. So, what it comes down to is accepting that some people don't want to be educated. Some refuse to see Israel as it really is.
Stop This Insanity: Men CANNOT Have Babies!
A man says he is a woman or a woman says she is a man and we are off and running to assist them in their hormone therapy and body mutilation. Does this make sense to you? Scientific sense?
On the Brink of the Next War
Once again, yet again, it is time to make it very clear to our enemies that the choice is theirs. They can live with us in peace, or they will know no peace.
Trump Seen Hanging ‘Missing: 11,787 Votes’ Signs Around Georgia
"I'm calling on the good people of Georgia to help me find my missing votes! Have you seen them anywhere? Please check under your couch cushions. DM if you find them, THX!"
Brooklyn’s Anti-Gentrication Groups are Pushing Antisemitic Narratives and Activism
With a a few notable exceptions, the Jewish community appears unaware of the significance and relevance of these groups.
Listen, O Israel!
Hearing is easy, but listening is much harder. That, however, is what we really need, and maybe that’s the biggest lesson we can take from these challenging times.
What the Statue-Toppling Left is REALLY Out to Topple
And why the Left really wants to destroy America.
Is America a “Failed” Experiment?
We are not perfect, but there is a lot to celebrate on the Fourth of July. Radical rhetoric aside, no nation has ever provided more freedom and prosperity for more people—regardless of skin colors.
Nakba: Twitter Tale of 7 million Distortions
Lies and more lies
Sefiras Ha’Omer: Achieving the Impossible
Numbers don't tell the full the story
The Power of Prayer Amid a Pandemic
Nevertheless, no matter how much we suffer, we must try to show gratitude and to pray, for asking God for mercy is the only remedy that we got.
Rashi In Auschwitz – 1944
They wonder: Why is he endangering his life? He approaches and tells them, “Kinderlach, we don’t know how much time we have left, so let’s learn Torah.”
Social Media, Coronavirus and the Search for Deep Connections
As obvious as it is, weirdly, I forget, again and again and again, that the most rich and meaningful things are the most utterly simple.
CoronaBlues, The Metzora, and Prayer
But are quick, zippy minyans, conducive to thoughtful, heartful prayer and connection to the Holy One, Blessed Be He?
Our Homes and the Virus
All of us can and need to develop a more positive home environment through enjoyable activities and better communication
Crypto Currency Ridicules and Makes Coin on the Holocaust
{Originally posted to the author's website}
Some things are too sickening to digest properly, and I can rarely remember being as horrified by an item...
Passover 2020: The Challenges; the Beauty
What if you find yourself at this point in your journey living alone? Strangely enough, our assignment has the potential of being the most exciting of all: piecing our life story together like an immense three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle.
The Supermoon, Passover, Prophecy and Return
"And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days, on the day that Hashem bandages the injury of His people and heals the wound of his blow."
The Only Seder Guest Who’s Still Invited
I will ask him, silently, to take with him hugs and kisses to my mother and father and brother, two time zones and thousands of miles away.
Benito Gantz Talks & Acts like a Dictator — Israel’s Democracy in Danger
Gantz and other party members of Blue-White claimed over and over that they would not try to form a minority govt supported from outside the government by the frankly anti-Israel group of parties in the Joint Arab Lis
From Hebron to Pittsburgh… to Monsey
Over Shabbat many ex-JDL’ers shared stories about what they did to protect Jews in Philadelphia, Miami, Toronto and even in Ottawa.