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A peaceful and workable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict

The following meme is making the rounds in Hebrew in Israel....

Same Name, yet worlds apart

We are witnessing a concentrated rewrite of history.

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 is actually built into the very fabric of Judaism.

The year 2005 was the first time I ever truly felt the pain of Tishabaav.

What are YOU doing aboout it?!

M-16 T-shirts – celebrating rifle used to murder 5 Israelis

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

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. 

No matter what kind of Jew you are, we have more in common than the trappings that divide us

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.

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?

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.

"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!"

With a a few notable exceptions, the Jewish community appears unaware of the significance and relevance of these groups.

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.

And why the Left really wants to destroy America.

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.

Lies and more lies

Numbers don't tell the full the story

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.

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.”

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.

But are quick, zippy minyans, conducive to thoughtful, heartful prayer and connection to the Holy One, Blessed Be He?

All of us can and need to develop a more positive home environment through enjoyable activities and better communication

{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...

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.

"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."