“White Privilege” The Big Antisemitic Lie
That nasty term hides/denies how most Jewish immigrants struggled in their early decades in America.
Is Renouncing United States Citizenship Effective Protest?
I'm glad that we never had to choose between the country of our birth and the country of our choice!
Jordan, a Fake Country
The inevitable is starting to happen. There are serious cracks in the Hashemite Kingdom.
Kapora, Kapora, Getting Priorities Straight
Since my mother's death, my jewelry has suffered.
Countdown: 40 Years Since the 1973 Yom Kippur War
The war took place almost half a century ago. That must really sound like "ancient history" to many people.
Shiloh Musings: Equating Judaism with Islam and Christianity Belittles Our Legitimacy
Including Judaism in the group of religions connected to Jerusalem and the Holy Land lumps us all together and is extremely dangerous because it delegitimizes us, our religion and history.
Is Aliyah, Moving To Israel the “Elephant in the Room” for Jews Who Live...
I grew up like most Jews, totally ignorant of the concept of "Aliyah." I also didn't know about Shabbat, kashrut and most of the Jewish Holidays.
SOVEREIGNTY NOW!
For some inexplicable, fokokt reason, instead of annexing and declaring full sovereignty over all of that miraculously liberated Land, like any normal country would do, Israeli leaders decided to hold it to use as "payment" for "peace" with our enemies. On the whole, our enemies haven't taken the bribe.
Aliyah to Har HaBayit/Ascending the Temple Mount: Can Rabbis be Wrong?
Despite mutual admiration between Glick and Rav Bin-Nun, they disagree on Jews ascending Har HaBayit
The Ketubah as a Prenup
If the Ketubah would be taken seriously, as an enforceable legal document then there would be fewer agunot, "chained" women awaiting Jewish divorce from their husbands.
Counting The Omer, Easier Than Calculating End of Corona Lock-down
Most people can adjust to something difficult when they know how long it will last. But even with all the complicated computations and guesswork the experts have been coming up with, there are too many unknowns to factor in for any accuracy.
Watching Malala Yousafzai at the UN I Kept Wondering…
On Friday, before the Jewish Sabbath began we had the news on, the international TV channels, and they showed Malala Yousafzai speaking at the...
The World Wouldn’t Care if Israel was Destroyed, G-d Forbid
How long will it take for Israel and the Jewish World to admit that we are in very serious danger?
Passover Seder is Jewish Life, Charoset, Marror and All Four Sons
The Seder: We starve (during the sometimes endless recitations and discussions) and we feast.
Shiloh Musings: Obviously There’s Hypocrisy in the Chareidi Claims About Value of Torah Study
The excuse they give for not serving in the army is that it would cause them to leave the holy occupation of studying Torah. If that's the case, why are they "Raging" and not in the Beit Medrash?
Shiloh Musings: Lesson in “Middot,” Poper Manners, 2 Bus Stories
Traveling on public transportation here in Israel is a great barometer of the state of our society. I see some fantastic good most of the time
A Soldier Remembered in His ‘Letters to Talia’
Everything Dov Indig, killed in action during the Yom Kippur War, said about the secular kibbutz movement has happened.
Bibi’s Not Perfect, But He’s Not Corrupt
This anti-Netanyahu coup is not only dangerous for the State of Israel, but it's dangerous for the world.
Angelina Jolie is Braver Than Netanyahu and his Government
Jolie decided she doesn't need her mammary glands and ovaries, we in Israel do not need the United States of America.
Shiloh Musings: The Radical Jewish Left and The 1967 Six Days War
There are too many, OK even one would be bad, radical Leftist Jewish groups calling themselves "pro-Israel" while their policies support the delegitimization and...
Why Was Andrew Pochter in Egypt, Not Israel?
Did his family support this delusion?
Trump Should Trash His “Peace Plan”
Pres. Trump, You CANNOT impose a "peace plan" on terrorists and their victims.
Shiloh Musings: “Peace” in the Middle East? Not With Such a History
Anyone who claims that there can be peace is talking total fiction. The main uniting ideology among the Arab countries surrounding the State of Israel and those even further away is our destruction. They're not even shy about it. And this anti-Israel hate/ideology is all over the world.
Conning the World: Israeli “Occupation”
Israel wins the wars but LOSES the battles!
Shiloh Musings: 1967 War Could Easily have Resulted in Israel’s Destruction
There was no plan for liberating Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Sinai and the Golan. All that just "happened." G-d did it. Can you give any other reason why we won in such an amazing way?
20,000 Attend Funeral of Lone Soldier Sean Carmeli HaYa”D
IDF volunteers come to Israel just to serve are the true idealists; Sean Carmeli was one of them.
Those Jerusalem Views, Always Changing
It doesn't matter how many apartments are built. Housing prices still go up in Jerusalem.
Shiloh Musings: A Couple of Things The USA Can Learn From Israel
Some more reasons to make aliya...
Americans Back Bibi over Obama!
Obama, with nothing to lose as a lame duck has increasingly been showing his anti-Israel nature
Shiloh Musings: Biblical Yitro and The Modern Baal Teshuva Movement
Reflections from the well-known blogger on her inspiration to being Torah observant and how it is reminiscent of Yitro.