We all know the slogan, “In case of risks and adverse effects, read the package insert and ask your doctor or pharmacist.” But last month in Vienna I ended up with unsolicited advice when trying to pick up some blood pressure medicine. I was…
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Aspirin for Amnesia in Austria
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What Indiana Jones teaches about antizionism
Bringing a Sword to a Gunfight: Antizionism, Replacement Memory, and the Strategic Failure of Israel Advocacy In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones faces off against a skilled swordsman in a crowded Shuk. When the Arab man performs an…
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From Caracas to Cairo: Why a US–Venezuela Clash Hits the MENA Countries
A confrontation between the United States and Venezuela would be sold as a hemispheric morality play: sanctions, sovereignty, oil, and the familiar promise that pressure will eventually produce reform. For the Middle East and North Africa,…
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May I Speak to My Chosen People?
I speak as an outsider. A wandering Jewess. One who belongs everywhere and nowhere at once. One who did not grow up wrapped in certainty, but in questions. And yet — Jeremiah lives in my bones. So I ask, humbly but unapologetically: May I speak…
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The Dangers of Populist Politics: Zohran Mamdani
In an election cycle swept by a blue wave, Zohran Mamdani is surfing the crest. Mayor-elect Mamdani, as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, is New York City’s most openly socialist mayor. However, despite being the Democratic…
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The night Colonel Kemp came to visit my IDF unit on Hannukah in Gaza
Last year, during Hanukkah, on the Gaza front, a profound moment of unity and inspiration transpired when Col. Richard Kemp CBE, a distinguished figure with a storied military background, stood alongside my IDF unit to light the candles. As we…
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Bibi Resign
BLOG “BIBI RESIGN” 13 December 2025 The blog shown below (dated 11 December 2025) the dashed line is the original blog that I was planning to publish on Thursday night. But then I watched the broadcast of Ilana Dayan on Channel 12 and…
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Sarah, I Am a Palestinian Jew
Video Caption: “Sarah, Je suis Juif Palestinien” (French) — “Sarah, I Am a Palestinian Jew.” Lyrics & music: Willy Lipschutz / William Lip. Performed by the author. When “Palestinian” Meant Jewish – a Lullaby, a Memory, a Legacy Some…
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Where is it written in the Torah to be normal?
Part of Israeli culture Thirty years ago, I was new in the country. I crossed at a pedestrian crossing, and a sports car had to brake for me. The driver shouted through the open window, ‘Are you normal?’ I replied, ‘Thank G^d, no.’ I think…
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Disinformation and Lies – the Only Way Up?
March 6, 1942 There is a lot of sub rosa talk in the neutral countries about the possibilities of a separate peace with the Soviet Union. In London they are already scared about it. Such fear, however, is unwarranted. The Soviet Union will and…
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