Last Sunday, I ran in Yad Leah’s Dash for Dignity 5K charity run. The organization provides clothing to Israeli families in need. The community-wide event featured families and dogs of all ages. It also had music, raffles and two hype guys. But…
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A Comeback Story
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Mamdani’s Masks: The Left’s War in Puerto Rico
Forget the polite headlines and photo ops about “diversity.” Unquestionably, Zohran Mamdani’s trip to Puerto Rico was not cultural diplomacy — it was ideological warfare. The self-proclaimed “socialist from New York” did not fly to…
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Blessed moments
The evening sky shimmers, back lit by the last rays of sun light, coloring it a soft iridescent rose. It spreads above like an ancient tapestry, its color gradually fading into the deep dark as night falls. And so it goes. Time’s steady pace…
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Language — and the courage to humanize — matters.
A few hours ago, I found myself in a brief but revealing exchange with a friend — someone I’ve known for years — who has grown deeply passionate, and one might say fully one-sided, about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. What began as a…
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A Liberal Zionist’s Lament on the Fires Between Nablus and Tulkarem
As a liberal Zionist sitting here in the U.S.—someone who loves Israel not just as an idea but as a living, imperfect democracy—I watched the news from the West Bank today with a sense of heartbreak and fury. Dozens of settlers launched a…
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Cognitive Battlespace Failure Endangers All Jews
Today, we live in a world where norms and assumptions have been hijacked and words like genocide are torqued and transformed into weapons. Our decline into a post-literate and post-factual society, driven mainly by social media, is rapidly…
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Mamdani’s Election: The Dangerous Redefinition of Justice
The election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City transcends typical political victory; it serves as a stark symptom of a more profound societal issue: the alarming and perilous redefinition of social justice. While supporters are…
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Save the Dead Sea. Here’s how.
Every year, the Dead Sea loses 1.2 to 1.5 meters of depth. Do the math. At this rate, in twenty years what’s left will be little more than a hypersaline puddle surrounded by sinkholes and empty hotels. The southern basin? Already gone. Completely…
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Progressive Jewish groups say ADL’s ‘Mamdani Monitor’ is ‘Islamophobic and racist’
A coalition of progressive Jewish organizations is condemning the Anti-Defamation League for what it calls “Islamophobic and racist” attacks on New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
In a statement released Tuesday, the groups criticized
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Zionism is Not a Spectator Sport
At the World Zionist Congress (WZC), youthful idealism met adult cynicism – and proved that engagement is the true Zionist act. A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the 39th World Zionist Congress. It was my second time attending,…
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