A Chickasaw perspective on Native American Heritage Month, Thanksgiving, and witnessing Jewish indigeneity firsthand. In the United States, November is Native American Heritage Month. It’s when schools, institutions, and media briefly pause to…
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From the Chickasaw Nation to Jerusalem
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Harmonic Zionism: A New Ethic for a Broken People
On October 7, 2023, I woke up on my friend’s couch with a hangover. I looked over to see him staring intensely at his phone. He turned to me and said, “Israel is getting bombed.” I told him that they’re always getting bombed and went…
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The US may overrule Israel on a Gaza peace corps from hostile groups and nations
This comes after release of the last two hostages and disarming Hamas After the last two hostages have been returned and the Gaza terrorists have been disarmed (and Hell freezes over), a ‘peacekeeper corps’ would need to maintain order and…
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Amazing Azerbaijan – Flame Towers, Mud Volcanoes, Mountain Jews And So Much More
My first trip out of the US — three months in Israel working on a kibbutz — turned me into an avid globetrotter. Over the ensuing years, I visited dozens of countries, spanning six continents. In November, my wanderlust brought me to…
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A Thanksgiving Farce
The mask slipped completely just days ago. Campus screamers who spent the last two years shrieking that Israel is a “genocidal, settler-colonial, apartheid entity” flew home for Thanksgiving to suburbs built on land actually stolen through…
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Religious Tribalism: Middle East History
Understanding the modern Middle East requires stepping back to the time before nation-states. While discussing Israel/Palestine, Westerners assume the nation state paradigm and project this onto any conflicts in the Middle East. For centuries…
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Facing the Mirror : The Third Narrative no African Was Ever Allowed to Know
FACING THE MIRROR: The Third Narrative no African Was Ever Allowed to Know Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such.”— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of…
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The challenge of being a child of Israel and Jacob
D’VAR TORAH Parshat VaYetze Over the course of my life, I have “left home” multiple times. Fortunately for me, each time I have left a place I called home it has been a positive choice. Like Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 12, I have been…
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3I/ATLAS Is Shaping the New World Order — And the Next UN/IAWN Planetary Defense
3I/ATLAS Is Shaping the New World Order — And the Future of UN/IAWN Planetary Defense The presence of 3I/ATLAS now shadows every discussion about our shifting world order — and every debate about the future of planetary defense. The ducks…
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Preventive Pardon for Netanyahu?
Preventive Pardon for Netanyahu? The proposal of a preventive pardon for a sitting Prime Minister—whether stated openly or suggested quietly—confronts Israel with a question that reaches far beyond the immediate political moment. Does the…
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