During the past few days, our Premier, our Defense Minister and our Foreign Minister have all told us there will never be a Palestinian State. This, after their government accepted the American twenty (or twenty-two point) plan to end the war in…
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A Palestinian state and us –The new future
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What I Learned from 5,800 Chabad Emissaries
Yesterday I was honored to attend the Kinus HaShluchim gala banquet, which is part of the annual gathering of Chabad emissaries from around the world. Coming as a guest of the Chabad Madison community offered a powerful window into a movement…
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‘Shalom’ aka ‘Late’: A Love Poem written by Tzedeck
B”H “Shalom” aka “Late” A Love Poem written by Tzedeck This poem can be interpreted as an allegory for the relationship between G-d and the Jewish People or as a celebration of martial love “What time do you say it was?…
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Does Mother Mary Need a Modern Title?
What title should the mother of a son who is a part of a Divine trinity, have? The Vatican’s doctrinal office said the titles of “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” are not appropriate ways to describe Mary’s participation in salvation….
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Figurine of Gander Covering Woman May Show 12,000-year-old Myth in Israel
Thousands of years ago, Zeus assumed the form of a swan and raped or seduced the Spartan queen Leda, who laid two eggs. How that resulted in four children – Helen and Polydeuces, from Zeus’ pseudoavian sperm, as well as Castor and Clymnestra…
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Trump defends Tucker Carlson, whose interview with antisemite Nick Fuentes split Republicans
President Donald Trump defended Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with avowed antisemite Nick Fuentes, weighing in on a debate over antisemitism that has roiled the Republican party.
“I’ve found him to be good….
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Partner or Pirate? Turkey can’t be both
In the days following the 3+1 Energy Summit in Athens on November 6, which brought together the US, Israel, Greece and Cyprus, something was undeniably missing. Since the first trilateral meeting between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus back in 2016,…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part VI
Factories of Extremism: How Prolonged Control Breeds Resistance Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how questions of law, belonging, justice, and identity shape everyday life between the river and the…
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The Birth of the Mirror: Self-Consciousness as the First Sin
Before the rupture, the first human did not know itself as an object. It knew the world the way flame knows the oxygen that feeds it: without distance, without reflection, without the ache of “I.” Awareness flowed outward. Thought was…
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How Rabbi Hauer Taught Us to Disagree
I am not a student of Rabbi Hauer nor a congregant of his Shul. I have listened to several of his lectures, followed his career with interest and spoke to him a couple of times, something I have with many other Rabbis. However, his death…
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