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I am horrified at the reaction that I am seeing to the return of our living hostages that were in the hands of Hamas for two years! People love to jump through hoops in order to keep their narrative. The herd mentality, especially in…

An unvarnished look at bipolar disorder, self-awareness, and the art of not falling off.

I don’t dance around a pole — I hang on to it like it’s a coping strategy

No, I don’t pole dance. But I do spend an absurd amount of time…

A day after deflecting questions on Fox News about whether Hamas should “lay down their weapons and leave the leadership in Gaza,” New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani offered an answer.

“Of course I…

After captivity in Cuba, I can’t stop seeing the same absurd patterns in Gaza and Jerusalem.

After five years as a hostage in Cuba, I learned that trauma comes in many forms — and that both laughter and outrage can keep you alive when…

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There is a surreal moment driving out of Tel Aviv, after passing kilometers of “Welcome home hostages” signs: a 10-story-tall image of a beneficent, smiling Donald Trump, “Thankyou Mr. President” added in…

While “ceasefire” activists once filled the streets calling for peace, their silence after the  Sharm El Sheikh agreement exposes a deeper truth — this was never truly about the Palestinians. The selective outrage of the smartphone…

Now that a ceasefire is in effect, the “ceasefire now” movement has gone silent. There is no collective sigh of relief, no public jubilee, barely even an acknowledgment that what they screamed for just weeks ago has come to fruition. What…

(and for all beings who carry the living soul — nefesh)

For it is said: whoever saves one creature saves an entire world.

It all began in September 2024, during a class called Blessing of the Animals at the Jewish Spiritual Leaders…

The last couple of weeks have been emotionally taxing, if nothing else. The realization of a major goal of this instalment of Israel’s war of independence — the return of 20 living hostages — is monumental. We of course had help. 

And…

At face value this year’s summer vacation (August) was about as mundane, as routine, as could be expected for an Israeli family. How to juggle all the various balls that are our children, our work obligations, all complicated by the lack of…