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Part of my growing up experience included my friends affectionately calling me just by my last name, and my high school coaches doing the same, only not so affectionately. Problem is, most people have a tendency to mispronounce my last name….

I voted for Zohran Mamdani last week in NYC (I am a citizen in the USA and in Israel) for mayor of New York City.

Let me explain why.

1. He promised to arrest Netanyahu! What a great idea! Someone has to do it—he belongs in prison!! (Could he…

We cried wolf for too long.
And now the real wolf is here — fangs bared, claws visible — and too many still don’t believe it.

For years, we labeled every critic of Israel, every dissenting voice, every inconvenient ally, as an enemy.
We…

Every Veterans Day, Americans pause to honor those who have worn the uniform of the United States. We thank them for their courage, their discipline, their willingness to put themselves between danger and the rest of us. But for many Jewish…

On October 15, guarded by dozens of Ethiopian soldiers and joined by Gondar’s deputy mayor, we laid the cornerstone for a new Jewish compound in Gondar: a school, nutrition center, beit midrash, and gathering place. It was not a…

I know you have serious disagreements with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. I know it is important that you articulate your concerns to the incoming administration. That is your job — and your responsibility — as an American Jewish…

I didn’t realize how deeply I would be affected until I walked into my front yard and noticed that the LGBTQIA inclusive Pride flag I had hung to my garage was missing. I looked across my street to see that my neighbor’s Pride flag was…

For many years when I have visited Israel, I have also spent some time in the West Bank which I have visited with organizations like T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Breaking the Silence, and the like. I…

Together with all of Israel, I am relieved, grieved and filled with muted joy that Hadar Goldin הי”ד has been retrieved from the clutches of Hamas and can now receive a proper burial. His family can finally have closure and a place they…