Wokeism is not just a bad idea; it is a loaded gun that the West has turned on itself and then politely handed to its enemies. This ideology poses as compassion, as “justice,” as rainbow-colored liberation, but in practice it is a soft…
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Woke Suicide: How the West Arms Its Enemies
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Kanaani and Felis lybica: TICA Opens Experimental Breed Recognition
Acknowledgment Before turning to observation, behavior, and reflection, I wish to begin with gratitude. December 1 will now remain in the history of felinology as the day when the process of Experimental New Breed recognition of the Kanaani…
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Marwan Is No Mandela: Artists Seeking Hero Picked Wrong, Again
This week, a letter signed by more than two hundred prominent cultural figures revived a long-dormant campaign: the call to free Marwan Barghouti. For many readers, this may be the first time they’ve heard of him. For others, desperate to find…
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Endorsing Violence against Israel at Cornell?
The following was originally written for the Cornell community: A few days ago, the Cornell Graduate Students Union (CGSU-UE) passed a resolution, under the title “International Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Struggle”. However,…
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No Jews, No News- Sudanese Crisis
Sudan’s Silent Catastrophe: Why Starvation There Gets Ignored The crisis in Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters unfolding today — and one of the least covered. Millions have been displaced, entire communities have been wiped out,…
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The Evolving Face of Antisemitism: From Deicide to Cultural Genocide to Physical Genocide
HISTORY MATTERS BECAUSE FACTS MATTER The Evolving Face of Antisemitism: From Deicide to Cultural Genocide to Physical Genocide Antisemitism evolves by adapting to each era’s moral language while maintaining a consistent structure: casting Jews as…
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The Imperative of the Common Good
When leaders and organizations improve the places they enter, entire communities prosper. One of my favorite Talmudic passages appears in Taanit 23a. It tells the story of Choni ha-Me’aggel, a saintly and remarkable figure who lived at the end…
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Vayishlach: The Bizarre Prohibition against Eating the Sciatic Nerve
The Torah includes an array of dietary laws: the distinction between kosher and non-kosher animals, the rules of shechita relating to the slaughtering of kosher animals, the prohibition against mixing meat and milk, and others. Yet only one such…
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Fear or Distress? (Vayishlach, Covenant & Conversation)
Jacob and Esau are about to meet again after a separation of twenty-two years. It is a fraught encounter. Once, Esau had sworn to kill Jacob in revenge for what he saw as the theft of his blessing. Will he do so now – or…
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Thinking of the outstanding Dutch Gentiles
Dedicated to Meyer Sluyser, who, after The War, wrote so many nostalgic books about Amsterdam’s Jewish life that was all but exterminated. Today, I suddenly thought of the Dutch military police at Amsterdam airport who protect passengers who fly…
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