Mom, You’re not here to see the world today, but your spirit is still the standard I measure myself against. You taught me what it means to be Jewish with pride — to act with strength, to speak with honesty, and to stand firm even…
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For My Mom, On Your Birthday
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Self-Esteem Is Not a Thought
Self-Esteem Is Not a Thought — It Is a State of the Body I was thirty-two when I finally noticed something simple: I had been breathing like someone expecting a hit. No drama, no panic attack, nothing visible. Just a tight breath. Controlled….
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I have lost respect for my own country
The Netherlands Has Lost Its Moral Compass and Its Coverage of Israel Proves It I have lost respect for my own country. And that is not something I say lightly. The articles published about Israel in Dutch media lately, especially in so-called…
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Why should Netanyahu get a pardon?
Not to give him time to enjoy writing his memoirs The only good reason for Bibi getting a pardon is that he’s indispensable for the many wars Israel has on its hands. It’s ridiculous and opportunistic to say that he should be pardoned in…
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CSI: Jerusalem — A Former NYC Detective Looks at the Netanyahu Case
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) (Jeremy Mayer, for the portrait of Dr. Shmuel Legesse) By Dr. Shmuel Legesse: Upcoming Author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World: Inspired by the…
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As nations unite against Iran, who needs the Abraham Accords?
When Eastern and Western powers collaborated to attack Iran, and to knock down Iranian missiles and drones, that was Abrahamic. When the U.S. joined Israel to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, that was unprecedented cooperation against a common enemy….
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Exactly Who Wrestled With Yaakov ?
Yaakov’s life was marked by two extraordinary prophetic episodes: the first, a vision of a ladder stretching heavenward with angels ascending and descending; the second, found in this week’s parashah, in which Yaakov grapples with an unnamed…
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A new Zionist identity is emerging in Israel to include all Israeli citizens
After two years of war and three years of civil strife, a new Israeli identity is emerging to connect Jews and Arab citizens. Years ago, a mentor taught me the rule of three: if you notice something once, it’s an accident. Twice? A coincidence….
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Beyond Western Frameworks: A Middle Eastern View of Israel
In the earlier part of this series, I looked at Western responses to Israel through various theological lenses—premillennial, postmillennial, amillennial, covenantal, and dispensational. In this piece, I’m shifting the angle. Instead of…
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General Franco – Israel: The Truth Leftists Buried
History did not begin in 1939. General Francisco Franco emerged in a Spain drenched in blood—a nation shattered by a Socialist Republic (the same Republic he ironically saved in October 1934, when the very politicians who later demonized him…
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