How Netanyahu Shifted Israel’s Overton Window — And What It Reveals About Who He Really Is Political theorists use the term “Overton window” to describe the range of ideas that are considered acceptable in mainstream public debate. Inside…
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How Netanyahu Shifted Israel’s Overton Window and Who He Really Is
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Love Grows as We See the Person, Not the Politics
When my group of Queens baby boomers reconnected on Facebook around 2010, it was electric. After forty years apart, people who shared the same childhood blocks were suddenly swapping stories, organizing meetups, and rediscovering a sense of…
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Burial
I’ve been visiting my 90-year-old mother in Los Angeles this week. In the evenings, I’ve been reading to her from an autobiography written by her first cousin, Peter Stern — who also happens to be my godfather. It’s been unexpectedly…
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Korah’s Charisma
Korah’s Charisma The Old Testament arch-villain Korah possessed a popular appeal among his fellow Hebrews that begs explanation Few figures are so maligned in the Old Testament as Korah, leader of the failed rebellion against Moses at Sinai…
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Marriage – Avraham and Sarah and Rabbi Sacks z”l
In the series of Torah portions which have occupied center stage these past few weeks including this week’s Torah portion of Chayei Sarah, the reader is introduced in a very descriptive manner to the trials and tribulations of our first Jewish…
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Morocco First. Period.
Sometimes, international politics feels like one of those “Piccadilly plays” – the British dramas packed with deceit, backroom deals, and a cast that hides daggers behind polite smiles. But the play we have just witnessed on Morocco’s…
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Hamas’ Release of the Hostages: One Jewish Person’s Perspective
Israelis, Jews around the globe, opposers of Hamas, some Gazan civilians and others worldwide celebrated Hamas’ release of the last 20 living hostages on October 14, 2025. I literally sobbed when I read the news. Celebrations abounded…
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It’s not all bad
In my last column, I was tough on my MO community, both in Teaneck and beyond, as well as its leadership, institutions, and synagogues, including my own, Congregation Rinat Yisrael. No, I’m not retracting anything; I stand by what I wrote and…
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How the West Fell for Tehran’s Favorite Lie
The Citizen Lab report that accused Israel of running fake Persian-language accounts, and the Haaretz coverage that amplified it, was an exercise in speculation presented as fact. What should have remained an unproven theory was presented as a…
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Beyond Hasbara – Winning the Narrative War
Israel is suffering a series of battlefield losses. While winning many stunning victories on military battlefields including Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen, Israel has failed miserably on the increasingly important battlefields fought on people’s…
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