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Tzippi Livni, Who are You?

Josh Weixelbaum — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:54:09 +0000

I listened to her speak, and I can say that Tzippi Livni is no different in 2012 than she was in 2009. Well, that’s not entirely true. In 2009, Livni’s campaign message was, “I’m not Bibi and I’m not Barak.” Now it’s, “I’m not Bibi and I’m not Shelly.” Thank you for that clarification! I [...]

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Israel Won the Battle

Josh Weixelbaum — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:56:26 +0000

You heard me correctly. Me, the person who’s devastated that our leaders capitulated and signed a “truce” with our good ol’ buddies, Hamas, said “we won.” To backtrack for a moment, a ceasefire is a joke. The IDF had the clear upper hand, and could’ve undertaken a mission to retake security of the Gaza Strip. It would’ve [...]

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What’s In A Name?

Josh Weixelbaum — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:18:21 +0000

This is basically a call for help. I’m not looking to CHANGE my name. I’m looking to FIX my name. Born in the United States, my Jewish name never had a connection to my legal name. At my brit, my parents gave me the name “Yehuda Yaakov” because I was named for people. However, when [...]

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Haredi and Hiloni Walk Onto a Bus

Josh Weixelbaum — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:42:04 +0000

I witnessed something really strange. I was sitting on the 400, one of the buses from Jerusalem to the Haredi city of Bnei Brak, heading home. The bus is usually filled with Haredim as well as some non-Ultra Orthodox Jews. In front of me was a Haredi man with an open seat next to him. A not [...]

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When Did Israel Become Apartheid?

Josh Weixelbaum — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:38:03 +0000

My whole life, I’ve grown up knowing Israel to be a free country. Israel was the ultimate in democracy. In a neighborhood surrounded by dictatorships, Israel was a beacon of light. And when all the despicable and contemptuous lies of “apartheid” began to spread, I was at the forefront to combat the obvious misnomer. How [...]

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The superiority complex of some Anglos

Josh Weixelbaum — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:53:54 +0000

I read with dismay two recent blog posts by Noga Martin on Anglos’ inferiority complex and their failure to speak Hebrew with a Hebrew accent. My question to the author is, so what? Why are these issues worth writing about? I’m not even addressing the ridiculousness of the content. I’m specifically referring to the concept [...]

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Bibi, wake up — olim are worth more!

Josh Weixelbaum — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:22:39 +0000

This morning, instead of heading to the library to study for tomorrow’s final, I got up early in the morning, in the middle of a busy exam schedule, to head down to Jerusalem to protest. I wasn’t protesting for a change in the status quo, like the “Suckers’ Camp” protest or the J14 protest. Instead, I [...]

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Dudu and Moshe – a true Yom Hazikaron story

Josh Weixelbaum — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:53:26 +0000

If you show up to the military cemetery in Kfar Saba on Wednesday, you will see something very interesting. There will be two groups of people sitting together, looking nothing like one another. One group will be filled with people from Hebron and the religious communities of Jerusalem. The others will hails from secular kibbutzim [...]

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