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Nov 12, 2024, 6:11 PM

The Price of Palestinian Silence in Condemning Hamas

Today we have heard the Ben G’vir camp celebrating Trump’s election with a gleeful prognostication that annexation of the West Bank is now only “one step away.” The disheartening reality is that as malicious and depraved as our messianic...

Jul 7, 2024, 11:46 PM

The Core of Antisemitism

At the outset, I intend to distinguish between Palestinian-originated hate of so-called “Zionists” who, as Jews are blamed for their role in the continuing “occupation” -- not just of the West Bank -- but of all Israel, describing it...

Mar 2, 2024, 10:36 PM

The “Raphael Reconciliation”

*Raphael=God’s Healing Angel A Three-Phase Structured Process to Create Conditions Socially Conducive to Jews and Arabs Living in Harmony This brief exposition does not address in depth the historic or current causes of hate between Jews and Arabs, except to note...

Nov 14, 2023, 12:33 PM

To truly win in Gaza, we must defeat Bibi’s agenda in the West Bank

My constant harangue against the theocratic government racists’ policy now fomenting Israel’s settler rampages against peaceful West Bank Palestinians, should not cause anybody to doubt my complete support of the IDF battle to utterly annihilate Hamas in Gaza. I wish...

Oct 10, 2023, 8:23 PM

For God’s Sake!

I generally take the aspersion, “self-hating Jew” as a sign my opinions accurately express the moral turpitude of the Palestinian Occupation. Those who may be familiar with my blogs, or writing in other formats, know I am a long-time...

Jul 30, 2023, 8:42 PM

Israel’s Messianic Path to a Theocratic Autocracy

Messianism is a peculiar Jewish dogma currently causing the societal conflagration afflicting Israel. I shall not bury the headline: Such is the inherently self-exalting perception which is the doctrine of the rightwing members of Israel’s government, and more especially...

Mar 27, 2023, 11:44 PM

Passover notes: A guide to making your seder more historical

I understand the dilemma. After years (perhaps) of engaging the gathered family and guests, often in a give-and-take of playful interactive questions about the items on the seder plate, and the other with three pieces of stacked matzot (plural)...

Jan 16, 2023, 11:03 PM

A Martin Luther King (Day) Message: To My Palestinian-Israeli Historical Cousins

I write as an American Jew, the member of a People exiled and persecuted and blessed by circumstance to be a citizen of the United States. Nothing amazes me more about the African American experience in the United States than...

Oct 19, 2022, 9:26 PM

Here is something to think about when it comes to antisemitism. First, let’s call it Jew hate just to make the vernacular more straightforward. Jews like everybody else are not all a monolithic community when it comes to their...

Sep 23, 2022, 7:03 PM

Toward a Deeper Interpretation of the Jewish Holidays –Torah’s Remez Level

A Bat Kol from Abram Epstein TORAH’S REMEZ LEVEL: Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot This is a guide to the “remez” (deeper, hinted level) of Torah during the sacred “appointed times” of the year. Generally speaking, one may discern a...

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About Me

Abram Epstein, a New Yorker, has served as Director of Education for several synagogues and actively participated in the Manhattan Educators’ Council. His graduate studies at New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center focused on ancient Near Eastern religion and Biblical Judaism. He is a recipient of the university’s prestigious Founders’ Award for Academic Accomplishment and has a screen credit as Historical Consultant for "The Seventh Sign" starring Demi Moore. His other books include, "The Historical Haggadah," "The Matthias Scroll," "A Documented Biography of Jesus Before Christianity," and most recently, "The Matthias Scroll–Select Second Edition." Abram invites communication on his FB page: "Abram Epstein" or "Abram's Historical Writing."