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Alan Kotlyar

Mar 15, 2024, 11:32 PM

Jews are permitted to kill an animal for food, but it must be done in a kosher way. The bible tells us that, for an animal's meat to be kosher, it must be slaughtered in such a way that...

Nov 17, 2023, 6:17 AM

“Dear” Terrorists

You may think that terror is the only way to achieve your goals. But every time you commit a terror attack, you unite Israel and the Jewish people. Each terror attack reinforces the idea of needing a Jewish state...

Jan 14, 2022, 10:16 PM

The Arrogance of Vaccine Mandates

Ask, Plead, Bribe, Threaten was an improv game I learned in my middle school drama class. These are the four stages of getting somebody to do something. Since the vaccine rollout one year ago, American thought leaders have followed this...

Jan 5, 2022, 7:53 PM

Mr Greenblatt, Don’t Play Down Left Antisemitism

On January 4, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, called out modern anti-Jewish hate on the left and on the right in an article he published on the Times Of Israel website: Greenblatt, On The Right: "And in recent...

About Me

Alan Kotlyar is an amateur Israeli folk dancer, singer, soccer player, journalist, language enthusiast, history and geography buff from the Chicago area. On the side, he makes time for teaching math and a master's program in Computer Science.