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Feb 28, 2021, 2:05 PM

On Listening To The Megillah 2021

The Megillah – Hearing And Listening Purim is a day fraught with Paradox. It is the day when God is most hidden, yet most revealed. Like the Invisible Man, whose contours are only perceived when overlaid in bandages, God cannot...

Jan 16, 2017, 9:15 AM

Reclaiming history

As seventy Nations have gathered to tell the Jews what's good for them -- because the members of the "global community" know so well how to ensure peace, security and tranquility within and without their own borders -- it's time...

Mar 10, 2015, 12:36 AM

A Hamas Ceasefire Offer – An “Offer” Best Refused.

Per a recent article in these ages - Gazan businessmen claiming to convey messages on behalf of Hamas to Western diplomats have recently offered the possibility of a multi-year ceasefire in exchange for Israel’s lifting of the blockade. Call me...

Jan 7, 2015, 2:44 PM

If you suffered last summer, tell the UN

Israelis who suffered during the summer's Gaza conflict should send testimony to the UN commission of inquiry

Nov 22, 2014, 9:22 PM

Well, that’s embarrassing…

The term Beit Hamikdash (Holy House or Sanctuary) is the classical reference used to denote, the 1st (954 B.C.E - 587 B.C.E) and 2nd (515 C.E. - 70 C.E.) Temples that the Jews built in Jerusalem on their holiest site, the Temple...

Nov 19, 2014, 12:59 AM

A Palestinian Vocabulary Lesson

The term “martyr” derives from the Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, meaning "witness"; and originally referred to somebody who suffered persecution or death for advocating, renouncing, (or refusing to renounce or advocate for) a belief or cause – usually a religious...

Nov 3, 2014, 11:09 PM

An open letter to Nobel Prize Laureate Ms. Malal Yousafza

Dear Ms. Yousafzai. Warm wishes and congratulations on your receipt of the World’s Children’s Prize. You deserve extraordinary commendation for being the youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient to date and for further demonstrating your generosity of spirit by donating your prize...

Aug 10, 2014, 5:02 AM

Eliminating The Middleman – The Re-establishment of Responsibility for Civilian Casualties in Gaza

Over half a century ago Golda Meir predicted “Peace will come when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us.” (Statement to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., 1957) She also declared “When peace comes we...

Mar 20, 2014, 12:22 AM

The language of conflict

Jodi Rudoren of the New York Times observed on March 19th that the current Palestinian-Israeli war is "much more a clash of narratives than a tussle over territory”. It is especially important to highlight that specific point today, for two...

Jun 26, 2013, 4:43 PM

French justice: Overruling the truth

The ruling in the al-Dura defamation case bolsters a lethal narrative and reveals a legal system that values honor over facts

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Elihu D Stone practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts and is currently a member of the Israeli Bar; He is involved in the Al Durah Project, an initiative dedicated to understanding and countering the dilemmas and vulnerabilities that face democratic cultures in this age of aggressive asymmetric and cognitive warfare. Elihu has been privileged to serve in leadership roles for a variety of Jewish communal organizations and is an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. The writer currently maintains a U.S. life insurance clientele and lives in Efrat, Israel

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