Ezra ben-Pesach

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Jun 16, 2022, 9:15 AM

When the sun bled

The war that took Raz Guterman did not deliver its promise of 'Peace to the Galilee' – still, the death of this staunchly secular kibbutznik was a Holy sacrifice

Sep 27, 2021, 1:18 AM

Waning half moon. Wikimedia Commons.

Many many moons ago, deep in a forest in Jerusalem in the middle of the night I followed a long line of people filled with fear and excitement. It was the eve of Hoshanna Rabba, (lit., the “Great Supplication”),...

Sep 2, 2021, 1:52 PM

A modern arm in the arsenal of an ancient enmity

Tech Giants Censor Acclaimed Israeli Artist

Jul 25, 2021, 11:04 PM

Unjust desserts

Let us end the occupation of our bellies by Ben and Jerry’s!

Jun 28, 2021, 10:20 AM

A tale of two colleges

A moment of truth for an iconic institution

Jun 12, 2021, 12:22 AM

For Millennia an existential battle for the Jewish psyche has been fought between those who seek safety by concealing their identity and others who live in accordance with the imperative that begins the Shulchan Aruch, the great compendium of...

May 25, 2021, 7:52 AM

Where is the guardian of Israel?

It is said that in physics the closest distance between two particles is Chuck Schumer and a news camera. Not that the Majority Leader of the United States Senate should be faulted for being a Jewish ham. His mastery...

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Ezra ben-Pesach is a writer, attorney, martial artist and mountain climber.

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