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Apr 9, 2025, 8:40 PM

Uncle Lavan: The First Palestinian Activist?

The Haggadah has two villains. The first, Pharaoh, enslaved our ancestors, tried to exterminate us by slaughtering all the male children, ridiculed our God, resisted our emancipation, and pursued us even after we were liberated, with the intention of...

Apr 7, 2025, 9:49 PM

Alice’s Catch-22 Adventures in 1984 Chelm, Part I

I can’t decide whether the appropriate response is amusement or anger. But since the majority seems to be opting for the latter, I will go in the other direction. Formerly, I thought I was trapped in Chelm. But then I...

Apr 6, 2025, 3:42 PM

A Man of Valor?

I don’t want to grumble, but I think that men are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to Pesach and the associated preparations. I mean, the house is already supposed to be clean, more or less. ...

Apr 1, 2025, 3:05 PM

First Do No Harm

My doctor, who is a wonderful person and a committed professional, tells me that I am pre-diabetic. I thank her and tell her that I am also pre-dead and that these are things that should provide a sense of...

Mar 27, 2025, 2:46 PM

My most recent blog attracted more than the usual number of responses. (Three.) Customarily, I have no way of knowing whether anyone reads these things, so I appreciate almost all responses (but not the ones asking whether I...

Mar 26, 2025, 8:12 PM

Eyeless in Gaza

The war continues, hostages remain in captivity, and no one seems able to articulate a clear vision to move us forward. When will we be blessed with the leaders we deserve? Trump says to move 2,000,000 Gazans to Jordan and Egypt;...

Mar 17, 2025, 5:11 PM

Jewish History: UN Version

Buoyed by the enthusiastic response to its lurid and highly imaginative report on the “systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender based violence” by the Settler Hoodlum Occupation Forces (IDF) in the war treacherously launched by Israel on...

Mar 11, 2025, 1:27 PM

Four Sabbaths; Four Pillars

Over 2,000 years ago, our Sages introduced special Torah readings into the liturgy during the four Sabbaths surrounding Purim. This is no surprise, because our Sages were Rabbis, and it is apparent to me that Rabbis are genetically predisposed...

Mar 9, 2025, 3:45 PM

Shut Up And Dribble

Before I attended law school and launched a long and boring legal career, I taught on a university level for seven years. During that period I interacted with thousands of students, hundreds of faculty members, and scores of administrators....

Mar 6, 2025, 12:34 PM

Remember… What?

At the outset, I am going to hazard a guess that the following interpretation of the relevant Biblical verses is grammatically erroneous, and also, most likely, textually and theologically inadequate and unsupportable. On the other hand . . ....

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About Me

Gary Epstein is a retired teacher and lawyer residing in Modi'in, Israel. He was formerly the Head of the Global Corporate and Securities Department of Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm with an office in Tel Aviv, which he founded and of which he was the first Managing Partner. He and his wife Ahuva are blessed with 18 grandchildren, ka"h, all of whom he believes are well above average. [Update: . . . and, ka"h, one great-grandchild.] He currently does nothing. He believes he does it well.

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