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Jun 9, 2026, 1:19 PM

“I Want Them All”

It has been an eventful twelve hours here in Israel, but probably not the way you might think. If you have been listening to the news, following weeks of constant bombardment of the northern part of Israel by Hezbollah,...

Jun 5, 2026, 10:33 AM

So You Want to Be Chosen Huh?

The last week of my life has been quite illuminating. It was not on purpose. It sort of happened organically, but once I started to engage it took on a life of its own and in the process shined...

May 20, 2026, 9:49 AM

Akiva, You Have Consoled Us

There is a story in the Talmud, Tractate Makkot 24b, about Rabbi Akiva walking with other leaders of the Jewish people along the destroyed streets of Jerusalem. When he saw the Rabbis crying as they viewed the destroyed temple...

May 15, 2026, 5:20 PM

Thank You for Teaching Us We Needed Our Own Land

Let me start today with a couple statistics that, if you are a thinking person, (sorry Tucker) should make you truly wonder how the United States and the world fell into the false narrative that the New York Times...

May 13, 2026, 8:28 PM

If I was to say to you let’s start a contest. The only requirement for victory would be to answer one question. Can you build me the world’s most perfect liar? What will that person look like? I don’t...

May 7, 2026, 10:21 AM

Woe to Him Who Knows Nothing

It should come as no surprise that coaches in the NBA trend left. There are quite a few reasons for this but mostly it is because the NBA office in Manhattan and its television partner in Bristol, Connecticut, make...

Apr 28, 2026, 10:59 AM

Shoe is Not So Great on the Other foot, Huh?

Imagine this. You’re at the cool kids party or what is otherwise known as the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. All your friends are there rubbing shoulders with each other and cozying up to the famous television and Hollywood types you...

Apr 23, 2026, 3:02 PM

Not Improbable, Impossible

One of my favorite things about Shabbat is I get to step off the world and spend time alone with my Creator, my family and my friends. Today, for just a few minutes I want to turn off the...

Apr 21, 2026, 7:29 AM

Our Only Choice

This week in Israel is very different beginning with last night’s Yom-Ha’zikaron-Day of Remembrance. It is a night when the entire country stops whatever it is doing and pays tribute to all who have given their lives for the...

Apr 17, 2026, 6:54 PM

The World Needs Warriors

Hypocrisy. Do you think people even realize they live with it every day? Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Do they even remember what it was like to not live in their world of...

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Harold L. Katz lives in Jerusalem with his beautiful wife since 2024. He currently works as a basketball coach in Israel after doing the same for 43 years in the United States. He is the author of the novel Capitol Crimes.

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