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Houston Mack

One Jewish soul between two worlds, telling everything.

Apr 18, 2025, 9:10 AM

The Comfortable Zionism of American Jewry Has Failed Us—Again

The name of every Jew is a Jewish name. Even mine—Houston Mack. It doesn’t sound like Goldstein or Cohen or Levi, but it’s a Jewish name because I have borne it in war, in grief, in covenant. I wore it in...

Apr 10, 2025, 11:23 PM

What Happens After the Uniform Comes Off

Taken days before our unit entered Gaza. -Southern Israel, November 2023

I wrote this not for attention, but because silence has a cost. When I returned to the United States after serving in Gaza during the War of Iron Swords following October 7th, I didn’t expect applause. I didn’t want fanfare....

About Me

Houston Mack is a former lone soldier in the IDF Paratroopers Brigade. He returned to Israel on October 7 and served in Gaza. After more than a decade in Israel, he now lives in Las Vegas, working in private security and writing about identity, service, and the spiritual fractures between Israeli and Diaspora Jewish life.