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Apr 23, 2026, 9:23 AM

A Thought Experiment

Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Wherever you are now reading this -- in your home, on a line at Starbucks, sitting on a park bench with your dog-- look around carefully. See if you can find the safest...

Oct 16, 2025, 5:49 PM

Do You Like What You See?

I asked my new pal, Chat GPT, to compile a list of “ongoing wars/armed conflicts.” Chat’s list consisted of 10 regions, headed, naturally, by Ukraine and Gaza but also including many terrible conflicts occurring in various places throughout Asia...

May 8, 2025, 6:15 AM

Freedom of Speech or Campus “Pogroms?”

One of my mother’s favorite expressions, rendered in Yiddish with a dollop of wary cynicism, was, “Don’t do me any favors.” Essentially, this is an expression of ambivalence. “I know you’re trying to help me, but…” As our government...

Feb 20, 2025, 4:29 PM

Two Days in February

February 17, 2025 Message to Israel from Hamas: "We will emerge from the earth to continue fighting until liberation. We are Toufan Al-Aqsa and we are the day after - we are the perpetrators of the attack on October 7th and...

Nov 16, 2024, 12:35 AM

A Letter to Thomas Friedman

A Letter to Thomas Friedman in Response to his NY Times Column: Amsterdam Is About Jew Hatred — and Gaza, 11/13/24 Instead of quoting Ehud Olmert, disgraced former Prime Minister of Israel, why don't you just own your own opinion,...

Mar 10, 2024, 10:23 PM

Israel Must Defeat Hamas

Hamas repeatedly emphasizes that its sole purpose is the destruction of Israel and its replacement with a “theocratic state based on Islamic law (Sharia).” A member of Hamas’s political bureau expressed its commitment to multiple massacres, saying “Operation al-Aqsa...

Jan 23, 2024, 11:57 AM

For the Sake of Children

Whatever you think of Israel’s war with Hamas, whether you think Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians or defending itself against genocide from them, this war is ultimately about children. There are stark differences in the way children...

Dec 8, 2023, 12:04 AM

No Matter What Israel Does….

We know what’s coming. We’ve seen it before. Each time that Israel has been forced-- this word is deliberately chosen-- forced to defend itself, regardless of the circumstances leading to the absolute need for self-defense, Israel has been vilified. Israel...

Nov 17, 2023, 6:15 AM

Questions Needing Answers

Questions Needing Answers Remember Ukraine? Remember television commentators wearing flak helmets and vests with the word “PRESS” written boldly across their chests, bombs flashing in the distance, brave reporters and their camera men/women forced to move to a safer place?...

Oct 28, 2023, 12:59 AM

What to Remember When the World Turns Its Back on Israel

Six months ago, I attended a family wedding in Israel. I was approached by one of my younger cousins, a man in his early 30s. Y is a father of four, handsome, fit, with blue eyes and red hair....

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About Me

Dr. Judith Davis is a wife, mother, grandmother and a retired clinical and organizational psychologist, graduate of Hadassah Leadership Academy. Having spent a lifetime studying individuals, groups and other human systems, she is an irreverent observer of details that may be unremarkable to others.