Laureen Lipsky, at The Blogs

Oct 8, 2024, 1:06 PM

One Year Later: Is There Anything Left to Say?

October 7th is upon us. In many ways, it still feels as if it is October 7th, 2023 - just the longest 365-day expansion of that day. There are still 101 hostages (97 of those who were kidnapped last...

May 23, 2024, 8:25 PM

What Kept Me Anti-Israel for Nearly 20 Years

While most Zionists watched the campus antisemitic near-pogroms with outrage, I of course had the same response, but also thought, could I have been one of those self-hating Jews of IfNotNow, JStreet or JVP in those tents? Had I...

Dec 12, 2023, 7:14 PM

Chanukkah: The Most Zionist of Holidays; An In-Depth Historical Look

Growing up, after I found out I was a Jew around seven years old, the story of Chanukkah that I heard consisted of the miracle of long-lasting oil and a brief synopsis of how Jews defeated the Greeks. Though...

Sep 27, 2023, 10:07 PM

The Saudi-Israel Relationship is Thriving Sans a US-led Antisemitic Deal

Until recently, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was widely available and included in the education curriculum, in Saudi Arabia. Saudi leadership spurred on state-sponsored antisemitism and would frequently invite Arafat and other high-ranking terrorist leaders into the...

Apr 18, 2023, 8:18 PM

It Was Not Only Germany…

When the Holocaust is brought up, typically only Germany is blamed. Germany ought to be solely blamed for starting WWII, but the Holocaust was the doing of nearly every European nation— later joined by many Arab ones, the US,...

Jan 20, 2022, 1:21 PM

The Dangerous Intersectionality of CAIR, the Reform Movement, and Biden’s FBI

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: Ibrahim Hooper (R), Corey Saylor (C), and Gadeir Abbas (L), of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), speak to the media about the executive order U.S. President Donald Trump signed about middle east travel, on March 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) targeted Jews, yet again—this time, through a terrorist hostage situation at Beth Israel Temple in Colleyville, Texas where the terrorist demanded the release of his “sister” in terrorism, Aafia Siddiqui. What does...

Jun 23, 2021, 7:48 AM

Dear Jews: Please stop upholding our enemies’ lies about Israel

Dear pro-Israel Jews and proud Jews overall: please stop adding to the antisemitic rhetoric by using ‘Palestine’ and ‘Palestinians.’ You are confusing those who are well-meaning and want to learn, and at the same time you are adding fuel...

Apr 14, 2021, 12:59 PM

All Jews are Indebted to Israel’s Fallen Heroes

Yom HaZikaron, Israel's Memorial & Remembrance Day, set upon like a heavy cloud last night in the Jewish homeland. 23,928 souls will be remembered who gave their very last breaths to Israel, as soldiers, in addition to all the...

Apr 8, 2021, 10:39 AM

Not Just the Nazis: The Murderers Next Door

Today is Yom HaShoah, the Israeli observed Holocaust Memorial Day. This differs from the UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is marked in January. The difference? Yom HaShoah marks the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jews held off the Nazis...

Feb 4, 2021, 7:31 AM

Jewish groups should stick to their missions no matter who is in the White House

Among the Jewish community in America, sadly, being both pro-Israel and politically Conservative, places one within a minority of a minority. For the past four years, there existed stand-out stalwarts of Zionism (the Zionist Organization of America) and of...

About Me

Laureen Lipsky is the CEO & Founder of Taking Back the Narrative, a Zionist education initiative (www.tbtnisrael.com). Her writing has been featured in The Federalist, American Thinker, Washington Examiner, Israel Hayom, and JNS. She has recently written an exclusive piece, "The semantics of anti-Semitism" for The Center for Security Policy. www.tbtnisrael.com

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