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Micha Odenheimer

Jun 2, 2026, 1:54 PM

The false choice: Why Tikkun Olam without Israel betrays both

The belief that universal justice and Jewish peoplehood are competing commitments is a false binary that has weakened American Jewish life

Mar 3, 2026, 3:22 PM

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Let’s remember the extent of Khamenei’s evil

Motorists drive their vehicles past a billboard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei displayed in the centre of Tehran's Valiasr Square on July 13, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran didn't just fund and arm Assad's regime, it was a key part of the Syrian machine that murdered 500,000 Sunni Muslims, among many others

Jan 4, 2026, 2:59 PM

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The world’s breathtaking hypocrisy on Somaliland

An elderly Somali man (front) fights to retain the sack of rice he has stolen from a feeding center during looting in Mogadishu, Jan. 9, 1993. (AP Photo/Greg Marinovich)

The country suffered a 30-year boycott for the sin of separating itself from a state defined by genocidal violence and starvation – Israel righted a historic wrong

Dec 7, 2025, 11:45 PM

Don’t Give Them Guns!

The outrage that many feel at the ongoing refusal of the ultra-Orthodox or “Haredi” Israelis to allow their children to serve in the army isunderstandabl e. Itis even more outrageous that this same population receives special government funding for...

Aug 27, 2025, 1:58 AM

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What’s important now? Remembering who we are

A member of Tevel b'Tzedek works with residents of a village in Zambia (Courtesy)

Israelis dream of building a better world, not just with high-tech know-how and drip irrigation, but with community and collaboration

Mar 26, 2025, 10:47 PM

Three Cheers for the Deep State

The deep state, according to Trump and Netanyahu, consists of the unelected bureaucrats, judges, military and security personnel and other government officials whose employment does not depend on their political affiliation. These mandarins, Trump and now Bibi contend, often...

Mar 14, 2025, 4:22 PM

Purim and the Light of Intoxication

On Purim, famously, we are admonished to become so intoxicated that we “Cannot tell the difference between cursed be Haman and Blessed be Mordechai.” For some of us, this is a mitzvah we look forward to all year. It...

Feb 10, 2025, 3:01 PM

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Dismantling USAID is a moral and strategic tragedy

An Ethiopian man carries a USAID donated sack of wheat on his shoulders to be distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP/Ben Curtis, file)

The foreign aid agency has its flaws, but it saves countless lives and projects the soft power of a compassionate America

Oct 9, 2024, 4:18 PM

Is Trump Good for the Jews?

Forget about everything else for now, no matter how important, and lets ask straight up: Is Trump good for the Jews? Trump’s Jewish supporters are convinced he is. They will cite the move of the United States Embassy to...

Sep 23, 2024, 4:48 AM

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Kamala, what’s your plan for Iran?

Iranians burn an Israeli flag during the funeral ceremony of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel, at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

For any peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Iran and its proxies would have to stop trying to destroy the Jewish state. But how would Harris stop a nuclear Iran?

About Me

Micha Odenheimer is the founder and director of Tevel b'Tzedek, an Israeli NGO working in rural Zambia. He is a writer, teacher, and ordained Orthodox rabbi based in Jerusalem.