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Aug 13, 2024, 11:15 AM

How desolate is Your city, How broken is Your people, How confused, How confounded, How bewildered, How betrayed. How the enemy laughs How they gloat at our stupidity How they smell our weakness and seek out our blood. How has this happened? How could this have happened? How have we...

Dec 12, 2022, 12:27 PM

Stand up and Save Zion

In 1976 I was part of a delegation from England attending an international gathering of Zionist student activists. Invited speakers included Golda Meir, Yitzhak Navon, Menachem Begin and the then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Meir Kahana was also a...

Sep 30, 2020, 1:36 PM

Conversation with a Conspiracist

This conversation happened more or less as I have transcribed it below. It took place as a phone call over the WhatsApp platform. I did not record it but soon after it took place, I replayed it verbatim to...

Mar 29, 2020, 12:37 AM

God’s Prayer and the Revenge of the Pangolin

A number of scientific papers have recently been published asking the question: where did the corona virus originally come from? And the answer is not China. Which animal initially incubated the virus before passing it on via bats or...

Jan 7, 2020, 11:06 AM

Joseph and Yiscah, a story of fluid identities

There are many aspects of the Joseph story that have bothered me over the years and this year is no exception except now perhaps I have an approach that provides perhaps some answers or at least a new perspective. What...

Aug 16, 2017, 10:22 AM

Being hated – then and now

Nathan Englander has written an op-ed in the New York Times today about his memories growing up Jewish in Long Island and all the anti-Semitism and hatred that he faced. I too have such memories but I grew up...

Mar 6, 2017, 4:22 PM

The Unmasking of Purim

We all love Purim. Of all the festivals it is the one that elicits the most photographs of our children all dressed in their crazy, outrageous costumes. They’re so cute. Whenever my grown-up kids open the family albums (remember...

Feb 16, 2017, 1:54 PM

Thwack! Matkot and the Start-Up Nation

Matkot via Shutterstock.

Thwack! Ever played Matkot (paddle ball) on the beaches of Israel? Or more often than not, found yourself trapped in the danger zone between two hard-hitting players while trying to take a stroll along the shoreline?

Feb 10, 2017, 10:39 AM

The Origins of the Start-up Nation

In May 2016 I attended the Israel EdTech (Education Technology) Summit in Tel Aviv. There were many people there, all interested and concerned about the future of education. Included among them was a sizeable delegation from China. One of the...

Jan 16, 2017, 2:08 PM

The Right to Make Peace

Confession: I do not like President-soon-to-be Donald Trump. I would not have voted for him if I would have had the right to vote. Warning: The future is looking very bleak for the left in America and for the right...

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About Me

Michael Kagan is the author of the Holistic Haggadah (Urim), God’s Prayer (Albion-Andalus) and The King’s Messenger (Albion-Andalus Books). He is a scientist, entrepreneur, film-maker and teacher of Holistic Judaism. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan.