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Mar 9, 2023, 3:04 PM

Some Random Thoughts on Israel’s Judicial Reforms

I’ve been just a tad obsessed with the issue of Israel’s proposed judicial reforms and have attended several demonstrations protesting them. Like most people in the country, I’m not opposed to some reasonable and necessary adjustments to the judicial...

Mar 7, 2022, 12:22 PM

Mike Pence’s Queen Esther Moment

Next week, Jews the world over will celebrate the holiday of Purim. This holiday follows the classic Jewish festival paradigm; they tried to kill us, God saved us, let's eat. The Purim story, as recorded in the "Book of Esther,"...

Dec 16, 2021, 9:52 PM

A Response to Avi Liberman: Freedom vs. Safety

On December 15th, Avi Liberman, of whom I'm a huge fan, wrote a blog post about an experience he had at a Shabbat meal discussing COVID restrictions and Jews going to Uman for Rosh Hashanah. Below is my response... Hey...

May 13, 2021, 12:05 PM

Gaza and Israel – “A Taste of Armageddon”

In the original Star Trek series there was an episode in the first season titled, “A Taste of Armageddon”. In this episode, the Enterprise and its crew stumble into a very unusual war being waged between two neighboring planets....

Mar 19, 2021, 11:37 AM

Why I Love Pesach

I'm proud to share these beautiful thoughts about Pesach, in a guest post by my wife, Randi Lipkin... We are at the time of the year that many of my Facebook friends disappear or at least are not so interested...

Mar 9, 2021, 7:48 AM

An Ode to the Seuss Wars

Last week on Facebook I saw something new, It wasn't Trump tweeting or Biden forgetting, Another PC war was starting to brew. A pandemic surrounds us, the world is a wreck, Folks stuck in their homes bored of Netflix and Hulu But Seuss was...

Sep 14, 2020, 1:51 PM

API – A Universal Message for the Jewish New Year

If you're in the tech world and you see the acronym "API" you assume the discussion is about software known as an Application Programming Interface. And though I heard about this acronym on a podcast by Sam Harris from...

Mar 25, 2020, 10:35 AM

When COVID restrictions become counterproductive

Strict home confinement will harm the immune system and the 100 meter distance limit might create more social interaction, not less

Jan 2, 2019, 1:55 PM

Mutually assured denial

Illustrative. The Palestinian side of the separation wall in Bethlehem has graffiti in Arabic and English, June 25, 2018. (Ron Kampeas)

Just because there was no Palestinian country in the land of Israel in the 19th century does not mean there's no Palestinian nation now

Nov 9, 2016, 11:25 AM

10 Reasons Not To Be Depressed About Trump

To those who dread this presidency: There are some serious bright spots, plus, think about the comedy

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About Me

Michael Lipkin made Aliyah in 2004 from Edison, NJ to Beit Shemesh with his wife and four children. Since moving to Israel, Michael and his wife have been blessed with two new sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, eleven grandchildren and a sabra of their own! Michael currently works as a tech liaison for a financial web site.