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Nov 10, 2023, 5:48 AM

We Can’t See Why They Don’t See What We See.

Adding to the pain of inter- generational trauma over recent events is a rising tide of anger, frustration, and fear. As our courageous IDF troops valiantly confront the enemy that butchered, burned, and raped innocent Israeli civilians on that...

Nov 2, 2023, 1:22 AM

It Happened Here

Last Sabbath, I was running late for the late morning synagogue service. The unfortunate delay was caused by the numerous articles and editorials relating to events in the Middle East in the Saturday morning newspapers that had to be...

Oct 27, 2023, 1:03 AM

Am I losing my mind?

We Jews only have one shelter state post Holocaust. Israel is not even the size of New Jersey. What happened in Israel on October 7 shattered any illusion we may have nurtured of Jews being safe anywhere including in...

Oct 18, 2023, 6:36 PM

They Love To Blame Jews- Don’t They?!

We might start out by questioning who is ‘they’? The obvious answer is EVERYBODY! Within minutes of a deadly explosion at the Al- Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza strip headlines blared across the world- ‘Hospital hit by Israeli air...

Oct 17, 2023, 5:28 AM

It’s a Dog’s Life.

It’s a Dog’s Life. Fifa is a boxer whose sharpened canine instincts dictate that during these dark days when the siren goes off in Tel- Aviv he waits for the apartment door to be opened and then scampers down the...

Oct 9, 2023, 9:23 PM

There are no words – only tears

Being the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War I resolved this holiday season to re-read the writings of Avigdor Kahalani the legendary commander of tank brigades. He with his heroic comrades in arms and with great self-sacrifice defied...

Oct 4, 2023, 5:50 PM

A Look In The Mirror

A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal by the Polish ambassador to the US Marek Magierowski is critical of those who have been vocal about Poland’s waning support of Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. In...

Sep 19, 2023, 9:07 PM

A Time to Reflect

50 years ago- Yom Kippur 1973- the third Jewish commonwealth stood on the precipice of the abyss. Israeli heroism and sacrifice eventually saved the day as well as the unbroken Jewish chain of memory and heritage. Faced with impossible...

Aug 20, 2023, 2:24 PM

Armchair generals should remain seated

Every single Jew- man, woman, and child in mainland Europe in the late 1930’s and the first half of the 1940’s was sentenced to death simply by virtue of being Jewish. Nevertheless, the Jews faithfully adhered to their religious...

Aug 15, 2023, 6:57 PM

The Squad is anything but progressive

One must conclude that the concern of The Squad for the Palestinian people has led them into the same minefield of false narrative as the Palestinians have themselves been regrettably led into by their own leadership. Consequently, the rapidly...

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Spent most of my professional career in financial services but for the last five years I have been a freelance writer and photographer with a keen interest in and love for Israel.