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Ori Epstein

Aug 5, 2022, 6:00 AM

Hayley Stevens’ defeat of Andy Levin has exposed a massive pothole in J Street. The high-profile US House primary between two incumbents who were lumped into the same district quickly became a proxy election between bipartisan, pro-Israel group AIPAC...

Mar 14, 2022, 5:23 AM

The UN: A Broken Guardrail

Russian troops invade Ukraine, a large-scale war returns to Europe for the first time since World War Two; Ukraine’s Ambassador turns to the United Nations Security Council in desperation. After Ukraine finishes speaking, the Security Council President says with a...

Dec 4, 2021, 5:27 AM

Chanukah and Canada’s Religious Freedom Problem

Chanukah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees, a renewal of Jewish Government in the land of Israel, and religious freedom in the face of spiritual threats. Religious freedom is a value that Canada claims to hold, enshrined in...

Aug 26, 2021, 10:52 AM

Terrorists Win War on Terror

Afghanistan has fallen. Afghanistan’s President is now in exile. The Taliban are in control. Taliban terrorists chanted “death to America” on the streets of Kabul. Those who could leave rushed onto the last flights out. Some who could not make...

Aug 13, 2021, 11:25 PM

In Defence of Chidon HaTanach

Me at the International Bible Contest, representing Canada.

While the International Bible Contest seems as old as Israel itself, it only began ten years later. Inspired by Ora Herzog, current President Herzog’s Mother, the first International Bible Contest for Adults, known as Chidon HaTanach, was among the...

Jul 20, 2021, 8:53 PM

The Ice Cream sin

A few millennia ago, Jacob, his pregnant wife Rachel, and the rest of their household set out from their stopover in Bethel on the way back from Haran. On the road to Bethlehem, Rachel went into labor and had...

Jun 14, 2021, 9:10 AM

Bennett’s Dilemma: Head of Foxes or Tail of Lions

Israeli parents like to ask their children the following question: “would you rather be the head of the foxes or the tail to the lions?” The question is if it is better to lead a group that leaves much...

Jun 1, 2021, 7:10 AM

Israel Needs a New PR Strategy

Israel won the war against Hamas, weakening their terror capabilities; however, they lost the war for public sympathy. As of now, Israel does not have a strategy that can win the social media war. This needs to change. The Two...

Apr 26, 2021, 4:02 PM

Direct Elections – Change for the Worse

Direct elections are a power grab by Netanyahu, but even aside from that, deeper issues remain. If Israeli elections must change, they must be changed the right way. In my earlier blog, Israel’s Odd Election Math, I spoke about the...

Mar 20, 2021, 3:52 AM

Israel’s Odd Election Math

Every time I visited Israel since I was old and keen enough to watch the eight o’clock news, a monumental political event occurred. I was in Israel in 2015 at the height of the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations, and...

About Me

Ori Epstein is a recent graduate ('21) of TanenbaumCHAT, a Jewish high school in Toronto, Canada, and is now studying Justice, Political Philosophy, and Law at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Ori holds dual Israeli-Canadian citizenship and had the privilege of attending the International Bible Contest in Israel in 2019.

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