Joel R. Schwartzman

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Aug 7, 2024, 10:08 PM

The Weakest of Allies

Arguably, the United States is the most powerful nation on Earth. This country has the most sophisticated military and cyber tools on the planet. However, possessing the most advanced weapons only counts if the country is willing to use...

Jul 18, 2024, 11:28 PM

The Knesset’s Non-Binding Vote on a Palestinian State

If anyone in the Knesset thought that by denying the Palestinians a state would have any influence on the countries of the world, they were grievously mistaken. The question of Palestinian statehood is so mired in the myth of...

Mar 26, 2024, 8:01 AM

The Case against a Ceasefire

A Cease Fire Would Involve a Return of the Hostages Believing that Hamas would be willing to return all of the hostages as well as the bodies of dead Israelis they hold is to put credence in this terrorist...

Mar 12, 2024, 3:35 AM

Cease Fire? A Huge, Unwarranted Mistake

I read with great interest what a colleague published regarding the state of matters in Israel and Gaza. I found his description of the war and the rest of world’s response particularly telling and compelling. However, having been an...

Mar 8, 2024, 7:42 PM

Distributing aid in Gaza

Added to the swirl of information, of facts and false facts, about who is getting what aid that is entering Gaza is a fundamental question. Especially in light of the Biden proposed temporary harbor off the coast of Gaza,...

Jan 8, 2024, 3:29 AM

Houthis Threaten Suez Shipping

The Houthis, an Iranian proxy group, are seeking to destroy transport ships owned by other nations. Israel is a special target because of the war with Hamas. Shipping companies, including the Danish company Maersk and Hapag Lloyd of Germany,...

May 9, 2022, 10:01 PM

The time is up for the Knesset to pass a new law which enables the authorities to expel captured terrorists under the condition that they must never return to Israeli soil on pain of death. For far too many years,...

Dec 23, 2021, 11:43 PM

How many times is enough? The ballad of Aryeh Deri

Admittedly, I don't know Aryeh Deri from Adam. I just know that he has been convicted several times for corruption and has spent time in jail. He must have more political lives than a cat because every time I've...

Sep 23, 2021, 5:11 PM

A Jilted Israel Needs to Wake Up!

The fact that a small number of Progressive Democrats, "the Squad," were able to amend legislation to exclude the Iron Dome's billion-dollar package isn't all that significant. The funding for replacement missiles will reappear under its own guise and...

Jun 7, 2021, 1:04 AM

Netanyahu’s mimicking Trump is dangerous

That Benjamin Netanyahu has so little regard for the governmental system which has supported, sustained and believed in him for the past twelve years is indicative of the petty tyrant he has become. But for him to claim that...

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About Me

After twenty-three years of military service, Rabbi Schwartzman retired at the rank of Colonel in September 1998. From July 1999 to July 2000, Rabbi Schwartzman was Associate Rabbi of Temple Sinai in Denver, Colorado. For a decade thereafter he served as the Rabbi of both Congregation B’nai Chaim in Morrison, Colorado, and the Synagogue of the Summit in Summit County, Colorado.