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Oct 2, 2024, 12:53 AM

How inappropriate can Mr. Biden be?

As I sit in a safe room with 180 Iranian missiles overhead, I check the news to find that Joe Biden has the audacity (and stupidity) to sanction the “Hilltop Youth” when he does nothing to stop Iran or...

Sep 17, 2024, 11:54 AM

Biden and Harris: Not even Paper Tigers

Pres. Biden removed the Houthis from the terrorist list as soon as he came into office. Could anyone explain why? He proceeded to give Iran, the Houthi’s proud sponsor, 6 billion dollars in a “hostage” deal. But I want...

Sep 2, 2024, 1:12 AM

The left and Labour are incapable of a rational thought

My heart certainly goes out sincerely to all the families of the hostages. However, the government's responsibility is to the whole nation. In retrospect, does anyone really believe that the Gilad Shalit exchange for over 1000 terrorists including Sinwar...

Jun 7, 2024, 5:47 PM

The Day After – the Gaza Solution

Everyone is talking about what will be with Gaza after the war and who will govern it. Have we learned anything from the last 30 years? Let me start by pointing out that 20% of the Israeli population is Arabs,...

Jun 4, 2024, 12:11 AM

Where are you Egypt?

I’m baffled by our “ally” Egypt. As a consequence of the peace treaty in 1994 between Israel and Egypt, Egypt has received over a billion dollars a year of US taxpayer money. Recently, a portion of that money has been...

May 19, 2024, 6:11 PM

Dear Sec of State Antony Blinken

Are you a Jewish American or an American Jew or have you rejected your Jewish roots including your Holocaust survivor step father? That is the same dilemma that faced Henry Kissinger, a Holocaust survivor himself, during the Yom Kippur...

Oct 30, 2023, 11:34 AM

Islamophobia: Racist or Reality

In every speech, President Biden equates antisemitism with Islamophobia (and other “isms) when he rales against all forms of bigotry and hate. Is that an accurate assessment? I believe we need to review history to clarify our relationship with...

Mar 14, 2023, 11:39 PM

Leftist Ideals (or is it just anarchy!)

I started writing this on Purim. One of Purim's themes is that the world is really topsy turvy. And it is now more evident than ever. Those who proclaim that long overdue judicial reform will be the end of...

Feb 5, 2023, 11:10 PM

Family Feud: Big Brother v. Little Brother

Tel Aviv Skyline. (Shai Pal)

For the past 70 years, the United States has been a big brother to Israel: financially, politically, and as a role model. Without the US support through the years, Israel would have been unlikely to survive. However, over the...

Dec 26, 2022, 11:29 PM

Letter from Non-Orthodox Rabbis – The Irony of Chanukah

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I write as the Chanukah lights begin to fade but I hope the message of Chanukah will continue to burn brightly and illuminate my Jewish brethren. Three hundred plus non-Orthodox clergy wrote an open letter condemning the 11 percent of...

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Strong religious zionist background: First trip in 1963 - bar mitzvah, spent a summer volunteering at Hadassah in 1970, spent a year in Yeshiva in Jerusalem in 1971-72, parents made aliya in 1979, Tried to make aliyah in 1983 but was told I wouldn't fit into the system (after completing a fellowship in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) Professional: Board certified in general surgery, private practice in Manhattan for 28years, the Chief of the ENT / Head & Neck Service at the Phoenix VAMC, Clinical professor of surgery at Univ of AZ-Phoenix for 8 years. Finally made Aliyah in 2016 to work in Rambam. Licensed and Board certified in Israel Hobbies: Skiing, Hiking, Creating

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