Scott Kahn, at The Blogs

Sep 18, 2024, 3:11 PM

The most moral attack: Taking out terrorists and almost no one else

People gather outside a hospital in Beirut as Hezbollah members are brought for treatment after pager devices exploded across Lebanon on September 17, 2024. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

After 11 months of Hezbollah's 8,000+ missiles, Israel (reportedly) figured out how to target the enemy precisely. The UN has nothing to criticize

Aug 28, 2024, 10:03 PM

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Everyone deserves a vacation… right?

Thoughts on the Haredi men who were barbecuing, relaxing, and playing laser tag while hiding behind faux military tents in Yarmut Park

Aug 27, 2024, 3:12 PM

October 7th and Kristallnacht

October 7th was not Kristallnacht. But many people wish that it were. In November, 1938, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan, who was born in Hanover, Germany to Polish Jewish parents, learned that his family had been arrested by the Gestapo, stripped of...

Jun 10, 2024, 8:27 AM

The War Cabinet – and Israel – in Grave Danger

It is obvious that there can be no more serious decision for a government than whether or not to go to war. The answer is sometimes yes, the answer is sometimes no. However, no matter what a country’s leaders decide,...

Jun 6, 2024, 6:35 AM

Jerusalem Day in 1994… and 30 Years Later

He was 23, he was learning in yeshiva, and he lived in an apartment in Jerusalem with a friend. He was not an Israeli citizen -- not yet sure if or when he would be, if he were being...

May 29, 2024, 1:32 AM

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The rush to think the worst of Israel… again

An IDF infographic provided on May 28, 2024, about a strike in Rafah two days earlier. (Israel Defense Forces)

The world's eagerness to blame Israel for civilian deaths in the Rafah fire – facts be damned – is just par for the course

Apr 8, 2024, 7:51 AM

Hypocrisy or Indifference

The following does not represent some original thought or halachic innovation. Others have said things like this before, and more will say them after. I’m simply joining an existing chorus, and demanding that hypocrisy be called out and, potentially,...

Apr 3, 2024, 7:41 PM

The bombing of February 15th

It is an episode in the war that people seldom mention, but which should be more widely known. On February 15th, after obtaining information that a large civilian structure was actually a secret base for enemy operations, divisional commanders insisted...

Feb 27, 2024, 11:43 PM

Revenge

Revenge. It’s the word invoked repeatedly to describe Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Like in the following sentence, said by the man behind the counter to an identifiably Jewish man as he picked up his rental car in the United...

Feb 5, 2024, 6:53 PM

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Idealistic… and completely, dangerously wrong

Government ministers and coalition MKs dance during a conference promoting the revival of Jewish settlements in Gaza, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is at front, center. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The religious Zionists who advocate 'voluntary transfer' are too confident that the world - and God - will back them

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Rabbi Scott Kahn is the CEO of Jewish Coffee House (www.jewishcoffeehouse.com) and the host of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast and co-host of Intimate Judaism. You can see more of his writing at https://scottkahn.substack.com/.

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