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Sep 27, 2024, 4:33 PM

Our US Allyship Must Be Protected

Hamas and Hezbollah have one common thread: Iran, which provides them with funding and other types of support. In order to achieve security, Israel must go after Iran, which ultimately, is a far more lethal enemy than its proxies, and...

Aug 29, 2024, 11:26 PM

The search for religious meaning and the danger of interpretations

To claim that we know, with 100% certainty, why God acted as He did on October 7 is an act of theological hubris

Aug 15, 2024, 9:23 AM

Are my reasons for living in Israel still good enough?

A road on Mount of Olives, with a view of the Old City Jerusalem, Israel. (iStock)

Despite my many good reasons to be here, I'm troubled by the fact that Israel has not fulfilled its primary raison d'etre: a safe haven from antisemitism

Aug 7, 2024, 12:55 PM

A Jumble of Cynical Zionist Thoughts

The strongest arguments for Israel's existence: If Israel ceases to exist, millions of Jews, Arab, and Druze citizens will become refugees. Jews outside of Israel will find themselves vulnerable to progrom, inquisition, crusade, and Holocaust. Are Jews indigenous? Was Israel born in...

Aug 5, 2024, 11:05 PM

We are losing this war

Israel is losing this war. In Gaza, it has destroyed some terrorists, tunnels, and rockets/rocket launchers. But it has not downgraded Hamas’s fighting capabilities to the point where Hamas is not a significant danger to Israel. Doing so would take...

Aug 2, 2024, 12:45 AM

Is Israel safe right now?

As we hear our enemies call for revenge, many Israelis are once again walking around asking: Am I safe? I have seen a religious response on social media to the effect that we are safe because God is “on our...

Jun 16, 2024, 11:58 PM

Can We Change Governments Before the War Is Over?

Polls have consistently shown that Israelis want Bibi gone as Prime Minister - after the war is over. But if you ask Israelis what constitutes the war being over, the answer is less clear. It is usually something along the...

Apr 10, 2024, 11:38 PM

My Hesitations About the War in Gaza

I have had hestiations about Israel's war in Gaza from the beginning. I would lie awake at night, listening to the warplanes flying overhead, and try to ignore the worries flying around in my brain. I felt, despite my...

Mar 28, 2024, 12:29 AM

My Israeli Nightmare

This my Israeli nightmare, the image that haunts me on nights when I can't sleep: The year is 2026. Israel is still at war. It went into Rafah, but it didn’t find Sinwar. 50 Israelis are still hostages. IDF forces...

Mar 7, 2024, 12:08 PM

Torah, Land & People: How Are We Connected?

Much of the contemporary Jewish religious discourse on the Land of Israel seems to go as follows: 1. God promised us the land of Israel in the Torah, so we have a right to the land 2. The fact...

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About Me

Shayna Abramson, a part-Brazilian native Manhattanite, studied History and Jewish Studies at Johns Hopkins University before moving to Jerusalem. She has also spent some time studying Torah at the Drisha Institute in Manhattan, and has a passion for soccer and poetry. She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Political Science from Hebrew University, and is a rabbinic fellow at Beit Midrash Har'el.