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May 25, 2026, 11:27 AM

Gazans Forced Jewish Family Members To…

Gazans Forced Jewish Family Members to … … perform humiliating, degrading sexual acts on one another. Let that sink in. And let this sink in: It wasn’t “just” Hamas, it was also numerous average everyday Gazans that surged into kibbutz homes to...

Apr 13, 2026, 6:44 PM

Tomorrow the Siren Will Sound

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 am Israel time, for two haunting minutes, sirens will sound from the river to the sea; in every city, town, village, and corner of Israel. At precisely 10:00 am, the country will come to a...

Feb 25, 2026, 11:43 PM

From Climate Change to Regime Change

As the wealthiest, most powerful western democracy in the world, does the United States of America have a special responsibility to advance the well-being of people and countries around the world? Climate Change, Climate Activism, and Climate Leadership The climate hasn’t...

Feb 22, 2026, 3:51 PM

And So We Wait …

And So We Wait … For War to Erupt and For … For dozens of ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones to be launched at our homes, wives, children, and elderly parents and Holocaust survivors that are out shopping or sitting...

Feb 17, 2026, 6:23 PM

Dear Doctors Without (Borders) Morals

Dear Doctors Without Borders Morals, Thanks to you, to your brave honesty, now we know. Last week you announced that you are unable to operate in Gaza because of the presence of Hamas forces and facilities in hospitals. And so, now...

Sep 19, 2025, 12:08 AM

Rosh Hashanah, and the Sukkah I Barely Recognize

prologue It’s the eve of Rosh Hashanah, and I can’t get Sukkot out of my mind. I’ve always loved Sukkot. Yet, in this moment, I’m struggling to find balance within love. Somethings not right, not right at all, though still, within...

Aug 29, 2025, 12:34 AM

Nasser Hospital, Moral Bankruptcy, and Frightened American Jews

The Nasser Hospital. Tragedy? One of the great challenges the Jewish army of Israel faces in Gaza is that it wins battles, kills hundreds of Hamas fighters and rapists, destroys underground military-terror infrastructure, and then leaves the “cleaned out” area...

Aug 1, 2025, 11:07 AM

Hell Yes: In. My. Name!

(not) In My Name Almost 40 percent of young American Jews support Hamas. Thousands of others proclaim, “Not in my name,” and stand against Israel. In their words, “We all have a role to play in stopping the Israeli military’s genocide...

May 27, 2025, 5:55 PM

Day 599: Looking Back at Black

From 100 to 599 I’ll never forget being at Kikar Chatufim, Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on day 100. Everything about that day was beyond belief and comprehension. So many family members of so many chatufim. So much anguish and sadness...

May 25, 2025, 6:09 AM

Yom Yerusholayim: Close Your Eyes and Imagine …

Close Your Eyes and Imagine … … imagine a world in which not you, and not anyone you know, had ever been to Jerusalem; not for a year of yeshiva or seminary, not on a Birthright trip, not to attend...

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About Me

Shimon Apisdorf is the founder of Operation Home Again, the first organization solely devoted to community-based Aliyah. He has also authored ten books that have sold over a quarter million copies and have won two Benjamin Franklin awards. The Apisdorf's made Aliyah in the summer of 2012.