Steve Shalot

Health & Medical Correspondent for ISRAEL DAILY NEWS PODCAST

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Mar 25, 2024, 2:13 PM

The ‘Potomac Two-Step’ and Israel

For several months now, I’ve been paying attention to the news coming out of Israel about the current state of emergency. As a Jew living in the United States I’ve borne witness to the disturbing and horrifying displays of...

Aug 7, 2021, 11:21 AM

The Amazing Power Of Tefillin: A Jew’s Journey

It has been said that there are two marks of a Jewish man. The first is circumcision, and the second one is something that people rarely think of - tefillin. I consider myself not so much a religious Jew; flirting...

Jul 1, 2021, 1:51 AM

In the face of hate, we must be prepared; not afraid

If we remain silent in the face of our sworn enemies; if we turn the other way when our blood is spilled here and in Europe — then the next sound we hear will be the scraping of fingernails...

Dec 16, 2015, 8:31 AM

Verbal Krav-Maga 101

A vital college course for Jewish students this coming spring Picking classes, studying, arranging social schedules, clubs, fraternities, and the freedom to engage in meaningful dialogues and discourses on a variety of subjects, are some of the things that every...

Aug 23, 2015, 9:51 PM

“Dual loyalty” and the Iran Nuclear Deal: We must not be our own enemy

In the wake of the Iran Nuclear Deal, with politicians jockeying for positions pro and con, one of the oldest and most despicable forms of anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head. This would be the accusation of “dual loyalty,”...

Aug 7, 2015, 8:12 AM

Iran Nuclear Deal: Inciting Genocide and The Obama Doctrine

“Auschwitz was built not with stones, but words." Abraham Joshua Heschel “ The issue with most rogue states like Iran, like North Korea, is that by talking to them you are giving them legitimacy and you're also giving them time which...

Nov 25, 2014, 3:04 AM

Falafels Under Fajr-5’s

It hadn’t really sunk in yet that I was actually going to Israel – this time with my family, until I arrived at Kennedy Airport and saw the El-Al plane on the tarmac with the blue Israeli flag on...

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About Me

Dr. Steven Shalot, DPM is a journalist and editor for Independent authors. He is the health and medical correspondent for the “ISRAEL DAILY NEWS PODCAST” with Shanna Fuld. An independent freelance writer and book editor for Jewish publications, he is also the former senior editor of "Podiatry Management Magazine," Kane Comm. He is passionately devoted to Israel, the Conservative movement, and Jewish life, history & spirituality . . . and writes about whatever comes to mind!

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