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Jan 22, 2024, 8:16 AM

Psychological Hurdles to Hasbara

Despite Hamas’ starting a war with Israel on October 7, despite mountains of evidence of Hamas atrocities, despite Israel taking steps to minimize Palestinian casualties, despite other nations having been involved in far deadlier conflicts, Israel continues to be...

Jan 16, 2024, 9:32 AM

Impervious to Reality

A strange phenomenon in Israel’s conflict with Hamas has been the outright denials of Hamas’ crimes for which ample evidence exists. This is an example of ideology colliding with reality, and ideology winning. Ideologies learned at young ages often become...

Jan 9, 2024, 5:50 AM

The Practical and the Ideological of Israel’s Conflicts

The modern conflict between Israel and the Palestinians contains elements both practical and ideological. At its core, the conflict is a land dispute between two nations, each claiming itself as the rightful heir to the land, each with historical...

Jan 2, 2024, 11:11 AM

Ideology, Psychology and the Limits of Hasbara (1st of 4)

The Israeli government has committed resources to “hasbara,” public diplomacy efforts aimed at influencing public opinion by presenting Israel’s case directly to the world. Despite these efforts, we are repeatedly told that Israel is failing in the court of...

Dec 4, 2023, 9:22 PM

An Appeal for Jewish Education from Our American Past

I am writing this post to appeal to those who have withdrawn, or are considering withdrawing, their charitable giving from university education, to instead funnel those charitable dollars into Jewish day school and high school education. Jews in the United...

Nov 29, 2023, 9:44 AM

An Appeal for Jewish Education from Our American Past

I am writing this post to appeal to those who have withdrawn, or are considering withdrawing, their charitable giving from university education to repurpose those charitable dollars into Jewish day schools and high schools. Earlier generations of Jews may have...

Nov 28, 2023, 11:30 AM

For the Rest of Us, It Is Antisemitism

In the discussion about whether or not anti-Zionism is antisemitism, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism includes a series of examples to demonstrate where anti-Zionism is antisemitism. But some examples are obvious enough to not require...

Nov 21, 2023, 9:41 PM

The IHRA Guidance on Antisemitism

There are reasons why some might be opposed to Israel and Zionism. For Palestinian Arabs, the conflict with Israel is at its core a land dispute with a rival group. The area of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the...

Nov 16, 2023, 9:27 AM

The Building Blocks of Antisemitism

There is a saying that “Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.” In a different way, antisemitism has many fathers, as it has built upon earlier layers of hatreds. The Oxford English Dictionary defines antisemitism as “Prejudice, hostility, or...

Nov 9, 2023, 5:05 AM

A Practical Implication of Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism (First in a Series)

For some number of years, there has been a debate as to whether to categorize anti-Zionism as antisemitism. While the two can be separated into entirely distinct concepts, the observed evidence would suggest that in its practical application, anti-Zionism...

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About Me

Yeshiah Grabie is a trained economist and M&A professional who is leveraging his Wall St. skillsets and applying them in the field of Jewish history. He is the author of a blog on the weekly parshah and archaeology, geared towards a maximalist audience while staying true to the archaeological science, at thebiblesleuth.com.