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Nov 14, 2026, 5:46 PM

Two Faces, Two Places

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Legitimate Fears, Implanted Fears – Demeaning Humanity My dad was stationed at a US army base in Stuttgart, Germany in 1955. He was engaged and my mom sailed to Germany to visit and they were married there. They were...

Shamai Leibowitz

Nov 12, 2026, 10:09 PM

Don’t Just Light Candles—Warm a Child in Gaza

Yesterday marked the start of the Hebrew month of Kislev. While we associate the month with the lights of Hanukkah, the name itself traces back to Akkadian or ancient Hebrew, though its meaning is uncertain: 1. An Akkadian word for...

Barry Mellinger

Nov 10, 2026, 11:14 AM

Tikkun-Olam Fundamentalists

A few months ago I described the Guardian’s post-Judaism: a Judaism stripped of covenant, peoplehood, and Zion. In Britain, the Guardian upgrades Progressive Judaism because it needs a Judaism that fits its posture. That is the trade. In France,...

Nov 8, 2026, 3:58 AM

Different reasons why Eisenkot is good for Israel

Israeli Elections 2026

On Sunday, November 8, following President Isaac Herzog's declaration, we will see the new lawmaker who will try to put together Israel's next coalition. In last week's consultations after the October 27 vote, 67 of the 120 members of...

Lawrence Maximo

Nov 7, 2026, 5:02 PM

Abdul El-Sayed: The face of extremism through democratic channels

Terrorist groups have altered their modus operandi to infiltrate and strike the West. No longer do they hurl planes into buildings, as on September 11 on American soil itself — classified as the deadliest terrorist attack ever suffered by...

Shamai Leibowitz

Nov 5, 2026, 11:41 PM

Justice and Kindness Aren’t Enough

From New York to Michigan, Kansas, and beyond, voters in the US midterms elected candidates whose faith inspires their public service—including figures like Representative-elect Brad Lander (NY), Senator-elect Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (MI), and Senator-elect Pastor Adam Hamilton (KS). In his...

Nov 5, 2026, 10:05 PM

The unchecked bias of London’s theatre

Just opened in London, Speculations On the Unexplained Deaths of Several American Icons is a new play by Torben Betts that explores the investigative journalism of Dorothy Kilgallen, suggesting that Kilgallen’s own death was a state-sponsored assassination. The play...

Nov 3, 2026, 9:18 AM

The Cultural Appropriation Stops at “Genocide”

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We Jews have been fine with “cultural appropriation” from Jesus to bagels - from Einstein to Jonas Salk to Hollywood. The Yiddish of Ashkenazi Jews is now part of Americana - klutz, schmooz, oy vey! schlep, chutzpah, shlemiel and...

Lawrence Maximo

Oct 31, 2026, 10:37 PM

Love II: Hezbollah congratulates Lula on his reelection

As I argued in my previous article on Hamas's congratulations to Lula for his reelection — a phenomenon already observed in 2022 — it is now the turn of its strategic ally, Hezbollah. In a statement released by Al-Manar,...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:35 PM

How Israel Cut Battlefield Deaths by More Than Half

My IDF Palmar unit medivacing a wounded soldier from Gaza. Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

Some statistics are easy to skim past. This is not one of them. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, roughly 15% of Israeli soldiers wounded in combat died of their injuries. In the current war, that figure is 7.1%....

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