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Dec 11, 2023, 1:35 AM

Demands for an Israeli Ceasefire Always Forgets Hamas Terror

I listened to Mr. Jeremy Ben-Ami Ben Ami, President of J Street, an organization whose intent 'is to promote American leadership to end the Arab–Israeli and Israeli–Palestinian conflicts peacefully and diplomatically,' on the MSNBC Velshi news show Sunday morning...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Dec 11, 2023, 12:51 AM

A song for those ascending: I look away to the hills. Whence will my help come?

My only help is from G^d, Who incessantly is perfecting all of the above and all of the below of creation. Psalms 121:1-2 in a proper translation. Our Shabbat Portion WaYeishev ends with the saintly Joseph asking two Egyptian ministers...

Dec 11, 2023, 12:42 AM

Poem: Supernova

Supernova In the false dawn of the zodiacal light The children of Israel danced and rejoiced It was a season of joy as they swayed, arms outstretched with palm twigs myrtle boughs and willow branches The Earth's bounteous harvest had been surrendered for another year. The...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Dec 11, 2023, 12:31 AM

The Lights of Hanukkah and the Spirit of Resilience and Achdut

Since the horrific massacre of October 7th, our brothers and sisters in Israel and and throughout diaspora Jewish communities have experienced a level of "achdut" (unity), positive will and resilience unsurpassed in recent history. As we wait anxiously to hear...

Dec 11, 2023, 12:26 AM

Bar hopping Eilat; or why I moved to Israel

It was Hanukkah 2003, and I was 19 years old on a Birthright trip. My family left Israel in 1987 when I was 3, for the promised land of America, where money awaited and the intifada wasn't a thing. My...

Dec 10, 2023, 11:30 PM

Barry and Lydia

They're a dime a dozen and unfortunately I know a few. Yet to set foot in the Middle East, the existence of Israel pisses them off, anything it does a reason to rage. Two good examples are Barry and...

David-Seth Kirshner

Dec 10, 2023, 10:03 PM

An Optical Allusion

When one looks at this picture their eyes draw them to one of two things: either a white chalice, or the silhouette of two faces pointed towards each other. One cannot see both at the same time. The above image...

Dec 10, 2023, 7:00 PM

The Useful Idiots of ‘IfNotNow’

On October 7, shortly after that day’s genocidal attack, the young Jewish American anti-Zionists of IfNotNow issued a statement saying, in part: “We cannot and will not say today’s actions by Palestinian militants are unprovoked. Every day under Israel’s...

Dec 10, 2023, 6:56 PM

By UN’s standards, civilian casualties in Gaza very low

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres, who can't bring himself to unequivocally condemn Hamas' terrorism, incessantly criticizes Israel for the way it's defending itself. Ironically, information provided by the UN itself as well as Hamas proves his criticism is...

Dec 10, 2023, 6:38 PM

That’s What Friends Are For

Friends come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes friends are forever with us, living in our neighborhoods, going to the same shops, members of the same synagogue, church, or mosque. At other times, friends are there at a very...

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