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Sheldon Kirshner

Jun 20, 2025, 6:03 PM

Trump Chooses Diplomacy Over War

Donald Trump is keeping the world guessing concerning his attitude toward direct US military participation in Israel's current war with Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, hopes the American president will join forces with Israel in destroying Iran's nuclear...

Jun 20, 2025, 12:12 AM

America is Wasting an Opportunity of a Generation

In 1979, the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy, kidnapped and held hostage Americans and held them for two years. This was a beginning of a shadow war that Iran stated openly and America pretended didn’t exist. Iran...

Jun 19, 2025, 11:54 PM

60% Enrichment, 0% Media Clarity

For the past few days, I’ve noticed that news platforms on the left, center, right, and even the ones that claim to remove bias (like Ground News) are dangerously misleading the public about uranium enrichment. Balance Without Truth. The Media...

Clifford Rieders

Jun 18, 2025, 11:22 PM

News From the Front

The klaxon sounds on the telephone. It is horrifying, startling. The purpose of the klaxon when it sounds on Israeli cellphones is to warn civilians that incoming ballistic missiles and drones are on their way from Iran or Yemen....

Sheldon Kirshner

Jun 18, 2025, 12:13 AM

Iran’s Grand Strategy

The deadly attack launched by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023 was not only the latest chapter in Israel's decades-long struggle with the Palestinians. It was also a sign of Iran's ascendancy as a major power in the...

Clifford Rieders

Jun 17, 2025, 11:17 PM

Teaching In the Midst of War

There is a well-known story, absolutely the truth, that during the liquidation of the Jewish Warsaw ghetto during World War II by the German Army, the Jewish residents of the ghetto conducted underground schools so that their children would...

Jun 15, 2025, 11:54 AM

The point of no return – for you too

I thought you might benefit from reading this message, shared today on a group chat, from a soldier in an Israeli IDF unit. From the first day of the current war on Iran: Personal, national, historic - gives insight...

Menachem Rosensaft

Jun 14, 2025, 1:56 PM

Andrew Cuomo: A Mensch for New York City Mayor

At a time when the State of Israel is engaged in an existential military conflict against Iran, those of us living in New York City must not forget that the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary is of monumental importance. We...

Michael Feldstein

Jun 14, 2025, 12:18 AM

Carrying the Mantle of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm

For a long time, Orthodox rabbis have struggled with the question of whether or not to address social and political issues from the pulpit – and how best to do it. The answer depends in part on the rabbi’s...

Jun 13, 2025, 5:10 PM

Israel gives Trump his chance to win against Iran

For 45 years, the US has been held hostage by Iran. This can now finally be ended. America had weak leadership for most of these years. Even when it had a strong leader, under President Reagan, it had a Cold...

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