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The Day After….
Much of Gaza today is uninhabitable (AP)I’ve been around the block more than a few times in my life. So I will not be surprised by the various opinions about what happens after Hamas is eliminated?...
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The Future of American Support for Israel
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally near Columbia University (TOI)I wish I could say I’m surprised by a recent poll about support for Israel’s war against Hamas. But I’m not. Nor am I all...
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Sophie's Choice
Freed hostage,Yarden Roman-Gat (CBS)It’s difficult for me to stop thinking about the war in Gaza. Which is why I’ve been posting almost exclusively about it every day - one way or another. There is a...
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Extremist Settlers, Mosques, and the War
Huwara after an extremist settler 'revenge' pogrom (Jerusalem Post)Some of the optics of Israel’s war with Hamas cannot be avoided. The massive number of Palestinian casualties in Gaza chief among...
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How Relevant is the Bible to Our Values?
There has to be a reason – an explanation for the extreme polarization today between right and left. After watching a PBS documentary on the subject last night, I felt justified about my explanation....
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Israel's Moral High Ground
Secretary of State, Antony Blinken (Politico)To me, it seems so obvious. The war in Gaza is about as just a war as they come. And yet the constant refrain from the left is that innocent civilians are...
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Is Rav Dovid Leibel a Closet Centrist?
Rav Dovid Leibel (VIN)I wish there were more like him. If there were, the Charedi world would look a lot different than it does now. It would in fact reflect a lot more of Centrist Orthodoxy than does...
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Israel or Hamas - Who is Really Guilty of Genocide?
Palestinian suffering? Absolutely. Innocent? Not so much.One of the most striking revelations to me about Palestinians is the extent of their support for what Hamas did on October 7th. I have always...
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Why Did God Do This to Us?!
Posters of Hamas hostages at a protest last week (TOI)One of the more troubling aspects of the tragedies that befall the Jewish people is the tendency among some rabbinic leaders to explain why God did...
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Will it Play in Peoria?
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei - the Hitler of our timeThe answer to the question in the title is a big fat No! The typical citizen in small town USA has no stomach for a war that would result in massive...
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Settler Violence - Real and Imagined
Settler Leader, Daniella Weiss (TOI)Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. In the case of religious Jews it is usually done with the best of religious intentions. I have pointed this out numerous...
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When the Gadol HaDor Speaks....
Rav Dov Landau (Rationalist Judaism)I’m not sure how anyone, much less someone that is considered a Gadol can say the kind of things attributed to him by Rabbi Natan Slifkin. But I have no reason to...
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Right Versus Left: Who Supports Us the Most?
Progressive Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (JTA)The more to to the left one goes, the more likely one is to be antisemitic. I don’t know how one can draw any other conclusion based on how the...
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Demanding Netanyahu Resign in the Middle of a War
Image from a previous rally (October) demanding Netanyahu resign (AA)According to a news report I saw last night, there was some sort of rally attended by thousands of Israelis demanding Prime Minister...
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The Palestinian Cradle to Grave Indoctrination of Hate
Palestinian terrorists in training (TOI)This morning I saw a video (reproduced below) of the Jew hatred young Palestinian children are taught in the classroom. It shocked me - even though it didn't...
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Has Israel’s Supreme Court Restored its Democracy?
Israel’s Supreme Court (CNN)This morning a reader sent me an email that in significant part said the following about Israel’s Supreme Court overturning a Knesset law limiting its power: After the Court...
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Is Claudine Gay a Product of Affirmative Action?
Harvard’s ex-president, Claudine Gay (USA Today) I don’t know how happy Dr. King would be with how his heroic quest seeking equality for his people has evolved. But It’s hard to imagine this great...
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A Moment of Pride
The Beis HaMedrash in Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham (Wikipedia)Last night on the CBS Evening News, I was pleasantly surprised to see a positive story about Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham. For those unfamiliar...
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Two Down. One to Go?
MIT president, Sally Kornbluth (JTA)It isn’t really about antisemitism. It’s about how the left tolerates it in the name of free speech. I highly doubt that either Penn ex-president Liz McGill or...
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TUM, TIDE, and Agudah
The right wing delegitimization of TIDE (app)There are 2 differing philosophies each of which constitute Centrist Orthodoxy. One is Torah Im Derech Ertetz (TIDE). The other is Torah U’Mada (TUM). The...
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