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The Root Cause
26,000. That’s the current number of Palestinians that have been killed in the Gaza war to date. Ever since Israel began its defensive mission to destroy Hamas- shortly after they committed the worst...
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Chicago's Cease Fire Resolution
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (WTTW)BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the members of the Chicago City Council, support the United Nations implementation of "Uniting for Peace," which called an emergency session...
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Sanctions Against Violent Settlers
The President signing the sanctions Executive order (Jewish Press)‘This land is mine…. God gave this land to me.’ So goes the opening line of the song ‘Exodus’. Which was the theme song of the 1962...
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Respect and Dignity Does Not Mean Celebration
Image from the YU CommentatorEven though I have done so many times, one of the most difficult subjects for me to discuss is homosexuality. That’s because of how this subject has evolved in the general...
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Ariela Rosenzweig's Support for the Palestinian Cause
19 Brown students on a hunger strike for Palestine (Forward)I have been wondering how young Jewish students that seem quite normal could possibly join the anti Israel protests or support the BDS...
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The Road to the Demise
Image from JTA for illustration purposesI can certainly sympathize with the dilemma facing the Conservative movement. But that dilemma is at least in part, one of their own making. Albeit...
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The War and the Hostages 2.0
Hamas official promising to do it again and again (TOI)Israel is truly caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand they have an obligation to their people to complete the task of...
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The War, the World, and Charedim
Charedi inductees (TOI)I don’t think it is antisemitism that’s driving this. Although some of it is, the massive and increasing number of protesters, European leaders, Democrats in government...
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Appeasement: Hitler and Khamenei
40 years of appeasement has not changed this (EA Worldview)One of the greatest dangers facing the world right now is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Never has this been more evident. I do not believe...
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The Left Wing Version of Morality
News conference where the president made his ‘over the top’ comment (C-SPAN)Yesterday, the IDF succeeded in a dramatic rescue of 2 Israeli hostages in Gaza. In the process killing several Hamas...
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Antisemitism Then and Now
The More Things Change, the More They Are the Sameby Paul ShavivPro Palestine protest last November in Gainesville, Florida (Alligator) I am once again pleased to host an article by renowned educator,...
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The Daunting Task of Combating AntiSemitism
Rabbi Noah Muroff with some of the cash he found in a desk he bought (ABC)Paul Shaviv’s synopsis on the history of antisemitism from the earliest days of Christianity to this day is an outstanding...
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Antisemitism Disguised as Humanitarianism
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the lobby of Chicago’s City Hall (Forward)The one thing I did not expect coming out of the war in Gaza is the massive increase of antisemitism we are now experiencing....
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Never Again and the 2 State Solution
Earlier this week I saw an interview with Haaretz editor, Avi Scharf. The interviewer, Andrea Mitchell of NBC, identified Haaretz as a left wing Israeli newspaper, and without further comment she...
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Being Blind to Reality is Not Good for the Country
I can’t think of a time in my life where the two presumptive candidates for the Presidency were such poor choices. And where the only candidate still running in the primaries is so obviously superior...
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Can Antisemitism Save American Jewry?
Is this where American Jewish Youth is going? (Sky)Dr. Steven Windmueller, has identified some trends that are reshaping American Judaism (Dr. Windmueller is the Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal...
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Hostages, War, Truman, and Netanyahu
The impossible choices facing Israel since October 7th have not changed. Should Israel prioritize hostages or war?The answer is the same as in any other dichotomy. It depends who you ask. If you ask a...
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'Hell No! We Won't Go!'
Anti Vietnam war protest in 1967 (BBC)Anyone that knows anything about me, knows how upsetting it is to me that all Charedim in Israel are exempted from army service. Not that I don’t believe that...
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The (Jewish) Fools on the Hill
The 'deeply Jewish' NY State Senator Brad Hoylman-SigalStories like this makes my blood boil. The headline in a JNS article reads as follows:Rooted in their ‘deepest Jewish values,’ five NYC, state...
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