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Ignorant Comments that are Gospel to the Left
New York Times columnist, Tom Friedman (Ha'aretz) I can’t think of a more damaging Jewish ignoramus than New York Times columnist, Tom Friedman. And I don’t use the word ignoramus lightly.That he is...
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No... I do Not Hate Israel or My Religion
Shocking is not a word I can use anymore when it comes to comments made by our former president. But still, Trump’s latest description of Jews who vote for Democrats comes pretty darn close: “Any...
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Blaming the Wrong People
The people Hamas doesn’t really care about (Reuters)It’s all Israel’s fault. That is who the left blames for all the devastation and carnage in Gaza. A left that has been clamoring for Israel to cease...
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2 Big Questions, One Resolved...
Image for illustration purposes (BESA)I received the following letter from an Orthodox Jewish reader whom I would place in the broad category of Centrism. He is someone that I admire greatly for all...
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Is Supporting Israel and a Cease Fire Compatible Views?
Ambassador David Friedman (Wikipedia)Ben Shapiro has re-tweeted former US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman’s tweet. Which reads as follows:Not alone. Israel still has most Americans, a unified...
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The 8 Categories of Shelach Manos
Me - in my Purim costumeThose who keep Cholov Yisrael And those who don'tThose who keep Yoshon And those who don'tThose who eat Geborkits And those...
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Who are Israel's Real Friends?
Screenshot *Back in 2016 during the heat of the race for the Republican nomination for president, I had expressed my strong preference for Florida Senator Marco Rubio. A conservative Republican whose...
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It’s Not Antisemitism
Image from Mishpacha for illustration purposesIs it over for the Jewish people in this country? There are some people that think our better days here are behind us - as noted by Jonathan Rosenblum’s...
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The Lost Boys
Charedi Yeshiva students defer the draft at enlistment center (VIN)I don’t see a resolution. At least not until a common sense compromise prevails over the divisive issue of exempting Charedim in...
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The Anti Israel UN Resolution - A Victory for Hamas
UN Ambassador voting to abstain on the cease fire resolution (Mountaineer)To support my contention (in an earlier post) that Republicans are now far more supportive of Israel than Democrats, I am going...
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Joseph I. Lieberman, ZL
Former Connecticut Senator, Joe Lieberman (NBC)The first time I ever heard of Joe Lieberman was when he was the keynote speaker at the annual banquet of BMG’s Chicago Community Kollel in its early...
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Is a New Day Dawning for Charedim?
Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch (VIN)Sadly, they will find a way. The Charedi leadership will find a way to keep all of their young out of the army. (More about that later.) That - it seems - is their red...
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Never Waste a Serious Crisis
Anti government protestors in Jerusalem yesterday (JTA)The mask is off. The current protests in Israel aren’t really about the hostages. Although protesters say they are - that is just a pretext for...
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Avoiding the Draft - Reasons? Or Excuses?
Charedi Anti-draft protest from 2022 (TOI)What do Neturei Karta, Satmar, Agudah, and the Lithuanian Yeshiva world have in common? Well…a great deal it seems with respect to the state of Israel. This...
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Are the Jewish People Morally Inferior?
The Pres dent expressing ouutrage at Israel yesterday (NBC)I don’t know what it is that makes so much of the world believe they are more moral than Israel. I don’t think it is outright antisemitism. In...
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'Rabbis' that are Jews by Birth Only
IDF soldiers praying near Gaza (Arutz Sheva)This is one of those moments (and it seems like there have been many of late) where I am thoroughly disgusted but not surprised by what was reported in the...
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Hamas, Palestinians, and Waning US Support for Israel
Musab Yousef (screenshot)There’s nothing like getting the truth straight from the horse’s mouth. I am a staunch and unflinching supporter of the state of Israel. As I am of its leaders (…all of them...
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Too Big to Ignore
Statement from the Agudah MoetzesA statement by the Moetzes was just released by the American Agudah. To say that I am upset by it would be an understatement of epic proportion. This is not to say...
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Will Antisemtism Decrease While Anti Zionism Does Not?
Rabbi Michael Broyde’s op-ed in Ha’aretz about antisemtism versus anti Zionism struck a chord with me. I agree with what he says about antisemitism in this country. But not necessarily with his view of...
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Profile in Courage
Ritchie Torres in Kibbutz Nir Oz on March 29One of the issues I have with all the harsh criticism of Israel’s conduct in war (even from some of its friends) is that it lacks perspective. The sympathy...
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