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Obliterating Hamas and then Iran
I don’t think it’s possible for anyone who is not a survivor of the Holocaust to truly understand what they went through at the hands of the Nazis. Those horrors cannot be described in any meaningful...
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The Extremism of Gateshead
Charedi protest against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (JC)Extremism can be our worst enemy, even when it is in pursuit of a worthy goal. That is why I try to avoid extremist positions on...
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Meir Kahane - Revisited
Rabbi Meir Kahane (Arutz Sheva)I have never doubted his wisdom about the Arab mindset. Rabbi Meir Kahane was way ahead of his time. A true visionary (albeit a violent one) about an issue that few...
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When Ignoramuses Speak for Judaism
US ambassador to Israel, Mike HuckabeeI am generally averse to using sources that are known to be heavily biased, even when the bias aligns with my views. This is because their slant strongly...
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Hating Ignorance. Not Chasidim
Former Dean of Hofstra Law School, Aaaron TwerdskiMy friend, Dr. Izzy Krakowski, has mentioned to me on multiple occasions that his son, Moshe, appreciates the respectful way I respond to his articles....
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Living in the Land of the Free
Freedom. If I were to choose one word that describes the ethos of this great country of ours, it would be that word. It is, in fact, what makes this country so great. That is the one thing that does...
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Moral Clarity about Palestinians
Ariel, Shiri, and Kfir Bibas murdered in captivity by HamasThere must be something in the air. When a major component of Meir Kahane’s views about Palestinians becomes mainstream, that should shake...
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Will This Mean the End of Hamas?
Beware for what you wish. Well, I didn’t exactly wish for this. But I did kind of hope that Israel would have the resolve and wherewithal to do it. Because that would secure Israel’s border with Gaza....
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Revolutionary in Chief
Fidel Castro and Donald TrumpWhat do Fidel Castro and Donald Trump have in common? They are both revolutionaries. Except that with Trump, he is doing it without a military coup or anything illegal. He...
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Not the Wrong Message
Conservative rabbi, Amichia Lau-LavieI cannot imagine the deep level of disappointment that Rav Yisroel Meir Lau must feel about his nephew, Amichai Lau-Lavie, the openly gay Conservative rabbi who...
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It's been an unusually busy day for me today. Nothing bad. But a lot of time related obligations seem to have converged upon me all at once. On the rare occasion when this happens, I can squeeze out a...
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Why Do They Hate Us?
Kingsley WIlson - deputy press secretary at the Pentagon (JTA)Jews are a hated people. That is the rule. As much as I would like to live in denial of that rule, I have long ago realized that it is the...
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Good Trump - Bad Trump
Hostage negotiator, Adam BoehlerI know I sound like a broken record, but I can’t help but notice how much the President is doing for Israel and the Jewish people. (I say this knowing full well the...
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Is a Progressive Jew an Oxymoron?
The skyline of Cincinnati - inset: Rabbi Ari Jun (JTA) Can a Jew be a progressive, and at the same time support Israel? I happen to know a few people like that. They claim to be both. But to a hard...
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Goodbye and Good Riddance
'Raging antisemite' - Mahmoud Khalil (JTA)When I read that the judge who blocked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation is an observant Jew, I thought he might be a member of Neturei Karta....
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Gay Students and Yeshiva University
Unrecognized gay club - should be banned from the YU campus (Commentator)What happened to Tani Glazer was inexcusable. But so too was what precipitated it. Tani is a student at Yeshiva University who...
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Urging Charedim to Vote Mizrachi - Not Eretz HaKodesh
I have been getting a lot of emails from Agudah urging religious Jews to vote for Eretz HaKodesh - the Charedi party in the current WZO (World Zionist Organization) elections. This is the second time...
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We Want Moshiach... NOW!
MoshiachEveryone Davens... and we Bait... and we Vart for Moshiach. He will only come when we Fahrtrugen ourselves. Everyone Davens... and we Bait... and we Vart for Moshiach. He will yet come... he...
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Trump's Response to Antisemitism and Terrorism
Useful idiots: Jewish Voices for Peace (CNN)When Jews protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas agitator, it raises the question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews is considered...
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Can the Democratic Party Survive?
House Minority Leader, Hakeem JeffriesWho’d a thunk it. CNN reports the following:The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll...
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