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Moshe Matitya

Moshe Matitya writes on Jewish history and current events. He lives in Jerusalem with his three children.

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Reform Jediism, Not, It Is

By Moshe Matitya

Liel Leibovitz misunderstands The Last Jedi. It is not about a community that abandons its religion for an ephemeral universalist creed, but one that seeks out its ancient religion and returns to it.

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This is Ezra‏

By Moshe Matitya

Wasn't Ezra's murder a "heinous, evil, vile act"? Why doesn't the US State Dept. believe it was?

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What Would Spock Have to Say About Obama's Nuclear Deal with Iran?

By Moshe Matitya

Mr. Spock conveys a message with painfully stark relevance to our world today, especially in the context of PM Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

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ISIS, the Joker, and Tom Friedman

By Moshe Matitya

Thomas Friedman quoted a Batman movie to prove his point, but all Tom proved was that he didn't understand the movie.

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Will the New Israel Fund Also Fight Anti-Jewish Incitement?

By Moshe Matitya

The New Israel Fund recently announced that it “is undertaking a comprehensive survey to identify those most involved in inciting racism and violence.” Incitement to violence and intolerance is a particularly troubling problem plaguing Israeli society today. This problem is all the more severe when the incitement comes from respected public figures and political leaders. But will the New Israel Fund will also include anti-Jewish incitement coming from the Israeli Left?

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White/Black Supremacists Aligning Against the Jews

By Moshe Matitya

Over the last decade, we've seen the convergence and alliance of Islamism with the far Left (and, with time, the not-so-far Left).  Today, there seems to be another supposedly "impossible" convergence underway:  We are witnessing the beginnings of an alliance between the radical Right (KKK, neo-Nazis, etc.) and the radical black Left (Black Panthers, Farrakhan, etc.) 

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