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Featured / Felafel on Rye

BREAKING PURIMSPIEL NEWS: Pres. Trump Undergoing Conversion to Judaism

By Tzvi Fishman

Trump is considering entering Israeli politics and declaring his candidacy to become Prime Minister of the Jewish State. Mazel tov!

Elder of Ziyon / Featured

Peter Beinart's anti-Jewish Purim Propaganda

By Elder of Ziyon

Beinart: Purim isn’t only about the danger Gentiles pose to us. It’s also about the danger we pose to them.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Amit Man and the Be'eri Clinic Battle

By Forest Rain

Words are not enough but after the clinic was bulldozed on March 11, 2025, they are all we have left

Abu Ali Express

What Can Israel Do in Response to the Houthis?

By Abu Ali Express

The Houthis have tied their fate to Gaza; their fate should be the same.

FirstOneThrough

Does Gaza Fall Outside Humanitarian Laws?

By Paul Gherkin

If civilians and related infrastructure are enmeshed by premeditated design with an active military, then the civilians have become integrated into the war effort and renounced protections of distinction.

Doug Goldstein's Profile Perspectives

DG'S Profile Perspectives: Smart Tax Moves: Keep More of Your U.S. Investment Gains

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Most investors hate selling at a loss, but sometimes, losing money can actually help you save on taxes.

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

How are Jews portrayed in the Azerbaijani educational system?

By Rachel Avraham

IMPACT-SE, an organization that monitors how various countries educate for tolerance, conducted a new study titled "Israel and Jews in Azerbaijani Education", which examines Azerbaijani textbooks' approaches to Jews and Israel.

Aliyah Commandos

Prayer in the Land of Israel

By Tzvi Fishman

"Just as is done below, so it is brought about Above."

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: “Because here, I feel at home”

By Forest Rain

Each generation has defining moments that give rise to the questions: “Where were you when…?” and “What was it like when…?” Today, the defining question is: “Where were you on October 7th? What was it like?”

Abu Ali Express / Featured / Syria

What Happened Yesterday in Syria?

By Abu Ali Express

Syria's new regime's security forces were surprised and unprepared for an event of this magnitude.

The People's Talmud

TPT Presents: Daf Yomi Brain Teasers: Sanhedrin 80: Honoring One's Parents

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 80: Should a child be allowed to call his father by his name?

Pulse of Israel

Esther Wachsman: A Mother’s Strength, A Nation’s Loss

By Avi Abelow

She met with U.S. Presidents, Israeli Prime Ministers, top military officials, and global media figures, tirelessly advocating for her son and the people of Israel.

Blogs

An O'Toole for Anti-Israel Propaganda

By Phyllis Chesler

Big Lies Run Amuck in the New York Times Book Review

Felafel on Rye

Disorientation

By Tzvi Fishman

It shall come to (com)pass that the Jews will return to Zion.

Abu Ali Express / Egypt / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority

Key Points of Egypt's Gaza Reconstruction Plan

By Abu Ali Express

Egypt wants to keep the Gazans in Gaza and put the Palestinian Authority in charge.

The People's Talmud

TPT Presents: Daf Yomi Brain Teasers: Sanhedrin 77: Capital Punishment

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 77: What is the difference between 1st and 2nd degree murder?

Sultan Knish

Hollywood Hates Jews

By Daniel Greenfield

The symbolic shedding of Jewishness, the criticism of Jews and the embrace of antisemites has become an almost mandatory ritual in an industry formerly created by Jews, but where it is trendy to despise Jews and career suicide to stand up for them.

Featured / FirstOneThrough

The Shadow Of Trump’s Ukraine On The Middle East

By Paul Gherkin

Trump’s “America First” policy may sometimes run against the wronged party, as in Ukraine.

Pulse of Israel

The Prophecy of the Orange Ribbon

By Avi Abelow

In 2005, many Israelis wore orange to protest the immoral, disastrous Israeli disengagement from Gaza.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: Batman Weeps

By Forest Rain

A mother’s fight, two little lions, and a nation forever changed

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: How Do Orange Buildings Save Lives?

By Paula R. Stern

Your orange buildings don't move me. I know you mean well, so I've held my peace but I'm chocking with each one I see.

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

France between Azerbaijan and Armenia

By Rachel Avraham

France’s damaging of Azerbaijan’s reputation in Europe not only harms Azerbaijan’s future—completely unjustly—but also another pro-Western country in the Middle East, Israel.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 73: SIN as a GOOD THING

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 73: Can you save someone from himself?

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 72: MURDER

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 72: Can the fetus be a murderer?

Headline / Sultan Knish

No One Actually Objects to Resettling Gaza

By Daniel Greenfield

The resettlement of large numbers of "Palestinians" has happened before in the Middle East. While the resettlement of Gaza would take place on a larger scale, it would not be that much larger than the resettlements during the war or in the aftermath of the Gulf War.

FirstOneThrough

Nicholas Kristof Is Vulgar

By Paul Gherkin

Kristof’s latest opinion pieces, “Our Beloved Gaza Is Gone”, showcases why his views are vulgar and promote antisemitic jihadists.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: “I could never strangle a baby!”

By Forest Rain

To address reality, we must recognize it. And getting this wrong puts our lives in danger. I have had enough hostage-taking and brutal terrorism for a lifetime. We cannot live like this anymore.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 71: WRITTEN TORAH

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 71: Could parts of the Torah be only theoretical? 

Featured / Felafel on Rye

Bibi is the BEST

By Tzvi Fishman

However, even with all of Bibi’s glaring failures and horrific mistakes, I cannot agree with their conclusion that Netanyahu must be replaced.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 70: SUBSTANCE ABUSE

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 70: A Talmudic social drinking and happy hour?

Abu Ali Express / Featured

The Druze-Kurdish Federation

By Abu Ali Express

The Kurds and Druze in Syria may be looking to create a contiguous land link all the way to Israel.

Abu Ali Express

Will Construction Workers from Southern Syria Replace PA Construction Workers?

By Abu Ali Express

Israel also offered humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, as well as the establishment of medical centers for the welfare of the residents of the region.

Sultan Knish

The Child Murderers of Gaza

By Daniel Greenfield

“O God, do not be silent; hold not Thy peace, and be not still,” the Chief Rabbi of Israel prayed the words of Psalm 83 over the bodies of two murdered children

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 69: RAISING KIDS

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 69: At the age of 26 a great-grandfather?

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Lioness of Israel Has Come Home...

By Paula R. Stern

The land will hold you close and your memories will be forever blessed. We are so sorry...

FirstOneThrough

DSA’s Dehumanization of Bibas Babies Is Coming For You

By Paul Gherkin

The popular Palestinian Arab government of Gaza returned the murdered bodies of two Jewish redhead children and their mother to Israel today. The Bibas Babies were Ariel, aged four years and Kfir, aged 9 months, when Palestinian Arab terrorists kidnapped them on October 7, 2023. Shiri Bibas and her two sons Ariel and Kfir The […]

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 68: SUPERNATURAL

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 68: Homegrown food made with magic?

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 67: SORCERY

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 67: Do male sorcerers also fly on brooms? 

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: On a Day of Rain, On a Day of Pain

By Paula R. Stern

So today, the rain is perfect. It matches our tears and washes our fears gently. Today is a day to remember that all is in the hands of God...no, not to be angry with Him. He did not murder our hostages. He is bringing them home and He will punish those who hurt His children. There is the justice.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 66: BLACK MAGIC

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 66: Had the Pied Piper been Jewish, then what?

Fred Maroun's Blogspot

With Trump, Many Arab Americans are Getting what they Deserve

By Fred Maroun

Voters who should have cared about the suffering in Gaza placed their hatred of Israel ahead of the interests of the Palestinians

Larry's Letters

Larry's Letters: Re: Gaza ceasefire: Temporary Calm Obscures Permanent Apartheid

By Larry Shapiro

One of Palestine's most passionate supporters is poet Mohammed el-Kurd. In a writer's symposium in Australia, he stated that he knows there is no apartheid in Israel, he just calls it that to insult it. He should know, he lives in East Jerusalem.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 64: WITCHCRAFT

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 64: Does idolatry includes mental slavery?

Blogs

Super Bowl Meets Super Mom

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

I humbly ask you to indulge me as I recall a memory from 56 years ago, a memory that taught me the meaning of love.

Doug Goldstein's Profile Perspectives

Profile Perspectives: Retiring with Dignity and Financial Security

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Here are essential strategies to help you retire comfortably without unnecessary financial stress.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 63: Getting on the Wrong Side of God

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 63: How did the letter "Vav" save the Jewish nation?

Blogs

Where Were YE When We Needed YE?

By Jay Lakritz

Celebrities fear of supporting Israel and Jews during this war but coming out publicly against Kanye West

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 62: Immoral Behavior

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 62: Is there really accidental sex?

Felafel on Rye

God Doesn’t Change His Mind

By Tzvi Fishman

So why do millions of Jews still live in foreign, Gentile lands and not in Israel now that we are free to return there in answer to our daily prayers for the past 2000 years?

Headline / Jonathan Tobin / The People's Talmud

Jewish Foes of Trump’s Gaza Plan Remain Hamas’s ‘Useful Idiots’

By Jonathan S. Tobin

The latest celebrity petition about the post-Oct. 7 war is yet another example of how the “as a Jew” crowd expresses their identity by supporting those who seek Jewish genocide.

Blogs

The Long Black Hand of October 7

By David Collier

Some will try to deceive you into believing that the creation of Hamas – and its actions – are somehow the fault of Israeli behaviour.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 57: WOMAN'S WISDOM

By Gedaliah Gurfein

What is the blessing of women activists?

Blogs

The HALFTIME SHOW

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Yet, even if I did want to indulge in the game, being a rav and being inundated with appointments, phone calls, texts, emails, shiur prep, communal meetings, counseling, learning, and writing…I am precluded from sacrificing three hours to watch the game.

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 56: TORAH LAW

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Were the 10 Commandments given BEFORE Mt. Sinai?

Abu Ali Express / Headline / Palestinian Authority / Terrorism

Abbas Renames 'Pay for Slay' Program with More Socially Acceptable Title

By Abu Ali Express

The same families will receive the same money, just through a different mechanism.

FirstOneThrough

Eden Without Snakes

By Paul Gherkin

To watch the Kiwis stand in judgment of the Jewish State is a pathetic display of virtue signaling by naive and entitled actual colonists

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 55: LANGUAGE

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 55: When is blasphemy called blasphemy?

Headline / Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: We Need to Talk About Being Angry

By Forest Rain

Dear nice people, you are lovely. But it isn’t “nice” to let evil survive.

Blogs

Super Bowl Sunday

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Enjoy! Whatever you do tonight between 6:00 and 9:30- please remember to say a chapter in Tehillim for Acheinu Bnei Yisroel.

Featured / Pulse of Israel

USAID vs. Israel

By Avi Abelow

USAID was weaponized against Israeli society.

Aliyah Commandos

The Nail in the Coffin

By Tzvi Fishman

While many questions and uncertainties surround the Trump initiative, one thing is for sure – it is the final nail in the coffin for American Orthodox Jewry.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Trump’s First Week: 5 Game-Changing Pro-Israel Moves

By Nosson Shulman

Almost every poll of Israelis and supporters of the Jewish State, indicate that President Donald Trump is widely considered the most pro-Israel president ever.  Whether it’s informal surveys or more official ones, the results are striking: Trump’s popularity in Israel is through the roof. A 2019 poll even found that 79% of Israelis supported him, […]

The People's Talmud

Sanhedrin 54: Immoral Behavior

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 54: Not with an animal… and certainly not with your mother! Not what?

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

Why Vardanyan and Other Armenian prisoners aren't Hostages

By Rachel Avraham

Who do you think the United States should support in this issue? Obviously, Azerbaijan.

FirstOneThrough

Anchor Democracy

By Paul Gherkin

Anchor Diplomacy, the muscle of entrenching a position and forcing the sides to react, can only be effective by a mediator with tremendous influence on each side.

Pulse of Israel

What I Think about Trump's Plan for Gaza

By Avi Abelow

A lot of people are asking, so here you go...

Pulse of Israel

Applying Israel's Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria

By Avi Abelow

A Strategic Imperative for US Foreign Policy and Trump's 'Peace Through Strength' Doctrine.

Sultan Knish

Woke Grammys Show Entertainment Industry Is Out of Touch

By Daniel Greenfield

Somehow celebrity culture has become an even stranger echo chamber over the years. A showcase for the mentally disturbed,and for the just plain grotesque.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: Emily Damari: “I’m back ??”

By Forest Rain

How many of us would have the courage to say to murderers and rapists: “Free him. Take me instead”?

Doug Goldstein's Profile Perspectives

Profile Perspectives: Avoiding Tax Traps: Cross-Border Investment Tips for Americans in Israel

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

If you're an American living in Israel, you probably already know that managing your overseas investments and retirement accounts can feel like walking through a minefield; with the right guidance, you can turn complexity into opportunity, and make sure you're on track to meet your financial goals.

Abu Ali Express / Featured

Exposed: The Rafah Crossing Agreement

By Abu Ali Express

The Palestinian Authority is being given a role, and Hamas terrorists are being allowed to escape.

Aliyah Commandos

Take Your Parents with You!

By Tzvi Fishman

“We are the ultra of the ultra-Orthodox,” he replied. “We can’t let just anyone be buried in our section on the mountain.” “My parents are baale t’shuva,” I answered. “Our Sages teach that not even the greatest tsaddikim reach the level of a baal t’shuva.” “My mother hasn’t spoken a word of lashon hara in the past ten years,” I told him. “Can you say that?”

Blogs

Hamas Keeps Breaking Their Treaty with Israel

By Phyllis Chesler

I am beyond pissed: The non-submission of the names of the Israeli hostages until later than agreed upon. The non-delivery of the living souls later than promised.

The People's Talmud

Daf Yomi Brain Teasers: Sanhedrin 43: SUBSTANCE ABUSE

By Gedaliah Gurfein

Sanhedrin 43: Why do Jews say "L'Chaim" (To Life) when they drink?

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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