יום רביעי, כ״ו תשרי תשפ״זWednesday, October 7, 2026
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By Paul Gherkin
Arabs from the West Bank have a more nuanced attitude towards Israel. Their opinions change depending on current events.
Impeaching elected officials can be political theater or serve a legitimate purpose. Impeaching former officials is never anything except political theater.
For a non-violent society, the Palestinians have gone to great lengths to name stuff after terrorists.
By Tzvi Fishman
You do not need 100 percent to achieve herd immunity, and I don’t think we should chase after it.
As my kids and I have taken daily walks for a month now, it is not an exaggeration to say that we literally know every crack in the sidewalk within our allowed kilometer.
Things are definitely heating up in the Middle East, despite it being quite cold. Could anyone have predicted this? Everyone did.
Even while the Biden administration is preparing to double down on Obama’s abuse of the national security state to target his political opponents, it’s also giving real terrorists a pass.
Rather than the face of a saint, he had the face of an angel.
Be smart and reject Farrakhan and his racist poison, only then can you proceed with a clear conscience to free blacks from systematic racism.
By Sheri Oz
What I like about Yamina and Naftali Bennett is they talk about doing and when they were in positions in which they could do, they did. They have concrete plans and do not try to sell a fantasy.
By D.J. Kolpak
Only 3% of New Yorkers will actually get to choose the next mayor in the coming primaries this June.
From our first appointment, which was with a social worker, I realized that we were going to be facing a challenging experience.
By Tzvi Fishman
Before Bibi gets through with Bennett and Sa'ar, they are going to be hanging on to one another like punch-drunk boxers in the center of the ring.
By Guest Author
Nothing exceeds like excess
Unfortunately Obama's ignorance of history and skewed ideology produced an equally skewed morality, in which there is no room for a Jewish state
They want to silence any other opinions
The continued spread of the virus is mostly being attributed to the "British Mutation.” This strand of the virus has attacked much younger people and specifically late-term pregnant women.
By Paul Gherkin
Why do Gazans want the vaccine while West Bank Arabs do not?
Danny Thomas was more than just neutral about the Jewish people. He showed kindness and sensitivity to the plight of a Chasid-- Abraham J. Twerski.
By Tzvi Fishman
Amongst secular Jews, our rightful attachment to the full borders of Eretz Yisrael is a political bargaining chip, not an iron-clad covenant from Sinai.
In the late 19th century, when the first aliyah arrived in Palestine, the land was a barren desert. Through hard work, sacrifice, and belief (not to mention a whole lot of hashgacha pratis), the land was transformed into the lush beautiful country we all enjoy today.
Blame for the continued spread is mostly being attributed to new mutations of the virus. And anti-Semites are just blaming the charedim.
Palestinian factions have denounced the interview, calling it "illegal" and "normalization."
By Jeff Dunetz
When a Jewish family needed help with drug abuse, Rabbi Abraham Twerski answered the call.
Ben-Ami insisted that American Jewry in general, but especially his organization, must have a say in what happens from "the River of Egypt to the River Euphrates."
All this requires a government that can pay attention to multiple issues at the same time, a coalition that can work together, and a PM that is not on trial for corruption.
Enjoy unity at gunpoint in the Bidenist banana republic.
RISE UP, for equal rights for all.
Jews have been blamed for conspiracy theories from the very first moment of becoming a people.
Seniors who have been living alone over the past year without family visits may be concealing symptoms of anxiety and mental deterioration that should be addressed.
The items wouldn’t be replaced or refunded. I was informed that they had been delivered by their use-by date and that I could have frozen them.
The enforcement of the lockdown regulations also continues to be quite contentious, particularly since it's only done in charedi areas.
By Guest Author
Liberals realize that Trump is their ONLY reason for living
By Jeff Dunetz
The truth is that as the pandemic worsened, Trump took immediate action, and Biden and his re-Bama team misled the public and criticized Trump. Trump actions Biden lies
Trump is blamed by many for damaging democracy. But I think far more damage has been and is being done by the reaction to Donald Trump. Trump and his movement are being used as an excuse to push the country down a path toward less free expression and less free thought.
The 2,000-word article ended with an exchange that suggested the public square deserved to hear from Leila Khaled:
I began to list the unimaginable ,breakthrough gifts Trump gave Israel despite all the push back to him.
By Jeff Dunetz
How do we reverse the mistrust and hatred? How do the Jewish and African American communities go back to the days of Rabbi Heschel and the Reverent Dr. King?
Those large panoramic windows that facilitate cool cross breezes on hot summer nights? Now they facilitate a less pleasant winter wind – even with the shutters tightly closed.
By Tzvi Fishman
If you wanted to give the kids showers, you turned on the boiler and switched off the refrigerator. If you wanted to bake a cake, you turned off the heater.
There is nothing free about a market controlled by a Big Tech oligarchy, a handful of multinationals and giant chains, and corporate fronts for Chinese business interests. The only way to ‘free’ the market is to make it more open by demolishing the oligarchy.
Meanwhile, illegal construction by Arabs remained rampant. And there were no changes in the status of endangered Jewish religious sites or politically significant areas.
The response of the world media to Israel’s relative success in fighting the epidemic has been more hostile than anything I recall since the last time Israel was forced to defend herself against deadly rocket attacks from Gaza. “What about the Palestinians,” they screamed. Why aren’t we vaccinating them, too? “It’s because Israel is an apartheid state!”
By Guest Author
if they get impeached three times in one term, we ought to give them some kind of consolation prize because that's pretty impressive. A foot-long sub, maybe
By Paul Gherkin
The New York Times once again wrote an article about Palestinians considering holding elections that could only be called #AlternativeFacts if one wanted to be charitable.
Cancel our words, cancel our stories and we are bereft
Despite the chaos, it's clear that the government is committed to trying to keep us safe while allowing life to continue as much as possible.
Betzalel Smotrich of the National Union party announced that he would be launching a new party to run in the upcoming elections and would not partner with Naphtali Bennett's "New Right" Party.
In this case, there is a tension between the requirements of ensuring the health and safety of the population and that of respecting religious practices.
What was done to Trump by the Democratic media was unfair, even vicious. But his response was to throw a bomb at the US Constitution.
By Jeff Dunetz
{Reposted from The Lid} It started with a peaceful protest and ended with President Trump promising a peaceful transition to Joe Biden before he is sworn in as president on January 20th. In between, there was chaos, rushing the capitol building, and a disgusting day that will live in infamy as a horrible day in […]
By Jeff Dunetz
I Believe Mike Pence Was Right About His Electoral College Role
By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Were the people who came to the Capitol, a “Mob?” or were they “rioters”? Were they “protestors,” or should they be referred to as “Maga Supporters”? Did Mr. Trump “incite” the “mob,” or did he “call in the National Guard” to quell the disturbance?
Pollard is a litmus test of some sort, but it is not either one for Right vs. Left or Orthodox vs. (religiously) liberal. It’s something else
“If the Jews of Israel want to live a normal existence, they have to forfeit the security that everyone needs in order to live a normal existence.”
By Tzvi Fishman
They succeeded in planting a car bomb that blew the legs off the mayor of Shechem, who had vowed to dance on Jewish graves and chase the settlers out of the land.
By Guest Author
"I'm calling on the good people of Georgia to help me find my missing votes! Have you seen them anywhere? Please check under your couch cushions. DM if you find them, THX!"
Israel is experiencing two dramatic trends – lots of vaccinations administered and lots of new cases of Covid-19.
I often wonder if the sages were transported to the world we live in today, would they even recognize it as in any way Jewish? I am not talking about modern Orthodox Jewry. I am talking about the world of Charedim.
So the question isn't how modern Orthodox Judaism could have produced Kushner, It is how modern Orthodoxy could have produced such a hateful, self righteous prig as Peter Beinart.
We are aghast to hear you compare this man of peace who never killed another with Palestinians who deliberately seek martyrdom while killing Jews.
By Yehuda Lave
These four men (ALL Jews) are for now humanity’s hope. If they succeed, the world will be a healthier place.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything,"
The possibility of yet another deadlocked election, especially now when leadership is desperately needed, is unthinkable. But we’ve said that at least twice before.
By Jeff Dunetz
Wishing everyone a better and more truthful 2021
If Kushner epitomizes incompetence and mediocrity, we could sure use a lot more of it!
Interviews in Israel are run more casually, and an interviewer may ask some pretty personal questions.
By Tzvi Fishman
The settlements weren’t handed over to us on a silver platter. Like the hilltop youth today, we had to sleep in the mud and the rain and be dragged down from the mountaintops.
Meanwhile, Saar announced some of his party's platform, such as a term limit for being prime minister, regional representation in the Knesset and… who cares, none of this stuff is going to happen.
Instead of a government coming into office with a program, we get a collection of politicians looking out for their own parochial, sometimes personal, interests.
It’s essential that everyone involved in relations between Israel and the Palestinians understand the real issues that underlie the conflict. And it would be a good thing if all parties could agree to use words the same way.
By Jeff Dunetz
So what is Kwanzaa? It’s the ultimate fraud. It is a holiday created by a man responsible for violently torturing two women–and it has a fascist goal of separating the races.
A government agency had paid for and was making use of a report which would decide who was to live or die based on race and income. And no one was willing to say a word about it.
By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Nothing could deter her. Her determination and her stamina were the stuff legends are made of.
{Reposted from the Abu Yehuda blog} Here we go again. Another yawning gulf between Israelis and American Jews, “a rupture that threatens Jews everywhere, the trust between Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, and in the long run, Israel,” say Evan Morris and Dennis Jett. It’s not bad enough that the Israeli religious establishment does […]
By Yehuda Lave
I got the vaccine today and did not turn into a monkey (but I still like bananas).
Two of the most notorious bigots in the House of Representatives signed a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding that he “eradicate anti-Muslim bigotry from Facebook”.
Throughout the city there are various historical and archeological sites connected to the Maccabee time period, and my husband and son were lucky enough to participate in a shul trip for the local kids to one of these sites.
By Jeff Dunetz
If Schumer had any morals or guts, he would be distancing himself from an anti-Semite like Warnock.
Naftali Bennett of the Yamina Party has declared his desire to be prime minister. Him being elected to that position in March is about as likely as me growing taller.
By Forest Rain
An Esther neighborhood. Horgen Hill. A place where more Jewish children can live, grow and thrive in the land of our ancestors. That is how it is done.
By Paul Gherkin
The reality of the need to be able to secure borders for the protection of citizenry has never been more apparent
By Jeff Dunetz
But the NY Times jumped on the “social justice” crazy train. Instead of relying on science, the Times came up with a third option—base the decision of who goes next on race.
By Jeff Dunetz
Operation warp speed, President Trump’s program to develop a vaccine by the end of 2020, is another major achievement of the Trump presidency.
David was NOT PC. He was not as sensitive or sophisticated as some of our "progressive" teachers today. If King David lived in our generation with those same outmoded ideas, he would be shunned and mocked by "sophisticated" Jews.
By Tzvi Fishman
We know, however, that the open graves off of Highway 443 opposite Modi'in are certainly not from the time of the Maccabees.
Every gift came with a personalized note, letting the recipient know that her Secret Maccabee was thinking of her.
By Ben Bresky
Rare Carlebach video from Hebron sparks memories of special concert during troubling (perilous / challenging) time.
“Oops,” he muttered. “Awkward. My bad.”
It’s still unclear when the country will be opened to foreign tourists, but the spring seems like a good bet, maybe even Pesach.
That egotistical hatred of a G-d that isn’t a culture war idol, that isn’t named Cuomo, Obama, or Ginsberg, is why the battle for religious freedom is far from over in this longest of Chanukahs.
By Paul Gherkin
Embracing terrorism and the public challenge of Trump’s demand to stop rewarding terrorism was too much.
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