A House Divided: Days of Rage in Israel
I spoke to a friend of mine yesterday who had relocated with his wife and young daughter from Jerusalem to Be’er Sheva a few months ago. We both moved to Israel from the United States at around the...
View ArticleImage Is Nothing, Moral Clarity Is Everything
It is the most natural human reaction after someone experiences trauma, loss, and heartache to reach out, to want love, sympathy, warmth, and comfort from friends, family – even strangers. We all need...
View ArticleDark laughter: How Israelis are using humour in a time of war
“They’re cockroaches. Instead of Iron Dome we need a big Iron Shoe to stomp out every one of them,” the mild-mannered pediatrician grinned at me after he had examined my daughter’s ailing foot. “Give...
View ArticleNever Again Is Now: Why Jews Must Take Back the Holocaust
As Jewish communities gather to mark Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’), the 1938 pogrom across Nazi Germany that many consider to be the start of the Holocaust, ‘never again’ is resounding. The...
View ArticleSometimes fists matter more than facts
“There are no accidents, only encounters in history,” wrote Elie Wiesel. The outbreak of antisemitism that has swept across US college campuses is not a spontaneous reaction to Hamas’s massacre of...
View ArticleBecoming Israeli Again
Before October 7, living in Israel could leave you battered, bruised, and needing a stiff drink. Sky high housing prices, exorbitant childcare costs, heavy regulations, relatively low median wages...
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Merry Christmas! Hanukkah Is Canceled
Anyone still clinging to the belief that there is a difference between hating Jews and wanting Israel to disappear now needs to explain away another inconvenient truth. Scheduled Hanukkah celebrations...
View ArticleWrath of God II: To Win, Israel Must Assassinate Hamas Leaders Everywhere
Israel’s military achievements against Hamas are impressive. As part of its campaign to destroy the terrorist group, Israel has reportedly struck over 22,000 targets in the Gaza Strip and has killed...
View ArticleA Soldier’s Tale: The Parakeet in the Abandoned School on the Gaza Border
Sderot is located less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. Some ninety per cent of the town’s 30,000 residents fled on October 7 after Hamas invaded southern Israel. My wife’s cousin, Ilan, is currently...
View ArticleBreaking Israel’s Opium Addiction
How addicted is Jerusalem to Washington’s military aid? Israel’s planned preemptive strike against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Oct. 11, was narrowly averted after President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime...
View ArticleOn Jewish Powerlessness
Israel’s military brass and political leadership are dithering over whether and how Israel should respond to Iran’s attack last week. The Israeli public, however, seems to have made up its mind....
View ArticleWaiting for war in Haifa
Metula, Shlomi, Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot. These were small quaint towns before Oct. 7. Today, they are virtual moonscapes, where abandoned farms are inhabited only by livestock and chickens. The...
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