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The spirit of Annelies Marie Frank prances onto the Berlin stage. A sold-out Mercedes Benz Stadium roars. A giant inflatable pink pig balloon floats...
I sitting with Moshe at George & John’s. It’s one of Tel Aviv’s best restaurants. I’m sipping champagne, acting like a billionaire, when...
The eastern world, it is explodin’ Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’ You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’ You don’t believe in...
My ChatGPT experiment continues, as I move into the area of historical figures. And I could not think of a better gentleman to begin with than...
Come, wander through ancient lands of old, Where history’s tapestry beautifully unfolds, From Jerusalem’s streets, steeped in mystic charm, To...
I’m in the mall, taking a bagel break with my friend Jack. You see, for years, Jack’s been a Republican, a vocal Trump supporter, a viewer of Fox...
Chatty, I’m thinking about running for the presidency of the United States. But I recently lost a civil case in New York in which the jury found...
“There is nothing like the silence of the morning,” my ears whisper to my brain. My empty coffee mug plays silently on the wooden table. A java...
So I asked ChatGPT to write a poem about The Times of Israel. Here’s what I got in just two seconds. (I clocked it.) Amidst the desert sands and...
As a pot-smoking hippie in the ’60s, one of my favorite expressions was, “Garbage in, garbage out” (GIGO). I realized that a lot of what my...
For example, Trump faced backlash for his comments after the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he stated that there were...
Top Secret Memo —For Your Eyes Only To: The Mayor From: The Chief of Security at NYC Department of Corrections on Rikers Island Date:...
I met Jim and his wife, Elena, at the swimming pool of the Sheraton Hotel in Santiago, Chile. Having time and several bottles of cold Chilean beer to...
I watched the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. I saw a segment where five acts of American anti-Semitism occurred within one week: A kid’s Holocaust...
I examined the photograph of the man in the Nazi-style trench coat. It reminded me of coats worn by WWII German officers but without adornments or...
After Donald Trump vowed never to nickname Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “meatball Ron,” the Florida Governor has decided to take the following...
I remembered studying about these poor Southerners, black and white, who after the Civil War contractually bound themselves to the plantations they...
George Santos you have pissed me off. And when I get pissed off, I get even. Just ask the people I’ve worked with at Yeshiva University (YU). ...
On January 9, 2023, I scrolled down FaceBook and read the following headline: “House Republicans Voted Against Fighting Nazis in the U.S. Military...
On January 6, 2021, I spent my day sitting on the edge my seat, in front of my TV, watching an insurrection. I sat in horror. And I prayed, “G-d,...
In my bed, I tossed, turned and listened to an audio book. My movements ceased at around 4:00 pm, when my iPhone and I rested on the same white downy...
The United States Capitol Building Washington D.C. January 3, 2023 Standing before a gaggle of journalists, Congressman George Santos...
Post: Thank you President Trump for inviting us to this magnificent palace that you call Mar-a-Lago and for allowing the Post to get your opinions on...
As a seventh grader, I learned why coal miners carried caged canaries into their mine shafts. And what I learned made me feel sorry for these poor,...
After the phenomenal success of his $99.00 NFT collection, the former president decides to put his mug on charity boxes. New York Post Monday...
On Fridays at around 4:00 pm, I sit at my Hebrew school desk, watching Rabbi Goodman pour Coke into Dixie Cups and place a Tam Tam cracker into the...
I’m driving in my car, listening to the radio, when Lois Gilbert comes on playing, “Time After Time” on her harmonica. She does this song...
Many of my readers have inquired, “Mort, does the Times of Israel give you an annual report card?” “Of course, they do!” I replied. And...
December 11, 2022 Dear Mort Laitner: Hanukkah sameach! My name is Abe Goldberg and you probably have never heard of me, but I’m the...
May 13, 2016 I proudly posted the following blog: Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles “The Stairs” has been selected by the Near Nazareth...
Yamakopter, manufacture of the novelty kippah with a spinning propeller ($17.49) has dissolved its contractual relationship with Kanye West. ...
When Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former and future Prime Minister, called former US President Donald Trump’s evening soiree with Kanye West and...
This article, “Trump Breaks Bread with America’s Number One Anti-Semite and Holocaust Denier—Republican Silence Is Almost Deafening,” first...
Entering my mom’s Boca condo, I snuck over to the living room end table, picked up the remote and changed the channel from Fox to CNN. Since Mom...
“Moshe, how are you feeling this morning?” Even before I asked, I knew Moshe would complain about his back pain. He’d say, “It hurts when I...