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Pretending to sell us nutrition, the food sector sells us junk food full of empty calories and fake tastes to make us addicted and sell us more junk. ...
News reports that Chezbollah is deterred is the old mistake all over again Chamas was never deterred. Every truce was used to build back ‘better’...
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best I’m building on my pieces about WW III and the fastest doesn’t always win. This is not to make us...
The UN, backer of Iran, backer of Hamas, enemies of the Jews in the open The United Nations needs a name change: the United Tyrannies. Why not make...
The frontline may be too far, or we may lack weapons, but we all can help I want to focus on immaterial things we can all do. Keep the Unity Too...
Prevention needs us proactive and not with a wait-and-see approach What is needed for a war to become global? The Iran-Iraq War never went global...
This nervousness might linger on longer than even the longest war Since the Simchat Torah pogrom, Muslim Israelis behave beyond reproach despite fears...
Not all prayers are created equal In Israel, we’ve begun to pray for rain. If one forgets those words and says the summer prayer, one’s prayer is...
Don’t blame all people in Gaza, but do hold the terrorists to account I believe I was the first to point out that Chamas firing rockets at cities...
My oldest son is one of the leading soldiers; he’s ready—I’m not. In every ground offensive, many of our soldiers will die. Did not enough Jews...
QM is too hard for me, but I may spot inconsistencies all right QM is way above my brain capacity, but sometimes, I can contribute because I detected...
Something is rotten in the state of the Netherlands Warning: Don’t expect me to solve the puzzle, or you’ll be disappointed. I found two dozen...
So that its peace will become peace for you (Jeremiah 29:7) The Prophet’s advice in his letter to the exiled Jews in Babylonia is clear. Rabi...
About respect, love, and protection for all Jews The problem does not lie with Chamas in Gaza, or Chamas worldwide, nor any of the Palestinian...
Fake news is nothing new, but it’s rising to new ‘heights’ for sure Top liars first share a bit of truth to entice us to gain access to our...
I’m sorry to address you in such a hard time. Abysmal What terrible carnage, loss of life, loss of dignity, loss of property, loss of humanity, what...
Killing Jews happily Often, when something is compared to the Holocaust, it both exaggerates the thing and downplays the Shoah at the same time. In...
For Christianity, the secular and the sacred are opposites The below text is a brief summary made available for readers’ personal use and for...
Believing everything everybody says and writes is not saintly; it’s stupidity. I’m not literally under fire, but still, but I report from a war...
Save a Jewish Soul or two by being a nicer person Judaism is not a religion, is unlike Christianity and Islam. Judaism advocates a life committed to...
Life is not an equal opportunity employer. Good and love are favored. Optimism is no good unless it’s part of realism. Let’s not confuse being...
It’s not the Feast of Tabernacles already, so what’s the connection? The non-answer is that it follows the seven days of Sukkot. That doesn’t...
Here’s an email exchange I got after sending my Yom Kippur piece to him. I will copy the Rabbi’s responses verbalizing the traditional stance in...
Should we spit at their sight or run to hug them? There is nothing wrong with seeing differences between groups of people. G^d is One, but His...
An example of how secularism and religion are intertwined in Israel You can’t just fly to France and say: I’m also French, I love croissants and...
And so, most of the US TV political funnies on YouTube are back again! After endless reruns and highlights. In fact, The Daily Show and...
It’s a Dutch expression for look who’s talking The habitually verbally abusive Chief Rabbi has opened his mouth again. He now suggested the...
No, being an American doesn’t give you universal wisdom or power Colonialism is not over. The superpowers from before WW II, the robbers of their...
Don’t worry, be happy, as I explained recently. I got confused about why and what we celebrate on the Feast of Booth or of Tabernacles. But now I...
Pallywood is alive and kicking Jews Sounds terrible, no? On Yom Kippur, “Dozens of Israeli settlers dance, sing, and perform Talmudic rituals at...
Know your obligations. That may help you to live up to them, bit by bit. We Jews have a Biblical Commandment to be happy on the Festivals. *** ...
Yet, there is a worthy place for Allies to the underprivileged Don’t deny the privileges you were raised with. See them as opportunities to...
The extremists are gaining access to power all over the West As I recently explained in detail, the Right only has one goal: to use or abuse...
The witnesses are here to help us to believe. Let’s first translate what Deuteronomy 32:1 really says. The Torah speaks of the sky and the ground...
Who are the ones the Torah addresses? This may hurt. Sometimes, the truth hurts. For those who seek it. Homosexual Men This Yom Kippur, Orthodox...
There is a solution—I’m doing it, and it works It becomes clearer steadily that eating at night is not good. But Jewish Law demands it. Not only...
Give the Middle Class a little privilege, and they will ignore the laborers It works like a charm. Tell some of the Middle Class that they are above...
Knowing the illness is half the cure – my mother, a psychiatric nurse Facing climate change extinction of humanity is only doomsday thinking or...
This also includes a ban on anyone spreading propaganda against equality Small exception: We don’t want to include those who can show that they...
Fly under your ‘I don’t feel like it’ radar The best way not to improve is to force yourself tremendously. Either, you bounce back in no time,...
Everyone will have their own favorites Some will say the blowing of the Shofar. Others will say the Simanim at the evening meals. Some the candle...
Jewish Prayers are not all written in stone, but much of it is standardized. The Sages have composed these Prayers because we lack the Hebrew grammar...
The Lo Lo in Deuteronomy 32:5 needs special attention We read this beginning of Ha’azinu this year six times. Literally, the verse begins:...
The commander in mischief must be held accountable more than his groupies Prosecutors sought a 33-year sentence against the leader of the Proud Boys,...
That doesn’t mean I have proof of a causal connection or G^d’s intentions King Salomon wrote it already (Ecclesiastes): There is nothing new...
That’s fair, since no one can, objectively, but Paul Nurse doesn’t come close This is a very smart and so to see polite and friendly professor...