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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

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No, Ben Gvir, more weapons do not necessarily save lives

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Reassuring truths from the Gaza battlefront

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The silence of Qoshe and stir on social media call me a ‘repulsive Zionist ghoul’

01.12.2023 20

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What to do with tens of thousands of Hamas war criminals and their sympathizers?

20.11.2023 20

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They pretend to serve us but make us addicted to junk in a broad money grab

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. ...

07.11.2023 20

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Like Chamas was never deterred, neither is Nasrallah

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’...

06.11.2023 20

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Are we ready for WW III?

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...

03.11.2023 20

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Iran to become chair of the ‘UN Human Rights Council’s Social Forum’

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...

02.11.2023 20

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What regular Israelis can do to help our war of survival, soldiers, and wounded

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...

01.11.2023 10

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The Simchat Torah Massacre has some of the makings of the beginning of WW III

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...

30.10.2023 20

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Jews uneasier at sharing a workplace with Muslims

This nervousness might linger on longer than even the longest war Since the Simchat Torah pogrom, Muslim Israelis behave beyond reproach despite fears...

28.10.2023 8

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Should we pray for rain?

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...

27.10.2023 10

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Hamas committed 15 types of recognized war crimes

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...

26.10.2023 10

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I don’t want a ground offensive

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...

24.10.2023 8

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How Quantum Mechanics proves there are no QM parallel universes

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...

23.10.2023 10

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On why the Dutch do nothing, and Germans actively protect Jews

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...

22.10.2023 20

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Seek the peace of the city to there where I exiled you, and pray for it to G^d

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...

20.10.2023 10

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The solution is not to kill Hamas and the like

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...

19.10.2023 10

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On spotting liars in the news

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...

18.10.2023 20

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Open letter to Muslim Israelis in the wake of the Simchat Torah massacre

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...

15.10.2023 5

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Worse than the Nazis

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...

14.10.2023 20

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The secular in Judaism

For Christianity, the secular and the sacred are opposites The below text is a brief summary made available for readers’ personal use and for...

13.10.2023 20

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Hasbarah under fire

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...

12.10.2023 4

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Random acts of kindness are our best hope for life

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...

11.10.2023 10

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Why, in the end, will innocence always beat evil, and love always defeat hatred?

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...

10.10.2023 20

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Why is Simchat Torah also called the Eighth Day?

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...

09.10.2023 20

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An Orthodox Rabbi argues against sexuality for gays

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...

07.10.2023 10

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Should we honor or hate Christian pilgrims to Israel?

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...

06.10.2023 30

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The secular Jewish state wants to preserve the Jewish people, not just Jews

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...

05.10.2023 30

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After five months, the comedy writers’ strike ends with fair job protection, pay

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...

04.10.2023 20

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Chief Rabbi: What you say, you are yourself

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...

03.10.2023 20

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Do US Democrats want Egypt to go the way of Libya?

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...

02.10.2023 7

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Why and what do we celebrate on the Feast of Booth?

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...

30.09.2023 20

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Did Israeli settlers perform talmudic rituals while trampling Muslim graves?

Pallywood is alive and kicking Jews Sounds terrible, no? On Yom Kippur, “Dozens of Israeli settlers dance, sing, and perform Talmudic rituals at...

29.09.2023 20

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Being happy on the festivals the Jewish way

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. *** ...

28.09.2023 30

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Power to the powerless!

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...

26.09.2023 10

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Why the Right accepted bigots to their coalitions and what we must do about it

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...

25.09.2023 20

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Could Heaven and Earth be kosher witnesses?

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...

24.09.2023 10

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Stop blaming and bothering homosexual men, Women, Atheist Jews, and Gentiles

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...

24.09.2023 20

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Medical science says eat before nightfall; Judaism says after, and obey doctors

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...

22.09.2023 10

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The Right wants the academic Left to forget one crucial oppression, and it does

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...

21.09.2023 20

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What are the major hurdles that stop climate change extinction of humanity?

Knowing the illness is half the cure – my mother, a psychiatric nurse Facing climate change extinction of humanity is only doomsday thinking or...

20.09.2023 20

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Israel must legislate against those who said they’d flout courts

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...

19.09.2023 10

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The faster you repent, the faster you relapse

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,...

17.09.2023 10

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My Rosh Hashanah highlight

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...

15.09.2023 10

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The Living Jewish Prayers

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...

14.09.2023 10

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No, no, no, that’s not how to read it

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:...

13.09.2023 30

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Enrique Tarrio cannot go to jail for decades for January 6 while Trump will not

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,...

12.09.2023 30

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I see a link between Abbas’ awful speech and the awful earthquake in Morocco

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...

11.09.2023 7

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Biochemist, geneticist, cell biologist, and Nobel Prize–winner can’t define life

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...

09.09.2023 10

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