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Steven TeplitskyThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
“In Jewish History, there are no coincidences”. — Elie Wiesel In the modern political landscape, shifts in policy and strategic realignments...
New York City elected a mayor. What it increasingly appears to have received is a candidate for higher office. Watch enough of Mayor Zohran...
Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? They’re all...
“He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.” –William Shakespeare, “Much Ado about Nothing”,...
“I was sent to these Arabs as a stranger… but charged by duty to lead them… I was a participant in a fraud.” T.E. Lawrence aka Lawrence of...
Growing up, the best part of a Shabbos meal was the Streits farfel that was served as a side dish. This past Pesach, we actually found Streits Matzo...
“War is a racket” – Major General Smedley D. Butler, 1933. Economic historians have long debated whether war is beneficial or detrimental to a...
Disingenuous: (of a person or their behaviour) slightly dishonest, or not speaking the complete truth – Cambridge Dictionary In 1478, Ferdinand and...
“If they say they want to kill you, then they will” – Reverend Jesse Jackson What a fitting introductory quote from a man who had a...
“We were granted the right to exist by the God of our fathers at the glimmer of the dawn of human civilization nearly 4,000 years ago. For that...