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I want to speak to something that Cory Booker, Senator Booker, said about Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. He said that Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel is not a war criminal (or he won’t call him one), but he’s a horrible person because he funded the Qataris who funded Hamas because he inflicted devastation in…

So last night, or in the early hours of the morning, I shared a video in response to Francesca Albanese that horrible Hamas-promoting woman. She told the mother of an October 7th victim to, quote, get medication when the mother expressed dismay at the anti-Semitism she saw in Germany. So I shared a reel just…

There is a necessary conversation about abuse in the Jewish community.  There is also a different conversation that is being smuggled in alongside it—one about whether Torah and halacha remain binding authorities at all. Those are not the same conversation. No serious person denies that abuse exists or that it must be addressed.  Halacha itself…

Back in the 2000s when the pedophile rabbis got away with serially attacking children, one question came to my mind over and over again: Why don’t the rabbis stop them? I still can’t answer that question, but there is one thing that I do know. For every victim who speaks out, there are many more…

I am going to anonymize the following anecdote for the sake of the safety of the person who spoke with me today. This person is from a country where people are not free. They’re not Jewish. I mentioned October 7 being a very traumatic turning point in my life as it has no doubt been…

The seating in the Conservative shul is deliberately arranged in a circular manner around the Chazzan, facing the Ark. Everyone tries for an end seat so they don’t get stuck. During the service, this often leads to gaping wide holes where people should be. On this particular Shabbos my husband and I had the misfortune…

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A recurring question in many Jewish and pro-Israel circles is not just what is being said—but why it works. “Disinformation,” by Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928-2021) and Ronald J. Rychlak, offers a provocative answer—it is the downstream effect of statecraft. Pacepa, a former top Soviet intelligence official, explains that disinformation is designed to: • Shape moral…

So I went to the cardiologist for an echo and she shows me that I have atherosclerotic plaque, I’ve had this for a few years, and I’ve resisted taking a statin. She says, you need to take a statin, and she shows me in her office what it looks like when the plaque grows in…

Free to republish with attribution. THE FEAR IS REAL For Jews watching the rise in antisemitic rhetoric and anti-Israel political messaging, it is understandable to feel uneasy. Certainly the headlines can make it seem as if the U.S.–Israel relationship is weakening, becoming transactional, or drifting into uncertainty. THE REALITY IS DIFFERENT But that is not…