This post exists because my mother screamed at me on the phone. She asked who I was voting for, and before I could get a word in she told me, in no uncertain terms: “We are Likud!!” My...
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Because Israel is YUM!
Rabbi Dov Lior Says You Can “Take” Palestinian Olives. Let’s Grade the Excuses.
Last Friday, Rabbi Dov Lior, the former chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba (the settlement next to Hebron), issued a halachic ruling, meaning a ruling on Jewish religious law, that Jews are allowed to...
A Defensible Call, a Terrible Meeting, and Cenk: What the Leaked CBS Tape Actually Shows
On the third anniversary of October 7, CBS News ran a piece by veteran correspondent Holly Williams on its evening newscast. Before it aired, the network’s new foreign editor rewrote parts of...
A 102-Year-Old Is Jumping Out of a Plane for Lone Soldiers. What’s Your Excuse?
Last Thursday I went to The Michael Levin Base annual gala at the Jerusalem Theatre, which I wrote about beforehand. Now that I’ve sat through it, I have a few things to add and one urgent ask...
Mamdani Never Said “Jews.” His Own Side Booed Him Anyway
Not Once Did He Say “Jews.” His Own Side Booed Him Anyway. Zohran Mamdani spent the third anniversary of October 7 trying to please everyone. He pleased nobody, and the people who paid...
October 7th: Three Years Ago This Morning
I’m writing this at about the same hour I woke up three years ago. That Saturday morning the walls of my apartment in Jerusalem started shaking from booms, and at 8:15 the sirens went off. It...
While We Were Off, Part 4: London Students Pick October 7
There are 365 days in a year. A group of London students looked at all of them and picked October 7. The group calls itself the University of London Coalition, and it’s planning to march from...
While We Were Off, Part 3: P.S. 321 Drops Beth Elohim “Because of Israel”
If you wanted to design a synagogue that nobody could possibly accuse of being too pro-Israel, you’d build Congregation Beth Elohim. It’s the biggest Reform shul in Brooklyn, sitting in...