February 25, 2024
Imagine Peace
Families grow rather than attend early funerals.
Communities bustle and prosper rather than lie as dying evacuated ghost towns.
We all become part of a community of nations working to solve life's biggest problems, instead of planning how to maim and kill each other with greater pinpoint accuracy and effect.
(AI generated image from MS Designer)
February 18, 2024
Israel, You're on the Right Track
Our strength is the combination of our dedication to serving Hashem and our mighty determination for our national and religious freedom in a world all too often of darkness, hate, and despair where rape is portrayed as resistance, where mutilation, murder, and hostage-taking are justified by those who reject peace and coexistence, and where their vile supporters chant their racism and hatred from city centers to cancer hospitals.
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Israel, You're on the Right Track
February 10, 2024
Nobody Wanted War
After October 7, the deadly abuse absolutely could not continue any longer.
There is a time to walk away and a time for necessary action.
Nobody Wanted War
January 4, 2024
October 19, 2023
October 12, 2023
August 13, 2023
Not By Strength Alone
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Not By Strength Alone."
(Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld, IDF/Creative Commons via https://israelradar.com/israels-3-new-tricks-for-gaza-war-with-hamas/)
Not By Strength Alone
August 4, 2023
July 23, 2023
They Died So We May Speak
Israelis are a people who are not afraid to speak their minds, and they are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in. Regardless of the outcome of the current controversies, I am proud to be a part of the Jewish people, and I am confident that the citizens of the Holy Land will continue to be a beacon of hope for the world.
(Photo adapted from Israel Defense Forces via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1997_Israeli_helicopter_disaster_funeral.jpg)
They Died So We May Speak
May 28, 2023
Lessons in Peace, Inclusion, and Humanity
Lessons in Peace, Inclusion, and Humanity
March 31, 2023
This Is One of Those Days
Need some calming Shabbat relief. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This Is One of Those Days
February 19, 2023
My Vote of Confidence in Bibi
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "My Vote of Confidence in Bibi."
However, I think there is no better expression of Bibi's core love for his people and Israel than that of his own words in his countless genius arguments and eloquent speeches at the United Nations, Congress, and with world leaders in defense of Israel's legitimacy and right to exist and defend itself.
(Photo Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu#/media/File:Benjamin_Netanyahu,_February_2023.jpg)
My Vote of Confidence in Bibi
December 25, 2022
How One “Peacenik” Became Practical
In short, the Left is right when it comes to caring about others and the ultimate goal that we all seek, which is genuine and lasting peace and the ability to live side by side as brothers and sisters in peace and prosperity. However, the Left got it all wrong when it comes to the reality on the ground in terms of the radical Islamic groups who want no peace, no negotiation, and no recognition of Israel, period. This is where the hope of the Left met the reality of the Right, and the Left lost all credibility, at least for the time being. Perhaps, just perhaps, reality will change and radical hearts will soften and give peace a fighting chance, allowing the Left to be right as well.
(Source Photo: IDF Editorial Team; https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/palestinian-terrorism/a-soldier-s-letter-to-the-mothers-of-the-kidnapped-teens/)
How One “Peacenik” Became Practical
December 4, 2022
A Hanukkah Gnome
Nice in terms of peace, tolerance, brotherhood and all that.
But something about this doesn't look exactly kosher. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
A Hanukkah Gnome
November 18, 2022
October 17, 2022
The Art of Friendship
My hope and prayer is that this is just a small microcosm of friendship and peace that can spread in all communities, societies, nations, and lands, so that we are no longer black or white, Jew, Muslim, or Christian, or any other divisive label, but rather that we are all children of G-d, and plain and simple, friends.
(Credit Photos: Andy and Dossy Blumenthal)
The Art of Friendship
October 16, 2022
Israel, Warrior Nation
(Source Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Givati_Recon_Company_at_Training.jpg)
Israel, Warrior Nation
October 3, 2022
September 29, 2022
Wanted Nice Customers
And everyone else for that matter.
Nice, nice, I said it twice! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Wanted Nice Customers
September 13, 2022
Announcing my Second Book: For the Love of Israel
This book is about the incredible Jewish homeland of Israel. As the prophet Isaiah states (11:12), "He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth." This work is a reflection of my deep love and yearning for our Promised Land. This book is anchored in G-d's Biblical promise to the Jewish people for this amazing land, the decades of persecution culminating in the Holocaust that the Jews have endured, our miraculous national resurrection and return, the blossoming of the deserts and metamorphosis into a scientific, technological and military world power, and the hope and prayer for all us to be able to make Aliyah and for the completion of the Redemption and the coming of the Mashiach.
Announcing my Second Book: For the Love of Israel