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“Never again!” should stand as a warning to all Jews, not as a source of comfort.
Today's war dresses itself in "progressive" language, legal briefs, and diplomatic forums — but which remains, at its core, a war against the Jews.
Jewish identity cannot be contingent on outside approval. It must be rooted in self-respect, strength, and knowing that our values are only meaningful when paired with the power to protect them.
Through all this chaos, death, and shock, something keeps coming up for me: the strength and moral character of the Israelis.
Powerful politicians across the West are "fighting" antisemitism with one hand, while feeding it with the other. Sadly, they don't seem to understand the link, and it is now costing lives.
You don’t seem to understand what kind of people we are.
For too many U.S. politicians, activists, and everyday citizens, antisemitism is only condemned when it is perfectly convenient. But Jews are not a political football; we are people.
Israel is not the side that made child death a war strategy. We are the ones trying to stop it, while the world ties our hands and lectures us on the perversion of “morality.”
The fantasy of an Israeli-Palestinian peace process is a comforting lie we told ourselves. We believed in a future they never wanted.
Israeli Jews ask for forgiveness. Diaspora Jews ask for permission. In our post-October 7th world increasingly hostile to Jewish identity, both are necessary.
The post-World War II European war on nationalism has made it a safe space for antisemitism.
According to Jewish law, yeshiva students should not be exempted en masse from military service.
If Israel wants to be known not just for the tiring Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but for its boundless creativity, it might do well to borrow a page or two from Thailand’s cookbook.
When Jews look into the eyes of their haters, they may feel weak, but antisemites are really acknowledging Jewish greatness.
"Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips." — Proverbs 27:2
After spending decades of time and billions of dollars, October 7th showed us how much this strategy was an utter disaster.
With or without the United States as a key partner, Israel will be just fine.
It has massive gas reserves and some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world. The Iranian regime's "civilian" nuclear program is as much of a front as a mafia's chain of pizza parlors.
A familiar pattern has re-emerged: The media revolts, the world unravels, and the Jews absorb the blow.
The phenomenon of “lone soldiers” predates the modern State of Israel. Today, the country is home to an estimated 7,000 of them.