Israel is not an Apartheid state.  If you want to have a meaningful conversation about Israel-Palestine, stop throwing stuff at us and do your homework.  Any productive conversation between two people assumes that both are worthy of being heard, both are worthy of their own existence.  Same is true of nations.

Israel Is Not An Apartheid State

I do recognize that there is an existential angst plaguing our world, and it may very well be the cause of violent outbursts against the most vulnerable.  And there is no question that a country with more guns than people makes the worst outcomes all the more possible.  But how is it that if God forbid a child got drunk at your home, and suffered a horrible accident there or once he had left, that the laws are crystal clear that you, the homeowner, can be held liable; but if your unguarded, loaded weapon is used to cause terrible damage to others, that you cannot be held liable in most states and in most situations?

I Told You So - On Parashat Mishpatim And Gun Violence

Wisdom Works

Wouldn't it be a better world if we breathed before we posted and asked ourselves whether or not we really wanted our most negative words to be part of the ether for millennia I know that the Torah did not have the Internet in mind, or maybe it did?

Some Unsolicited Advice Before You Hit “Post”

This week's Torah portion may make you rethink your assumption that it doesn't matter what you wear - to someone else, but most especially to you!

Torah Fashionistas Unite

Hostages release must be at least a co-condition of a ceasefire demand.

What’s The Alternative?

Today Is Your Lucky Day!

The Blue Light

Perhaps the ultimate proof that Hamas means it when it says, "From the River to Sea..." is October 7, 2023, itself.  The victims of their terror lived, worked. and loved inside of the most accepted Israeli borders there are.  And still, they lost their lives.

Monumental Memory

"The horrors of war are horrific and there is no one I know who takes solace or joy in the suffering of innocents.  Not so ironically, the sooner the remainder of Hamas is disarmed, the sooner the people of Gaza can hold hands and pray for a future." (click to hear the full but brief blog post)

Not So Ironically

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Israel Is Not An Apartheid State

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