One Again, Tisha Be'av Proved the Temple Mount is a Hostage This weekend, Jews commemorated Tisha Be'av; the destruction of the Holy Temple. In fact, Tisha Be'av is so fraught with misery for the Jewish people because the Holy Temple was destroyed... twice on Tisha Be'av. Worse for Jews (because Jewish pain can always get [...]
Jewish Gun Ownership in the Time of Rising AntiSemitism Each year, hundreds of thousands of American women are saved through the mere fact of owning a gun. It is a fact many in the media and those that oppose gun rights despise. They hate this reality because it shows that the weakest among us--the most [...]
Social Justice is Nothing More Than Approved Discrimination When most people hear the phrase "social justice," they think the term means something like, "using the powers of society to correct past wrongs." Many people think social justice is a good thing. They know the issues of America's past and believe we can--and should--right those wrongs. [...]
No Longer Just a Crime of Opportunity, Jew Hunting is Now a Viral Epidemic In the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, many Jewish people jumped on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon. I warned everybody to not do that. My reasoning was simple; beyond jumping to conclusions about what happened, no Jewish person should ever [...]
Backed Into a Corner; Here Are Israel's Two Options Like clockwork, every time one of the numerous terrorist organizations indiscriminately attacks Israel, world leaders urge "restraint" from Israel. That phrasing is always peculiar; so long as Gaza and the West Bank aren't smoldering rubbles, Israel is showing restraint. This is restraint being displayed by Israel. [...]
The Yellowistst Are Out in Full Force on Jerusalem Day Jerusalem Day is a straightforward holiday that connects the ancient with the modern. Jerusalem Day commemorates the day in the Jewish Calendar where Israeli Defense Forces liberated the Old City of Jerusalem. The liberation of the Old City was the culmination of the Six Day [...]
The Old American Way is Out, the New American Way--The Heckler's Veto--is In Put your head down and get the job done. That used to be the American way. The American way used to be an acknowledgment that life was hard, but if you kept pushing forward and ignored the distractions, you would come out [...]
France is Back at it Again: Sarah Halimi and J'accuse Part Deux Émile Zola wrote J'accuse--a condemnation of France's conviction of Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus--more than 120 years ago. Even though she was right, she was found guilty of libel less than a month after her open letter in L’Aurore was published on Jan. 13, 1898. [...]
The Haunting Beauty of Jerusalem Stone on Yom HaZikaron Jerusalem Stone is the gorgeous, pale, off-white limestone found everywhere in Israel. Many of you will recognize it as the stone that comprises the Kotel, the Wailing/Western Wall in Jerusalem. When you see Jerusalem Stone, you immediately think of Israel/הארץ, literally "the Land (of Israel)." Every [...]
Ranking the Stupidests Masks of the Pandemic Stupid masks are almost as ubiquitous as Covid-19. During the pandemic, we all agreed--without truly understanding Covid-19--that wearing masks was a requirement. If you wanted to go out and about before the vaccine, you had to wear a mask. In the car with somebody else, while shopping at [...]
