What is it like to witness the largest drone attack in history? No, not to witness – to be the target of the largest drone attack in history? All week we heard the news about Iran’s pending attack. The media headlines came without much on-the-ground, practical instructions for what to do to prepare for such an attack.… Continue reading Matzilenu mi’yadam: He saves us from their hands
Years ago, in what feels now like an ancient time - 2013 - when I first came to Israel for an extended time period, I observed how vigilant Israelis were. They were sharp, intelligent, and observant of the world around them. Bags left lying at bus stops or on the street were immediately noticed, and… Continue reading There is no one left to blame
Can we stop pretending this is normal? That it’s normal to walk with our enemies among us? I think many Israelis simultaneously feel the threat and ignore it. We are, after all, surrounded by Arabs on a daily basis. They are working at our local makolet. They are constructing our houses. They are learning with… Continue reading Another terrorist attack
16 years ago, on the way back to the USA from my 8th grade class trip to Israel, I was bawling as we entered Ben Gurion to return to a now questionable “home.” Despite lacking an awareness in many other regards - I was 13, after all - I felt distinctly that Israel was home… Continue reading Home
We must protect purity. We live in a world which ridicules and tramples on purity. Books, music, movies, and TV shows mock purity at every turn. Countless stories depict the loss of innocence, often to peals of contemptuous laughter by surrounding characters. Media has force-fed us the narrative that purity is boring, peculiar, and stupid. … Continue reading We must protect purity
A critical lesson of the Holocaust is that all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing, to paraphrase Simon Wiesenthal. Yes, for many “good” people, all it takes is silence, looking the other way, ignoring the atrocities committed before their eyes. But for most people, a larger number than… Continue reading It takes every single one of us
Now featured on America's Frontline Doctors. Let’s face it, the State of Israel is not what we thought it was. This is now a place where you can be turned away because you haven’t submitted yourself to an experiment in the past 6 months. (But as long as you're part of a beauty pageant, you… Continue reading The “Jewish” State Is No Longer Jewish
People don’t care about each other anymore. Did you notice? Did you notice how no one actually checks up on you, how everyone hides behind the internet? Fakebook and iDon’tMessage feel like a cheapskate move to “stay in contact.” Nobody stays in contact anymore. People who were once friends, once faces you saw in real… Continue reading Humans Are Irrelevant
If you don’t follow the Torah, you have no moral basis. You might argue that you don’t really need the Torah, because you have the right ideas already. You know it’s important not to kill, not to commit violence against another, not to steal. But how long can you go through life relying on your own intuitive… Continue reading If you don’t follow the Torah, you have no moral basis.
Imagine this for a moment: A woman finds her married life frustrating. Her husband is good to her, if a little too jealous for her taste. He doesn’t like when his wife flirts with other men and spends a bit too much time chatting with them – not that any husband would be okay with… Continue reading Jews Are in an Abusive Relationship
The Singing Soul 