In 2003, Ukrainian refusenik Natan Sharansky, who served as Israel's interior minister and led the Jewish Agency, formulated his now famous 3 D Test. To date, nobody has been able to come up with a more accurate test to determine if any words or actions are antisemitic. Sharansky posited that if any deeds could be […]
Statistically, Generation Z and Millennials are nearly twice as antisemitic as boomers and even Generation X, according to a search conducted by Time Magazine. Never before in American history has the younger generations been more antisemitic than older generations. Generation Z and Millennials, who are now young adults in the workforce and college, are taking […]
Wikipedia is a free multilingual online encyclopedia. Anyone with Internet access can gather information or provide data on any topic. The platform is highly collaborative and has grown exponentially since its inception in January 2001. People use it for multiple reasons and have probably assigned it too much credit, running the risk of seeing it […]
On November 7, 2024, the world reached a new level of ugly with the advent of the Amsterdam/Tel Aviv soccer game pogrom—yes, you read it correctly—a pogrom! It happened because a global Intifada might be in progress. Let's start by defining both terms: Pogorm and Intifada. A pogrom is a government-organized and/or sponsored riot, generally […]
The original Kristallnacht took place on the night of November 9-10, 1938, in Germany. During that dreadful night, the fate of six million European Jews was sealed. That was 86 years ago. The event is called Kristallnacht or “The Night of Broken Glass.” The reason given by the Nazis was the assassination of German official Ernst […]
There is a toxic narrative going around comparing Donald Trump to a Nazi, also accusing him of having another Neo-Nazi gathering at his MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden. Hillary Clinton said on CNN: "I write about this in my book, President Franklin Roosevelt was appalled that neo-Nazis, fascists in America were lining up to […]
One memorable Jewish holiday not found in Leviticus 23 is the one-day celebration known as Simchat Torah, which means "Torah Celebration." I will never forget when I celebrated that special day in Tiberias, by the Sea of Galilee. My son and I danced around a table adorned with several Torah scrolls. We danced and passed […]
We just finished celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Next is a big celebration for the Feast of Tabernacles, also known as the Feast of Booths or Sukkot in Hebrew. The Feasts are special yearly convocations listed in Leviticus 23, also called the Feasts of the Lord. They divide into two groups: the Spring Festivals […]
Just one year ago, as I was packing my bags to take a group of believers to Israel, I woke up to the news that Hamas had invaded southwest Israel from the Gaza Strip. It was not long before the world was made aware of the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 1,200 Israelis […]