Seeing Through Distorted Media Coverage of Israel (Guest post by Jerry Schwartz)

Guest post by Jerry Schwartz I recently took a three-week trip to the United States from Israel to visit family and friends.  At each visit they pounced on me for information about the situation in Israel.  Even though they all follow current events in the American media, the news they were getting about the war between Israel and Hamas left them bewildered.This...

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Open Letter from A Jew to the Western World in the Aftermath of the 2023 Hamas Attack on Israel (Guest Post)

(Guest post)Open Letter from A Jew to the Western World in the Aftermath of the 2023 Hamas Attack on Israel First, did the words "A Jew" have a disagreeable smell to you, just a little? Be honest.They did to me, even though they say you can't smell yourself. I had to hold my nose to write them.For contrast, let's do a sniff test on two other words: "A Christian."Totally...

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These Are Not Your Grandparents’ Goyim (Rivkah Lambert Adler)

Varda Epstein’s recent review of my book Ten From The Nations: Torah Awakening Among Non-Jews offers me a perfect opportunity to elaborate on how I see the world and why I do what I do. To the best of my knowledge, Varda and I have met exactly once, fleetingly. Nevertheless, we maintain a mutually respectful, professional relationship and admire one another’s work....

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