News | Articles By Me

Hard Facts About "Tough Love" - Joshua Namm

What part of "sovereign nation" do Democrats not understand?

One of the most frustrating aspects of Joe Biden’s Israel rhetoric, continually regurgitated by his administration, has been the effort to cartoonishly portray Benjamin Netanyahu, and not Hamas, as the villain in Israel’s war in Gaza. A key element of that propagandistic fantasy is that the Israeli people do not support Netanyahu, or his policies, and that that he alone, not Israel’s three-member war cabinet, is the sole decision maker. None of that is true.

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

How the Prayers of Thousands of Jewish Children Are Protecting Israel

An injured Israeli soldier finds and thanks the American girl whose prayer was with him when he got wounded.

News | Standing With Israel

Support for Israel is stronger than we think - The Jerusalem Post

Jews in Israel and across the world, are taking constructive action driven by our despair and rage. For now, the center holds.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Great Jewish Awakening Promises, Amid Darkness, Chanukah Filled With Light

War in Israel, antisemitism at home spur greater engagement than ever

News | Standing With Israel

100 Jewish youngsters make aliyah to enlist in IDF

An interview with three who left family and friends behind to defend the Jewish state.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Worldwide antisemitism is the Jewish people's call to action

We are a people known for resilience and ingenuity. This is our fight, and there can be no backing down. Consider this your call-up.

“There is no one coming to our rescue. It’s time for us to internalize this truth and recognize that we – the Jewish people worldwide – have the wherewithal to take on this fight. We’ve already seen an inkling of what that can look like, but now every person must take part.”

News | Standing With Israel

At 290,000-strong, ‘March for Israel’ is ‘largest pro-Israel gathering in history’

Another 250,000 watched via lifestream, according to organizers.

News | Jewish Community

LIVE: Hundreds of Thousands March for Israel in Washington DC

American Jews began arriving well before dawn, in time to pray the Vasikin and Hallel morning service at sunrise, led by popular Hasidic vocalist Beri Weber outside the gates of the White House.

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Their Video of Jewish Pride went Viral

An interview with the Campus rabbi who didn't flinch in the face of an anti-Israel rally.

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Dear world: I don’t care

I don’t care if you’re out on the street, waving your flag and chanting your slogans. We won’t die silently the way you want us to

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Largest Rabbinic Delegation to Visit Israel Greeted With Gratitude … and Rockets

26 Chabad rabbis from around North America insisted that they ‘have to be here’

I know several of these rabbis very well. The work that they do is phenomenal.

News | Israel At War

120 Haredi Men Registered to Join the IDF — But 200 Showed Up Instead

IDF: "We're shocked. We will not be able to recruit all of them today."

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Across 50 States, One Jewish Heart: America’s Nationwide Stand for Israel

Jews throughout US find comfort and inspiration with Chabad

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Amid Israel-Hamas war, thousands of people sign up to pray and do mitzvot for Israeli soldiers

A website that matches the names of Israel Defense Force soldiers with those willing to do acts of service or prayer in their honor received thousands of signups its first week.

I’m a little late to this, but it’s so great-I had to post it now.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Jewish families break down at the gate at JFK airport as they proudly wave off young IDF reservists on the way to war with Hamas - as flights from Big Apple to Israel sell out for the next TEN days

Emotions ran high at JFK Airport Wednesday night as Jewish families broke down at the gate watching proudly as they wave off young IDF reservists on their way to war with Hamas terrorists. 

My heart breaks for them. None of this should have EVER been necessary. May each of the brave Jewish soldiers do whatever is necessary to keep us all safe.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Why On Earth Do We Need a Third Temple? - Chabad

The Third Temple is not a building, but a state of harmony between God, humanity, and nature.

News | Articles By Me

Priority: Jewish Unity

Just before this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a horrifying, and not at all surprising, report came out of Tel Aviv University (TAU) called “The Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide–2022.” The study found that there were roughly 3,700 attacks on Jews in the United States last year. The year before that, 2021, saw 2,717 attacks. Each set a record for attacks on our people. The incidents included beatings, being spat on, having objects thrown at people, verbal abuse, etc.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Can Israeli resilience inspire alienated Americans?

After months of divisiveness, the country immediately united in the face of incessant rocket fire. Will a community unwilling to fight antisemitic progressives learn that lesson?