Watching the left coalition parties win in France on the second round, after Macron called for snap elections, is like seeing a real life Caliphate spread across Western Europe.  Interesting fact: the first time, it was the Jews doing because of the first Inquisition (4th – 6th century) in Sepharad. The Jews and Moors (Berber tribes) had a very close relationship in North Africa. Tired of the antisemitism of the Christians in Spain and Portugal, Jews in Sepharad worked with the Moors to invade.  In fact, there even were Jewish Generals, like Kaula al-Yahudi who helped lead Muslim and Jewish brigades. General al-Yahudi helped secure Catalonia in 711 AD. In 718 AD, he led a rebellion against the Muslim Governor of Spain, and was executed. The Jews in his rebellion ended up living in cities of Catalonia. Later, Samuel Ibn Nagrillah became the most politically influential Jew in Muslim Spain, as

As a community, we need to address the danger of slogan Zionism. When I first became a Zionist in 2014, there was not much pro-Israel activity on Instagram or Facebook. The little that was on Facebook was kept semi-private (some group members posted what they were learning) in secret Facebook groups. On one hand, that is a sad fact. On the other hand, it was beneficial, as history and facts regarding Israel was shared among our own, only. Most of the facts shared were accurate; some were not, and the ones not, never made it out of the Zionism bubble. On Instagram, very few were publicly sharing facts, and those who did, really were subject-matter experts. There was one content creator, who is no longer posting, but who was sharing information not found in any online materials or books – the last names of Arabs in Israel (all of Israel

Not a day goes by where I am not bombarded through email, social media, or in person by the farcical notion of ‘Jewish unity.’ The latest of which was on Facebook where a woman tagged me in a post by the liberal Columbia Professor, Shai Davidai, who is not remorseful for voting for an antisemitic party whose policies led to the Jewish genocide last year. When I asked her nicely to untag me, she railed into me about ‘Jewish unity.’ I had had enough, and replied that I have zero intention of ever ‘uniting’ with self-hating Jews who caused the Jewish genocide on October. 7th. And that aside from the near 200 years of the United Monarchy (the rule which spanned Kings Saul, David, and Solomon), there was never Jewish unity, and for good reason. If there were, we as Jews, as a distinct ethnicity and race would never have

We all know where we were Saturday when we found out about the hostage rescue (not release). I woke up briefly at 6am and happened to check Facebook, and saw one post just with ‘Hostages Rescued by IDF, en route to a hospital.’ No link, no pics, nothing. I quickly checked my trusted sources on Jewish Instagram, saw nothing and thus believed this was a cruel propaganda prank the Jew-haters are playing. After all, we had just been inundated with awful news, steadily, the last several weeks about hostages being found, but all had been murdered. The news out of Israel lately has been also filled with experts saying that perhaps fewer than 30 hostages are left alive, if that. Within minutes of all those thoughts going through my head, I refreshed the IG account of Arise4Israel (one of my favorite reliable accounts for up to the minute updates on

Following the most recent newsletter edition listing incredible Jews throughout the ages, there was much request for a part II. The below is in no particular order: Moshe Barazani and Meir Feinstein – These two brave Jews are more well known for how they died rather than the brave sabotage acts they committed against the British occupiers, but it is important to highlight both. Barazani was a Kurdish Jew, born in Iraq in 1926. He moved to Israel and at a young age, joined the Lehi resistance group. On March 9, 1947, British police caught him carrying a grenade meant for the assassination of a British officer in Jerusalem. He was convicted that month for illegal weapons possession and was sentenced to death.   Feinstein was born in Jerusalem in 1927. He used a fake birth certificate to enlist in the British army at age 16 during World War II

Jewish American History month is coming to a close (President Bush first signed in May as a month to honor American Jews). Today, the month is shared with Asians, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. At a Starbucks the other day, there were signs everywhere celebrating AANAPI month; no mention of Jews. This entire month in particular I was thinking of a variety of Jews whom I admire. Jews, both present and past, worldwide, and throughout the ages. The brave soldiers of the IDF of course is a given. Below, is just a sample: The Maccabees: Today, Chanukkah has devolved into a ‘festival of lights’ without much mention of the 25 year battle against both the Hellenized Jews in Judea and the Syrian-Greek mercenaries of the Seleucid Empire army. They fought the foreigners to militarily protect the Judean domain, and fought their fellow highly assimilated Jews who were fully submitting to

I hope everyone got a chance to celebrate Israel’s independence yesterday in some way; especially this year it’s important to appreciate the bravery and sacrifice of our people who unshackled a portion of Israel from colonization. Yesterday, among many posts, I saw too many that described Yom Ha’atzmaut as Israel’s ‘birthday’ and so I share my response on social media, below: Yom Ha’atzmaut is not Israel’s birthday. It is not celebrating Israel’s 76th year of existence. It is not celebrating Israel as a ‘modern’ ‘state.’ Israel was not ‘re-born’ ‘re-established’ 76 years ago. 76 years ago, Israel won independence after 1,812 years of occupations. 76 years ago, brave Jews, after nearly 20 years of armed struggle against the British, who did everything possible to prevent Jews from living with dignity in the Jewish homeland – who ethnically cleansed Jews from Gaza, from Hebron, who imprisoned Jewish resistance fighters in as

As Yom HaZikaron rolled in last evening, we remembered the 25,034 (latest published statistics from Ministry of Defense as of yesterday morning) men, women and children who have been killed in terrorist attacks and in defense of the Land of Israel since 1860. Since last Memorial Day, 766 soldiers and 834 civilians have been killed, with the majority of course occurring during the genocide on Oct. 7th. But to mourn, to cry, to pray is not enough. What are the collective we going to do to ensure that an Oct. 7th never actually repeats? That terrorist attacks in Judea & Samaria will never be an ‘oh well – it’s in the ‘settlements’ – a disgusting phrase I have heard from Jews and mind you, those legal Jewish communities are located on our very ancestral heartland. We are no longer under occupation except the occupation of pleasing the world that largely

While most Zionists watched the campus antisemitic near-pogroms with outrage, I of course had the same response, but also thought, could I have been one of those self-hating Jews of IfNotNow, JStreet or JVP in those tents? Had I not seen the light of Zionism in 2014, who knows how much further I could have gone in my ignorance about Israel and actual Jewish history. And no, I was not a Democrat. Ever, despite voting a few times for Democrat local politicians. That is the number one question I get when telling people I became a Zionist at the age of 32, did I become a Republican as a result. Nope, always have been. I did not know I was a Jew until about 7/8 years old. As a first generation American of parents who immigrated from the former Soviet Union, it was not discussed who we were, when I

Another week, another antisemitic charge emanating from a Jew-hating international organization. This time, it is the ICC (International Criminal Court), an ‘independent’ force that was established in 2002 as a court of ‘last resort.’ 124 countries are members and among a list that did not sign on are the United States and Israel. Israel refused to sign the Rome Statute because it called the legal Jewish communities in Judea & Samaria, ‘settlements’ on ‘occupied territory.’ Current ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan visited Ramallah, Israel (Ramallah along with the rest of the 2/3rds of stolen Judea & Samaria are located in Israel) back in December, and met with both Palestinian Authority terrorist leaders and in other areas of Israel, met with families of Israelis murdered or taken hostage by Gazans. The Palestinian Authority terrorist group became a member ‘state’ of the ICC in 2015. So instead of charging the PA with crimes

Originally, the focus of this week’s newsletter edition was going to be on Apartheid in Israel, and in which way it actually exists (not the way the media portrays) – I will explain more in the next newsletter. Instead, there has been a lot of noise in the news that is being falsely spun (no surprise), and facts need to be shared. Much ado about nothing in terms of Jihad Joe’s ‘aid’ package for Israel, very last minute. As the kids these day say, it is pure gaslighting. First, the weapons aid was what was owed to Israel years ago. Per even the left-leaning Washington Post, “Last week, the State Department authorized the transfer of 25 F-35A fighter jets and engines worth roughly $2.5 billion, U.S. officials said. The case was approved by Congress in 2008, so the department was not required to provide a new notification to lawmakers.The MK84

Since the genocide on Oct. 7th, all Jews (the non-self hating ones) have been wanting to ‘help’ Israel. Many have in various ways – volunteering in Israel, donating money to Israeli organizations, praying for the safe return of our hostages and brave soldiers, etc. I will add that the hostages are also brave. All those are great; however, below are long-lasting ways to aid the Jewish homeland, if living outside of Israel.   Vote Republican (if in the U.S); vote right wing if in EU countries and other parts of the world. The Democrat party has been antisemitic since the days of FDR. The only exception was President Kennedy, who was a Zionist. He did question Israel’s need for nuclear weapons, but that was in light of the arms race of the time. Carter was a proud Israel-hater and remained so far after his Presidency. Clinton brokered the most anti-Israel