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Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a “Former Israel Supporter.” Him: “I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need – another kook aid drinking religious...

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a “Former Israel Supporter.” Him: “I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need – another kook aid drinking religious...

Jul 1, 2018, 3:20 PM

Naked before G-d

Praying, fasting and mourning the Temple's destruction on the Ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av. (Leeor Bronis/Times of Israel)

At the Western Wall, where we bare our souls before our Maker, Marisa Papen instead displayed haughty flesh

Jun 26, 2018, 9:40 AM

Never forget, despite the pain of remembering

Recently, I watched the award-winning movie, The Devil’s Arithmetic. It ís about a modern-day American girl, Hannah, who is apathetic to her Jewish roots and especially to her family’s survival from the Holocaust. Repeatedly, Hannah brushes off her relatives who want to tell her what...

Jun 19, 2018, 12:11 AM

Please Don’t Burn Israel Anymore

So why does Hamas in Gaza keep sending thousands of incendiary kites and flaming balloons into Israel? On one hand, they claim a “March of Return” to Israel–even though it’s the Jewish people that were forcibly expelled from just about every country in Europe and...

May 16, 2018, 6:11 AM

Never homeless again

This week saw the historic, miraculous opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. America’s symbolic home away from home with their friend and ally Israel is now in its undivided capital. President Trump is a builder of majestic building and projects, and he understands...

May 5, 2018, 6:35 PM

The Samson Dilemma

Recently, I watched the movie “Samson” on video on demand. It was the traditional story of Samson and Delilah that I have loved since I first heard it as a child. Samson the strong, the national Jewish hero, of 3,000 years ago, the Nazir, the...

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Andy Blumenthal is business and technology leader who writes frequently about Jewish life, culture, and security. All opinions are his own.