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May 4, 2018, 7:27 AM

Empathy vs. ‘Representation’

The current cultural and political preoccupation with "representation" leaves much to be desired. Regrettably, it seems that either none have thought through this politically correct concept or, much more likely, none has had the gumption to challenge it and...

Jan 11, 2018, 9:28 PM

Citizens of the State of Uncertainty

Jewish residents in the heartland of the homeland - Judea & Samaria - deserve more than the State of Israel has accorded them. As self-respecting Jews and committed Zionists, they are idealists without illusions, for their ideals remain even...

Sep 29, 2017, 6:11 PM

Epoch of Puerility: The Top 12 Tips for Surviving 21st Century Cultural Lunacy

Judging by these first decades of the 21st century, the state of human maturity in western civilization leaves much to be desired. The scope and scale of psychological and emotional regression (if not atavism) is discouraging, a comedown from...

Aug 25, 2017, 11:06 PM

Book Review: The War on Error, by Martin Kramer

The War on Error Martin Kramer. Transaction Publishers/Routledge, $44.95 (342p) ISBN 978-1-4128-6499-2 A disciple and intellectual scion of Bernard Lewis, Elie Kedourie, and Shabtai Teveth, Kramer (Ivory Towers on Sand) casts himself as the custodian of the historical record and corrector...

Jun 21, 2017, 8:39 PM

Book Review: Collected Poems, by Esther Cameron

Collected Poems Esther Cameron. Of the Essence Press, $18.95 USD (680p) ISBN: 978-9-659-25634-1 The prize-winning poetess-scholar Cameron (Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan: Roots and Ramifications of the "Meridian" Speech) presents her expansive poetic oeuvre, a lifetime...

Jun 19, 2017, 3:44 AM

Sha’ar Ephraim/Sha’ar Shechem (Damascus Gate)

Sha'ar Ephraim/Sha'ar Shechem (Damascus Gate) for Hadas Malka and Hadar Cohen, z'l I sensed a Devorah—perhaps a Yael?—safeguarding the crenellated, north-facing gate of a city old and past tired of the slain and bloodstained in its midst. Maybe it was Judith, after all, incarnated and...

Jun 18, 2017, 10:14 PM

Rivers of Israel

The Land of Israel's numerous rivers sustain life—human, animal, and plant—as they channel through valleys, mountain ranges, and deserts into larger watercourses, lakes, or the sea. The main river in Israel is the famed Jordan, into which many important...

Jun 6, 2017, 8:44 PM

Valleys of Israel

The Land of Israel's quasi-N-shaped network of lowlands—including the Coastal Plain, Jezreel Valley, and Jordan Rift Valley (which includes the Hula Valley, Jordan River Valley, and Arava Valley)—breaks up what is otherwise a country of hills and heights comprising...

Apr 16, 2017, 5:17 AM

Mountains of Israel

Israel, land and state, is more mountainous than not. Only the quasi-N-shaped network of lowlands—the Sharon and Coastal Plains, Hula Valley, Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley, and Arava Valley—break up what is otherwise a country of hills and heights comprising...

Apr 5, 2017, 5:18 AM

Capitals of Israel

Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel, though it is hardly the only capital the Jews have known. In fact, there were a number of capitals established both before and after...

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About Me

Brandon Marlon is a Canadian-Israeli author whose writing has appeared in 250+ publications in 28 countries. His script The Bleeding Season won the 2007 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. His poetry was awarded the Harry Hoyt Lacey Prize in Poetry (Fall 2015), and he is the author of two poetry volumes, Inspirations of Israel: Poetry for a Land and People, and Judean Dreams. www.brandonmarlon.com.