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Mar 27, 2018, 6:44 AM

Israel’s Occupation and Its Human Rights Record — A Response

Rabbi Robert Wolkoff’s recent response to Rabbi Aryeh Meir’s March 2nd op-ed about Israel’s occupation, should have sufficed. It was well written and argued the major issues about the Palestinian refugees being a Pan-Arab problem and not one for Israel to resolve. It explained the reasons...

Mar 8, 2018, 9:12 PM

Is a Jewish #MeToo movement any different?

I’ve been following the #MeToo movement and I’ve been fascinated by the rise of the counter-offensive against aggressors who have been defaming, attacking, and violating women with impunity for generations I was proud and happy to see how these unabashed womanizers finally are being put...

Feb 8, 2018, 9:06 PM

Personal Sacrifice as Self-Preservation

Over the many articles I’ve written in recent months, I’ve always known that there is one topic about which I wanted to write, but I lacked a sense of having a clear message. And while I am still not sure if it is ripe enough...

Jan 18, 2018, 8:46 PM

The all-too-real Trump effect

No, I haven’t become a Trump lover. The president’s pathological narcissism continues to irritate my sensibilities, but I feel that we need an honest examination of the Trump hysteria. Rodney Dangerfield said, “I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being...

Dec 14, 2017, 6:11 PM

Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel — the blessing and the curse of it all.

U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is as complex a topic as the Middle East itself. On the one hand, it represents a reversal of a long injustice, a farce inflicted by a hypocritical world on Israel, the only country whose sovereign...

Sep 29, 2017, 5:02 PM

Dancing with the Torah — In search of its author

It’s that time of year again, the conclusion of our high holidays, when we celebrate the beginning of the new cycle of the reading of the Torah. It is the same Torah we received at Sinai. It is also during this time of year, that...

Sep 7, 2017, 5:59 PM

Rabbi Goldin – Great friend & Great leader.

A few Shabbatot ago, we gathered at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood for what was labeled as a town-hall meeting. That was a popular format that our rabbi had instituted years ago to tackle hot-button issues that were troubling our community at various junctures. This time...

Aug 20, 2017, 8:17 PM

A Follow Spree – America in the 21’st

A ‘Follow Spree’ is just what it sounds like. A person will quite literally follow hundreds of people on some form of social network, to find out where a celebrity will appear, what he or she said, will be wearing, etc. Being a celebrity seems to...

Jul 9, 2017, 11:53 AM

Israel Vs American Jewry – Conflict – Real or Fake?

Netanyahu’s reversal on his personal promise, and his government’s commitment to egalitarian prayer at the Kotel, is not a new phenomenon in the systemic capitulation to the Charedi blackmail of his 61-member coalition. Many governments before him have yielded, bowing down to the extortion of...

Jun 27, 2017, 10:38 PM

Regime of the Extreme – The struggle for Israel’s spirit.

Israel – A religious Zionist state or a Charedi Ayatollah state? We’ve heard the news before: Israel’s Chief Rabbinate rejects conversions authorized by top U.S. Orthodox Rabbis. Israel’s government has rejected the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of women being allowed to read from the Torah...

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About Me

Soli now lives in the US, but he was born in Romania and later lived in Israeli boarding school Hadasim, as part of the Aliyat Hanoar. He served in the Israeli Air Force, and graduated with a degree in architecture from the Technion. After settling in Jaffa, he moved to the US and had several businesses. He has been married for 37+ years, and is the father of 4 and grandfather of 4.