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May 22, 2018, 7:58 PM

Tears at the Embassy

Although it seems like ages ago, it has been only a week since I attended the opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem. What I thought would be a day of excitement and joy turned into a day of...

May 15, 2018, 6:44 PM

Why I’m Not Writing about Gaza

Over the past 24 hours the world’s attention has been focused on the Israeli-Gazan border. As Gazans try to infiltrate our border, Israeli soldiers have been taking necessary and at times, even lethal action to stop them. The scenes...

May 13, 2018, 3:22 PM

President Trump – a Man of His Word

In a recent Washington Post article, it was claimed that according to The Fact Checker’s database, which analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president, in the 466 days since he took office, President Trump has...

May 6, 2018, 10:11 PM

Please Come Back, Mr. President

Mr. President, Next Monday will be an historic day here in Jerusalem, Israel. Although promised by many, and even enshrined in law, the American Embassy in Tel Aviv has never moved to Jerusalem, Israel’s rightful capital. You have courageously decided...

Apr 17, 2018, 12:36 PM

Yossi Klein Halevi, ‘It is more important to be smart than correct’

This past weekend Yossi Klein Halevi wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Israelis, Palestinians and the Necessary Injustice of Partition.” I consider Yossi a mentor, and I was hesitant to read a mentor’s possible critique of...

Mar 13, 2018, 11:58 PM

One Settler’s Appreciation of AIPAC’s Support for a Two State Solution

I am an Israeli Jew who lives in an all Jewish town in Judea and Samaria. This makes me a settler in the West Bank. I not only support Israeli Jews living in Judea and Samaria, I support expansive...

Mar 2, 2018, 4:04 AM

Why I AM Attending AIPAC

“It’s time you opened your eyes and left the AIPAC world,” is a criticism I hear often these days. This Sunday morning AIPAC will kick off its annual Policy Conference in Washington D.C. and it’ll be my 14th time...

Dec 27, 2017, 7:15 PM

Kudos, Ambassador Friedman!

Ambassador Friedman deserves to be hailed for his request of the State Department to cease using the term "occupation" to describe Israel's control of Judea and Samaria – the area the world calls the West Bank. Reportedly, Ambassador Friedman’s...

Dec 19, 2017, 10:29 PM

A Settler (Me) in Nabi Saleh, the Tamimis, T’ruah & Breaking the Silence

This past Friday, just like all Fridays, the town of Nabi Saleh featured its weekly riots against Israeli soldiers. What made this Friday different was that a few Nabi Saleh women from the Tamimi family were caught on video...

Aug 1, 2017, 5:02 PM

When Hate Overtook Love

I am not one to project Divine providence on to modern events. There are too many unknown factors in the world and devoid of prophecy we can’t know when God is interfering in the normal course of events. Yet...

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About Me

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski is a Rebbe at Yeshivat Migdal Hatorah in Modi'in. As a teacher, author and speaker, he teaches Torah and Politics, where he specifically emphasizes rational thought and conceptual analysis.