Twenty years ago, as Yasir Arafat turned many of his people from negotiations back toward terror, I wrote an 800-word essay in the Montreal Gazette “I am a Zionist” that changed my life. It was my Herzl moment: I went from being a proud but …
Zionism: New Goal
Twenty years ago, I wrote an 800-word essay “I am a Zionist” that literally changed my life, coming out as a Zionist activist as the terrorism against Israel built. Thanks to Noam Weissman and the super-talented people at OpenDor Media the essay has been updated and …
Just Decades After the Holocaust, the Woke Mob Targets Jews and America
Commemorating Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — in New York always felt vaguely foreign, even un-American, to me. Heavily-accented, emotionally-scarred Europeans would describe the dark days in that dark continent, forgetting that we were different. We American Jews lived in the land of light, …
My father, my 91-year-old COVID-19 hero – opinion
My father, Bernard Dov Troy (once Troyansky), turns 91 this Shabbat – but I won’t be with him to celebrate and give him one of those awkward-Jewish-man-hugs. The last time I visited my dad was the day after my mother’s shiva in March, 2020. We …
Netanyahu keeps saving Israel’s Left from the Right – opinion
Dear Bibi, We, the members of SIC, the Sane (but Stressed) Israeli Center, thank you. Your narcissism, your confusion between your needs and the state’s, saved Israel from a fanatic, ultra-religious-ultra-right coalition with a Kahanist tic that could have ruined Israel’s delicate internal equilibrium. Your …
Healing seders, nurturing unity
96 Healing seders, nurturing unity View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 24/03/2021 Healing seders, nurturing unity Last year, we interrupted our Seder-for-three at 8:30 p.m. A WhatsApp message pinging around Israel suggested going outside or opening the window then, so …
Zionist Texts for the Seder
Welcome Zionist Thinkers to your Seder! These texts from The Zionist Ideas bridge between our ancient fight for freedom and the challenges of today for more ideas of how to frame it -read this article and order the Zionist Ideas and Never Alone: Prison, Politics …
Why did Nitzan Horowitz encourage ICC’s targeting of Israel? – opinion
Dear Nitzan Horowitz, I understand you’re stressed. Your Meretz Party is begging for votes to get the bare minimum and remain in the Knesset. But you may have killed your party by justifying the International Criminal Court’s criminal singling out of Israel – and linking …
In the Spirit of Debate: My Response to Pomerantz
Today’s thin-skinned culture demands that I be offended that Sherwin Pomerantz “disagreed” with my recent article, “The Non-Negotiable Judaism My Parents Gave Me.” But his response thrilled me, even if half his argument misfires. I hoped my article would trigger debate — rather than be squashed …
Make ’em laugh: Using comedy to cancel ‘cancel culture’ – opinion
“Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population, and I’m gonna guess it’s the Jewish half,” Michael Che recently joked on Saturday Night Live. Che’s 18 words triggered thousands more, most expressing outrage, demanding apologies for his anti-Semitism. As someone with zero-tolerance for …