It is hard to put into words the levels of depravity that occurred on October 7th, 2023 and the utter atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists. It is harder still to reconcile the things that I have seen and witnessed from that day with the fact that I still want to maintain faith in humanity. It is just too horrible to comprehend. I cannot fit it into my paradigm of the world as an Alan Watts-esque “life as a game and dance” philosophy. But some things cannot be ignored. It is a choice between either sleepless nights as a result of acceptance of reality; or, denial of it…

Imagine if you will growing up in an active warzone. Picture the Blitz of London; or, for a more contemporary example, life for the past years in Ukraine. Now imagine a lower intensity but constant bombing and terrorism campaign against your home stretching out over decades, and one that occasionally escalates into unimaginable horror and tragedy…

I have written many times about the unbelievable historical miracle that is the modern nation of Israel. You may consider this article a synthesis of various things I have learned that I believe vital to understanding the Jewish nation and its place in history and in the ever-present moment…

After being involved in this fight for so long, I’ve learned a thing or two about the enemies of the tolerant society. It is no longer surprising to me to see antisemites lie even when the truth is presented directly in front of their faces. We’ve all heard the more egregious accusations of “genocide”, “apartheid”, and “ethnic cleansing” thrown ad nauseam against the Jewish state. No less evil are the assertions that Israelis kill Palestinians to harvest their organs or that Jews are “white colonialist”, “settler”, “occupiers” of the land they are indigenous to…