Open Hostility Toward Israel: Will America Slide Quietly into the Abyss?

Throughout my years of leading tours to Israel, I have sensed a noticeable change in the American mindset toward Israel. For example, In 2016, I visited Washington DC for an AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy Convention, and part of the purpose was to lobby Congress for specific things regarding America's relationship to Israel. …

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As We Await the Verdict…

Friends, this morning (perhaps even as you read this) jury members are deliberating in a Plymouth MA courthouse to determine if a woman who admits to strangling her babies is really guilty. The absurdity is outrageous, but it points to where America is today, and more importantly, where we are headed. I think Amir Tsarfati …

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Commemorating Yom Kippur 2025

Tonight at sundown, Jews around the world will commemorate Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). It is one of the seven Biblical feasts God instituted for the Jewish people (Leviticus 23), and is the most somber of them all. As you know, each Jewish feast carries both deep Jewish traditional meaning and value, as well as …

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Elul: A Time for Reflection and Repentance

A new month is underway in Israel, and I'm not talking about September! According to the Hebrew calendar, the month of Elul commenced just over a week ago and marks a time of reflection and repentance for the Jewish people. It is the month before the fall High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom …

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