Feliz 2025!

 

Vida

 

 

 

A murmuration of starlings over the Avalon marshes, Somerset, UK

 

Hanukkah

 

 

 

"The Hidden Story of Chanukah", Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (2012)

Daniel Gordis

 

 

 

"Daniel Gordis Answers 18 Questions on the IDF’s Morality, the Hostage Crisis, and the Iranian Threat"

Feliz Hanukkah!

 

 

Happy Hanukkah!

 

Hebron, 1929

 

 

 

"1929: A harbinger of October 7th" - with Yardena Schwartz

Pagers

 

 

 

"How Israel's Mossad tricked Hezbollah into buying explosive pagers" | 60 Minutes

"Fire Dance" de Rama Burshtein-Shai

 

 

 

Trailer

 

Vida

 

 

 

A young male Antarctic fur seal, named JOCA by biologists, 

and likely carried by Antarctic ocean currents, 

makes a rare appearance on Ipanema beach, Brazil, earlier this week 

Israel

 

 

 

"What do we mean when we call Israel ‘The Jewish State’?", Einat Wilf (2018)

Gaza

 

 

"Debunking the Gaza Death Toll", Major Andrew Fox

David Baddiel

 

 

"Jews Don't Count"

 

Irão

 

 

 "Iran's Next Move" - with Raz Zimmt

 

 

וְאַל־יֹאמַ֣ר בֶּן־הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוָ֤ה אֶל־יְהֹוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַבְדֵּ֧ל יַבְדִּילַ֛נִי יְהֹוָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל עַמּ֑וֹ וְאַל־יֹאמַר֙ הַסָּרִ֔יס הֵ֥ן אֲנִ֖י עֵ֥ץ יָבֵֽשׁ

 

Let not the foreigner say,
Who is joined to GOD,
“ GOD will keep me apart from this covenanted people”;
And let not the eunuch say,
“I am a withered tree.”

כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁמְרוּ֙ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔י וּבָחֲר֖וּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑צְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי

 

For thus said GOD:
“As for the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,
Who have chosen what I desire
And hold fast to My covenant—

וְנָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֜ם בְּבֵיתִ֤י וּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙ יָ֣ד וָשֵׁ֔ם ט֖וֹב מִבָּנִ֣ים וּמִבָּנ֑וֹת שֵׁ֤ם עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּן־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת

 

I will give them, in My House
And within My walls,
A monument and a name
Better than sons or daughters.
I will give them an everlasting name
That shall not perish.

וּבְנֵ֣י הַנֵּכָ֗ר הַנִּלְוִ֤ים עַל־יְהֹוָה֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה לִֽהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִ֑ים כׇּל־שֹׁמֵ֤ר שַׁבָּת֙ מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים בִּבְרִיתִֽי

 

As for the foreigners
Who are joined to GOD,
To render service,
And to love GOD’s name,
To be devoted servants—
All who keep the sabbath and do not profane it,
And who hold fast to My covenant—

וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞ים אֶל־הַ֣ר קׇדְשִׁ֗י וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית תְּפִלָּתִ֔י עוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧ם וְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛ם לְרָצ֖וֹן עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י כִּ֣י בֵיתִ֔י בֵּית־תְּפִלָּ֥ה יִקָּרֵ֖א לְכׇל־הָעַמִּֽים

 

I will bring them to My sacred mount
And let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
Shall be welcome on My altar;
For My House shall be called
A house of prayer for all peoples.”

 

Isaiah 56: 3-7

 

Sionismo

 

 

 

"Politics: Emancipation & Political Zionism", with Einat Wilf (1/5)

Vida

 

 

 

Raccoons lounging at the Cinta Costera on Panama City’s waterfront 

 

Oxford Union

 

 

 

Mosab Hassan Yousef at the Oxford Union, on Israel and Palestinians 

Leonard Cohen

 

 

"The Partisan" (1969)

Síria

 

 

 

"This is a historic day for the Middle East.": Israeli PM on the Collapse of the Syrian regime

Oxford Union

 

 

 

"Jonathan Sacerdoti's speech defending Israel at the Oxford Union"

 

Einat Wilf

 

 

 

 "Einat Wilf answers 18 Questions on Gaza, Anti-Zionism, and the Israel-Hamas War"

Bret Stephens

 

 

 

"New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in Melbourne" (June 2023)

Vida

 

 

Spinner dolphins in the Rea Sea, Egypt

 

América

 

 

 "The Future of American Jewry", Rabbi David Wolpe

 

Elie Wiesel

 

 

Elie Wiesel Interview (1995)

 

Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

 

 

 

"Rabbi Yitz Greenberg in Conversation with Rabbi David Ingber: The Triumph of Life" 

Yossi Klein Halevi

 

 

 

"Yossi Klein Halevi Answers 18 Questions on the Iranian Threat, Anti-Zionism, and Israel’s Leadership"

Israel

 

 

 

"The Origins of the Nation Israel: Biblical, Historical, and Archaeological Data ", Benjamin Sommer

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

 

 

 

"Woke Elites Led Biggest ISLAMIST Cover-Up of Our Lives"

 

Vida

 

 

 

Canada geese inspect the freshly fallen snow at a park in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK

 

Natan Sharansky

 

 

 

"A Hero Speaks: Natan Sharansky on the US and Israel At This Hour"

Am Israel Chai

 

 

"אייל גולן – "עם ישראל חי

Major General Noam Tibon

 

 

 

 Major General (Res.) Noam Tibon in Conversation with Dr. Shira Efron

Natasha Hausdorff

 

 

 "Debunking the lies about Israel"

 

Líbano

 

 

"Growing up under Palestinian apartheid in Lebanon"

 

Gaza

 

 

"The Future of Gaza" with Haviv Rettig Gur

 

Vida

 

 

 

A Javan slow loris being looked after at the Mount Kendeng national park 

resort management area in Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia

 

Andrew Gold

 

 

"Why I'm Applying for a Foreign Passport"

 

Matisyahu

 

 

"King Without A Crown" (2009)

Israel

 

 

 "How Miss Israel Put on a Uniform to Fight Terror"

 

Natasha Hausdorff

 

 

 

 "INCREDIBLE Lawyer DESTROYS Islamist Lies about Israel" 

Hamas

 

 

Hamas tortures Gazans

 

Amsterdão

 

 

 

"POGROM IN AMSTERDAM" - with Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Omer Bigger

 

Vida

 

 

Two blue-throated macaws

 

 

França

 

 

 

"Under Police Protection for Researching Islamists in France", Florence Bergeaud-Blackler 

 

Rabbi David Wolpe

 

 

 

Rabbi David Wolpe on God, Israel & anti-Jew hate at Harvard 

Micah Goodman

 

 

Call me Back Podcast: "Israel, Iran, Trump, Harris"

Erin Molan

 

 

 

Erin Molan calls for people to maintain moral clarity on Israel 

Leonard Cohen

 

 

"Suzanne"

 

"Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she's half crazy, and that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you want to tell her that you have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength, and lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

 

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you think you'll maybe trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

 

And Jesus was a sailor when He walked upon the water
And He spent a long time watching from a lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him
He said all men shall be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But He himself was broken long before the sky would open
Forsaken almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

 

And you want to travel with Him
And you want to travel blind
And you think you'll maybe trust Him
For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

 

Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And the sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of The Harbor
And she shows you where to look amid the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

 

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust her
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind"

 

Lahav Harkov

 

 

 

Lahav Harkov Answers 18 Questions on Netanyahu, Hamas, and the Fight to Free the Hostages

Vida

 

 

 

A seal relaxes on the Thames foreshore in central London, opposite Canary Wharf

 

Brendan O'Neill

 

 

 

"Brendan O'Neill on October 7, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation" 

Israel

 

 

 

Call me Back #-278 | "ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN" with Nadav Eyal and Jonathan Schanzer

 

Colonialismo

 

 

 

 "On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice", Adam Kirsch 

Simchat Torah

 

Natasha Hausdorff

 

 

 

 "Blaming the Victims | The Legal Case for Israel", with Natasha Hausdorff

Israel

 

 

 

"Israel, Iran and the Middle East Proxy Wars Explained", Colonel Richard Kemp 

Vida

 

 

 

A sika deer at the Jaegersborg deer park north of Copenhagen, Denmark

Sukkot

 

 

Bukharian Sukkah, Israel (ca. 1900)

 

Resiliência

 

 

 

"Jewish Resilience in History: Remarks on the Anniversary of October 7", Henry Abramson

The Voice - Israel

 

"עד הסוף" 

Israel

 

 

Kol Nidre 5785 Sermon | Rabbi David Wolpe

 

Yom Kippur

 

Douglas Murray

 

 

"A Time of War"

 

Vida

 

 

Western toad tadpoles

 

Brendan O’Neill

 

 

 

"After the Pogrom", Brendan O’Neill and Batya Ungar-Sargon

 

1 Ano

 

 

 

"The Fighting Front Lines: Lessons from the most Consequential Year in Modern Jewish History"

7 de Outubro

 

 

October 7 

 

Natasha Hausdorff

 

 

"They have turned the World Against Israel"

 

Ano Novo

 

 

(1/2)

(2/2)

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, "Preparing for the New Year - Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur" (2011)

Shanah Tovah uMetukah!

 

Vida

 

 

Adélie penguin

 

Líbano

 

 

 

Israel's ground forces have entered Lebanon

 

Nasrallah

 

 

 

Call me Back #268 | "NASRALLAH DEAD, HEZBOLLAH CRIPPLED", with Nadav Eyal

Netanyahu

 

 

 

Netanyahu at UN: "I have a Message to the World - We are Winning"

Colonizadores

 

 

 

 "Why are Jews called 'Settlers Colonialists'", Adam Kirsch 

Sam Harris

 

 

"One Year Since October 7"

 

 

ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר

The word of the LORD came to me:

בן אדם ארץ כי תחטא לי למעל מעל ונטיתי ידי עליה ושברתי לה מטה לחם והשלחתי בה רעב והכרתי ממנה אדם ובהמה

O mortal, if a land were to sin against Me and commit a trespass, and I stretched out My hand against it and broke its staff of bread, and sent famine against it and cut off man and beast from it,

והיו שלשת האנשים האלה בתוכה נח דנאל [דניאל] ואיוב המה בצדקתם ינצלו נפשם נאם אדני יהוה

even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—should be in it, they would by their righteousness save only themselves—declares the Lord GOD. 

 

Ezekiel 14:12-14

 

Vida

 

 

A group of elk cross a beach in Yancheng, China

 

Hezbollah

 

 

"Why is the Left shedding tears over Hezbollah?"

 

Haviv Rettig Gur

 

 

 

 Haviv Rettig Gur Answers 18 Questions on Hamas, Western Media, and Netanyahu

Árabes

 

 

 

"How Arabs See Israel" | Syrian Activist on Learning to Love Zionists

 

Ishay Ribo

 

 

"Ein Li Milvadcha" (אין לי מלבדך)

 

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

 

 

 

Rabbi Sacks' Keynote Address at Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's 80th Birthday Gala Dinner (2018)

 

Lucy Dawidowicz

 

 

 

"The Political Journey of Holocaust Historian Lucy S. Dawidowicz"

 

Vida

 

 

 

A green and golden frog hides between bricks inside a sauna 

at the research centre of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia

 

9/11

 

 

Anti-sionismo

 

 

 

 "Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the Roots of Anti-Zionism", Paul Berman

 

6 Reféns

 

 

 

IDF reveals Terror Tunnel where 6 Israeli Hostages were murdered (i24)

 

Douglas Murray‬

 

 

"One Year Since October 7th", Call me Back Podcast

 

Israel

 

 

 

"On Gaza's Future, the Iranian Threat, and Israel's Use of Force", Efraim Inbar

 

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

 

 

 "A Letter in the Scroll", with Natan Sharansky, 

Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Dan Senor, and Rabbi David Ingber

 

Vida

 

 

 

A jaguar delivers the fatal bite to a caiman in Brazil’s Pantanal national park

 

Rosh Chodesh

 

 

 "The New Moon" - In the Life of Bevis Marks Synagogue

 

Ocidente

 

 

 

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Commencement Address at Harvard University (1978)

 

 

 

 

Rachel Goldberg Polin departs from her beloved son Hersh

 

 

 

The bodies of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, 

and Master Sergeant Ori Danino were found and recovered yesterday.

They were all taken hostage on October 7 and were murdered by the Hamas terrorist organization while in captivity in Gaza 

 

Mal

 

 

 

Rachelle Fraenkel on Israeli Trauma, Messianism, and Human Evil

Israel

 

 

 

"Should America be involved in Israeli Conflicts?", Michael Doran

Vida

 

 

 

An Andean Condor, the largest bird of prey in the world, flies over the outskirts of Santiago, Chile

 

Amor

 

 

"Is it a Mitzvah to Love Your Enemy?", Rabbi Shai Held 

The Voice - Israel

 

 

(2019)

Bonaparte

 

 

 

 "Napoleon's 12 questions to the Jews of France", Henry Abramson

Israel

 

 

 

"18 Questions on Judicial Reform, the Palestinian Authority, and Gaza’s Future", Gadi Taub

Universidades

 

 

 

"Prof. Shai Davidai on how Universities indoctrinated a Generation" 

Alma

 

 

 

"The Five most important Verses in the Bible", Rabbi David Wolpe

 

Vida

 

 

 

Duck at Göksu Park swims during hot weather in Ankara, Turkey

 

Irlanda

 

 

 

 "Ian O’Doherty: Why Ireland is ready to explode" | The Brendan O’Neill Show

 

Tefilah

 

 

 

"Prayer through a Lens of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy", Rabbi Mychal Springer

Tisha B'Av

 

 

 

"Jews pray in a synagogue on Tisha B'Av", Maurycy Trębacz (1903)

 

Media

 

 

"Why the Media loves to hate Israel", Lahav Harkov

 

Guerra

 

 

 

"Reflections on War, Civilization, and Israel's Fight for Survival", Victor Davis Hanson

2 Estados

 

 

 

"Why I no longer Support the Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine", Gadi Taub

 

Vida

 

 

A fox fleeing a wildfire in Butte County, California

 

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

 

 

 

"A Judaism Engaged with the World": The Great Synagogue, Jerusalem (2013)

 

Canja

 

 

"Nigella Lawson's Chicken Soup and Dumplings"

 

Israelophobia

 

 

 

"On the New Face of Antisemitism and the Battle for Western Values", Jake Wallis Simons  

 

Pirkei Avot

 

 

 

"Wisdom for Moderns, Young and Old," Rabbi Mark Gottlieb

 

 

Majdal Shams

 

 

 

IDF confirms elimination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr

 

Vida

 

 

 

A long-eared owl is released after being treated for serious wounds to its wing and neck 

at Ankara University’s veterinary faculty in Turkey