Category: Tamrurim (Guideposts)

  • What Might Have Been Possible (If the World Had Chosen It)

    What Might Have Been Possible (If the World Had Chosen It)

    This past week, I was with a small group of friends (on a boat, on a lake, in December in 75 degree weather, outside of ATL). All of us Jewish but from different kinds of upbringing and current way of living Jewishly; all of us left-leaning in our American political lens, although not 100% aligned…

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  • Waiting…Silent. Because I knew.

    I have not posted since the news came that the hostages were to be released and we had reached a ceasefire. That is because I knew … I knew it wouldn’t last, I knew Hamas couldn’t be trusted, I knew Israel would be blamed for violations when Hamas wouldn’t. I knew. I sit here and…

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  • Stark Contrast

    On October 7, 2025 Am Yisrael was drenched in sadness as we reflected on the 1200+ who perished two year prior and the more than 1800 who died in the two years since. We felt deep dread of the 40ish still held by terrorists in Gaza of which we only believe about half to still…

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  • 10/7/2025

    10/7/2025

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  • Tisha B’av

    Tisha B’av

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  • Highlighting Important Orgs

    Highlighting Important Orgs

    ALLMEP is a network of organizations that exist in Israel, Gaza and the disputed West Bank that focus on co-existence, partnership, equality, freedom and dialogue. I have been engaged with a few of them over the years. I encourage you to explore their partner orgs and the work they are doing. I want to share…

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  • It’s Personal

    My dear cousin Maya was in the middle of making me a voice note on WhatsApp, telling me her four children were hanging out in the mamad (safe room) watching Full House while she was taking a moment of calm to do some dishes and suddenly mid sentence she says, “siren have to go love…

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  • 600 Days

    This is a staggering amount of time. A lump in our throats, tears in our eyes, pain in our kishkes, ache in our hearts. For 600 days. Possibly 20 still alive, 58 total held captive. Devastating.

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  • Same Same.

    I wrote this Facebook post in July 2014 with this accompanying image. I could have written it today: It is important for my colleagues and friends to understand my views on this … I believe Israel military is in a fight with Hamas (a terrorist organization) to defend its citizens and not with the country…

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  • Zionism isn’t … Zionism is.

    Zionism isn’t … Zionism is.

    It would seem that lots of folks (Jewish and not, Jewishly educated and not) are very confused as to what Zionism is and isn’t. First, I offer this text study and this discussion guide for folks that are interested in digging into the concept a bit more through an historical and modern text/commentary lens. Zionism…

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  • Who is to blame for where we are?

    Who is to blame for where we are?

    As I am having the same conversation in many threads (and in texts), I thought I would share my response here as well. Of course I blame Iran and Hamas. But, I start with the UN. They are 100% complicit in what happened on 10/7. Israel had been telling the world for years about misused…

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  • Zionist and Pro-Palestin….

    Zionist and Pro-Palestin….

    The terms: Free Palestine. Pro-Palestinian. Pro-Palestine. are all at the heart of very tense exchanges (sometimes violent) between those that identify as Zionist and those that see Zionism as the antithesis of these terms. First of all, a person can be “yes, and …”, and secondly, I don’t think we are all even on the…

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