UN Complicity with Hamas

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "UN Complicity with Hamas."

The claim that the UN is effectively an arm of Hamas is provocative, but the evidence—disproportionate resolutions against Israel, complicity with Hamas through UNRWA, delayed responses to atrocities, inaction on hostages, and officials like Francesca Albanese misrepresenting credentials while distorting facts—lends credence to the critique. The UN’s systemic biases, structural flaws, and failures to uphold its founding principles suggest it has strayed far from its mission. While not a literal arm of Hamas, the UN’s actions (or inactions) often align with the interests of terrorist groups, undermining its credibility as a force for global peace.

To force accountability and reform, member states must consider defunding dysfunctional UN functions and bodies, such as UNRWA or the Human Rights Council, which perpetuate bias or enable terrorism. Targeted financial pressure could compel the UN to address its failures, prioritize impartiality, and restore its moral authority. Without such decisive action, the UN risks remaining a tool for political agendas rather than a beacon of justice.

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UN Complicity with Hamas

Against All Odds, We Must Survive

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Against All Odds, We Must Survive."

While it is blatantly obvious, so many people—perhaps many well-meaning—just don't seem to understand the terrorist's strategy and use of propaganda, lies, and disinformation to play the victim and get sympathy.

Even after decades of the Arabs rejecting peace and partition, opting instead for radical Islam and the relentless pursuit of intifada and jihad (culminating in such barbaric attacks as 9/11 and 10/7), the terrorist wolves effectively make themselves into the innocent sheep being ruthlessly slaughtered. And who doesn't want to protect the poor little sheep?

Opponents to the Western-dominant world order—Russia, China, Iran, and Qatar— surreptitiously direct, facilitate, and sponsor the global chaos and are laughing their heads off at our naiveté and what they see as our ultimate self-destruction.

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Against All Odds, We Must Survive

Superheroes

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Superheroes

G-d is Everywhere

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G-d is Everywhere

Who Are the Colonialists?

Who Are the Colonialists?

Miracle of Jerusalem ❤️

Miracle of Jerusalem ❤️

Who Are You to Threaten Israel?

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Who Are You to Threaten Israel?"

It is especially troubling to see the UK, France, and Canada—nations whose own histories are marred by unaddressed injustices—so quick to condemn the world’s only Jewish state as it struggles for survival in a region and a world that has too often been inhospitable, if not outright hostile, to Jews. These countries, whose own “glass houses” were built on the suffering of others, would do well to reflect on their own histories before casting stones at Israel, which continues to fight for its very existence.

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Who Are You to Threaten Israel?

Justice meets the Corrupt Antisemites at Harvard

Justice meets the Corrupt Antisemites at Harvard

Murdered Couple: So Much for Pro Hamas Terrorist Free Speech and "Non-Violence"

Murdered young Jewish-Christian couple soon to be engaged —Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim— who were Israeli embassy staff and were coming out of the Jewish Museum in Washington DC.

Murdered Couple: So Much for Pro Hamas Terrorist Free Speech and "Non-Violence"

Flight Helmet

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Flight Helmet

Beach Rainbow

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Beach Rainbow

Shul BBQ

 

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Shul BBQ

Kabbalah Meets the Dalai Lama

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Kabbalah Meets the Dalai Lama."

In 1990, a groundbreaking interfaith journey occurred when a group of rabbis traveled to Dharamsala, India, to engage in a historic dialogue with the Dalai Lama. This unprecedented meeting, later chronicled in Rodger Kamenetz’s acclaimed book The Jew in the Lotus, became a milestone in Jewish-Buddhist relations. The gathering explored profound questions of spiritual continuity, resilience, and the search for meaning across traditions.

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Kabbalah Meets the Dalai Lama

Nakba - It's all Propaganda!

Nakba - It's all Propaganda!

Pendant Map

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Pendant Map

Boat in Lake

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Boat in Lake

SHAME on Karim Khan and ICC

Absolute power corrupts absolutely!

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SHAME on Karim Khan and ICC

Paddle Boarding

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Paddle Boarding

To Understand Israel, Look to Taiwan

  

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "To Understand Israel, Look to Taiwan."

Despite being separated by more than 8,300 kilometers, Israel and Taiwan share striking parallels in geography, population, political values, economic dynamism, and military strategy. Both face existential threats from far larger adversaries and rely on innovative military deterrence doctrines—Israel’s Cactus and Taiwan’s Porcupine—bolstered by strong U.S. support. Their resilience and commitment to democracy and independence not only shape their futures but also serve as fortresses of stability and hope in regions marked by uncertainty and contestation.

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To Understand Israel, Look to Taiwan

Bring Them Home

Bring Them Home

Happy Days

Happy Days

Masada 🇮🇱

Masada 🇮🇱

Flower Teapot

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Flower Teapot

Holy Torahs

Holy Torahs

Neither Peacenik nor Kahanist

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Neither Peacenik Nor Kahanist."

A popular misconception is that you are either a foolhardy peacenik who doesn’t know how to defend the country or you are an extremist nationalist who promotes violence. The reality is, as King Solomon said, to everything there is a time and place.

 
While the Rebbe’s approach of peace through strength is often mischaracterized as hawkish, Pearl clarifies that it is, in fact, deeply humanitarian. The Rebbe’s goal is to end the bloodshed and foster a reality where former enemies can become friends, in line with the Torah’s teaching to “eliminate sins, not sinners.” He advocated for a rigorous, informed pursuit of peace that upholds the dignity and rights of all people, without succumbing to naïve or simplistic solutions.

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Neither Peacenik nor Kahanist

Hating It Here

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Hating It Here

Bernie Sanders Doppelganger

Bernie Sanders Doppelganger

Colorful Overhang

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Colorful Overhang

Cafe Bar

Cafe Bar

Quick Clean

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Quick Clean

Israel & Gaza: Separating Fact from Fiction

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Israel & Gaza: Separating Fact from Fiction."

Eighteen months into a conflict marked by unfathomable loss, one of the most disturbing things we see is the reinvention of what actually happened. The terrorists and their supporters spew an endless stream of hate and lies. It is crucial to continue to dispel their myths and hold on to the truth.

Hamas’s ideology of hate and annihilation meets Israel’s resolve to survive and achieve a lasting peace. Amid the ashes of Gaza, faith remains our compass and the Jewish state, our beacon.

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Israel & Gaza: Separating Fact from Fiction

Finish Line

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Finish Line

Space Ship

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Space Ship

Now That's a House

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Now That's a House

And You Shall Love

And You Shall Love

Hippie Mobile

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Hippie Mobile

Israel’s Urgent Need to Boost Defense Spending

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Israel's Urgent Need to Boost Defense Spending."

Israel’s survival hinges on its ability to confront existential threats with unrelenting resolve. Already allocating an extraordinary 8.8% of GDP—$46 billion annually—to defense, a 65% surge since the October 7 atrocities, Israel must further escalate investments in its military capabilities. This urgency persists despite ranking 15th globally in defense spending and receiving $3.8 billion in annual US military aid, supplemented by wartime emergency packages. The Jewish state faces an unparalleled convergence of adversaries: Iran’s regime—armed with nuclear ambitions, ICBMs, and drone swarms—orchestrates proxy wars through Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, while the United Nations and global anti-Zionist movements wage diplomatic and ideological warfare.

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Israel’s Urgent Need to Boost Defense Spending

Flowers x 3

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Flowers x 3

Heads Up Close Quarters

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Heads Up Close Quarters

Octopus Climbing Up Building

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Octopus Climbing Up Building

Decked Out Jeep

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Decked Out Jeep

From Destruction to Rebirth

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "From Destruction to Rebirth."

As the Jewish people, we have routinely known destruction and rebirth. It is hardcoded into our Jewish DNA that when we sin, we incur (G-d forbid) His punishment, and when we find our way back to Hashem and do teshuvah then we are blessed with His merciful redemption.

This Passover, let us recommit to doing good in this world and in helping to move all our people from the Diaspora to "Next Year in Jerusalem" and the speedy rebuilding of the Holy Temple. Oh G-d, please complete our final redemption and let it be!

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From Destruction to Rebirth

Dinosaur

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Dinosaur

Rainbow Flowers for Chag Peseach Sameach 2025

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Rainbow Flowers for Chag Peseach Sameach 2025

Passover with Chabad

Passover with Chabad

G-d Bless the Israel Defense Forces

G-d Bless the Israel Defense Forces

America and Israel best friends and allies! 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

America and Israel best friends and allies! 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

Kid's Train

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Kid's Train

How Low Will the Antisemites Go?

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "How Low Will the Antisemites Go?"

We are witnessing a modern-day blood libel against the Jewish people, a perverse and absurd campaign that blames Jews for events they had no hand in, casts them as the architects of all global evils, and perpetuates the tired trope of omnipotent control over humanity. This litany of blame spans centuries—from the crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans, to the tragic yet mistaken attack on the USS Liberty amid the chaos of the 1967 war, to the assassination of JFK by lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, and even the 9/11 attacks orchestrated by Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda henchmen. The scope of evils falsely pinned on the Jewish community is staggering, encompassing acts explicitly forbidden by our faith—usury, pedophilia—and even sprawling socio-political and economic ideologies like communism, stretching from Russia to China, North Korea, Cuba, and beyond. Most outrageously, Jews—who constitute less than 0.2% of the world’s population—are accused of wielding dominion over media, banking, governments, and, absurdly, even the weather itself.

Since October 7, the venom has intensified, with Jew-haters hurling charges of genocide, infanticide, and a litany of war crimes against Israel. These accusations persist despite the undeniable truth: the war in Gaza was initiated by Hamas, a terrorist organization that has constructed hundreds of miles of terror tunnels, cynically embedded itself in schools, mosques, hospitals, and homes, and provoked a conflict that, remarkably, has resulted in the lowest civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio of any urban warfare in history.

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How Low Will the Antisemites Go?