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Nov 1, 2019, 11:26 PM

The Secret to Successful Aliyah (A True Story)

May 26, 2019 was my 10-year “Aliyahversary.” I was sure when the time came to mark double digits I’d celebrate with fireworks, or at least write a blog post. When the day finally came, it felt like one big...

Aug 25, 2019, 7:14 PM

When will Jews learn? This was all so predictable.

When I started writing in this space five years ago, I would worry sometimes I was being too hyperbolic. Now I worry about not being enough. July 9, 2015: Nov. 23, 2016: ___________________________________________________________________________ Moshe the Beadle. Every living Jew should know Moshe the Beadle. The very...

Mar 11, 2019, 12:00 AM

Hypnotized by Israel? Hypnotized by the Jews.

It’s not easy being pro-Israel in today’s America. To begin with, the notion that any country filled with millions of people from different races and faiths should be judged in such wide-sweeping generalizations as to characterize one’s attitudes towards...

Feb 22, 2019, 12:54 AM

Israel is a centrist country

Combine deep socialist roots with grave security concerns and you get citizens who buck the usual left-right divide

Nov 9, 2018, 4:23 PM

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My fellow Jews, It’s the first Shabbat after a bloody US midterm election campaign. Truth be told, it’s been a bloody few years. A cancerous tumor has infected World Jewry, tearing at the fabric from every corner – American vs. Israeli,...

Nov 7, 2018, 10:20 PM

It takes two to divide

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This god of ours has a wicked sense of humor. It keeps playing the same joke on us over and over and over again. It can’t get enough. No matter how many times we repeat the cycle, it still...

Nov 5, 2018, 6:13 AM

FYI: British Left hates Jews – won’t condemn Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

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Dear America, I know it’s been a tough week, especially for Jews. Whenever you’re feeling down keep this in mind: It could always be worse. You could be living in the UK, where the British Left hates Jews so much – all this...

Nov 3, 2018, 10:54 PM

America is Playing with Fire

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America has been on this new road in history for almost 3 years now. Europe started however many years earlier and is that much further ahead. In Europe it was a slow, steady stream with short bursts that amplified it. There...

Oct 28, 2018, 11:59 AM

Israel or Diaspora? – Part 3: The only realistic solution

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I wrote this a few days before the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The intention was to highlight the only realistic solution for Israel, not the Diaspora. Now I'm starting to believe it's for both. (More about America's anti-Semitic tumor...

Oct 27, 2018, 7:37 PM

Israel or Diaspora? – Part 2: How it is when Politics is Religion

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Opened at random when writing this article, specifically for the purpose of documenting what’s happening in Israel at any random time of the day (colorful text added separately with no consent from timesofisrael.com)

We can talk about how it should be, or we can talk about how it is. To pay lip service to the former, Jews all over the world deserve a say in Israel’s religious affairs. I’d even say a vote....

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Yoni Leviatan is a British-born, American-raised, Israeli-blooded musician, content producer, brand strategist, presenter and political commentator (who isn't?) who loves to think out loud. Usually about Israel. Originally from Coral Springs, Florida, Yoni has been living in Tel Aviv since 2009, returning to the land of his parents and grandparents and ancestors before them. Click to watch his videos. Click to hear his music.

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