Jonathan Feldstein
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Ben & Jerry’s, Boycotts and Israel
Ice cream lovers have their preferences both in flavors and brands. Recently, Ben & Jerry’s turned the stomachs of many by announcing a boycott of Israel that’s bad for Israel, the Jewish people, even for Palestinian Arabs—and will be bad for them. Twenty years ago, Ben & Jerry’s was purchased by corporate giant Unilever. It …
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‘Til Kingdom Come’ Unmasked: Gross Misrepresentation in Israeli Documentary
Til Kingdom Come is a new Israeli documentary that was ostensibly produced to share about the blessing to Israel of support from Christians. It turned out to be a gross misrepresentation of what that support is about, at best capturing a snapshot of the phenomena of Christian support for Israel at a single point in …
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How a Scary History Is Repeating Itself in the Middle East
A confluence of current Middle Eastern events, and a 38th anniversary observed this month, may foreshadow a similar outcome from then, in the future. The Middle East events unfolding are unique and parallel on two fronts: Iran and Turkey. But there is a connection. With Iran increasing its hostility to the US, Israel and world …
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What Should We Do With Rashida Tlaib’s Revisionist History?
Rep. Rashida Tlaib suggesting that her people made way for Jews in “Palestine” is dishonest and whitewashes the historical reality that the leaders of the indigenous Arab population of Ottoman and British-controlled Palestine colluded with the Nazis to exterminate the Jews of Europe and Palestine. Her recent remarks beg anyone of decency to call out …
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Biblical, Historical Reasons America Supports Israel
While an array of recent controversies have developed from members of Congress around U.S. support of Israel, the fact is America is and was always pro-Israel. This is built on the foundation of early American leaders who understood the significance of Israel based on common Judeo-Christian values and solid biblical imperative. Of course, when the …
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What America’s Memorial Day Means for Israel
Each year, I try to think of how to depict Memorial Day in Israel in a way that’s meaningful and juxtapose it in relation to how it’s observed in the US. Many thoughts race through my head. And each year. I see Memorial Day through a different prism. This year’s prism is through adopting a …
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Is South Africa’s Drought a Spiritual Result of Genesis 12:3?
We live in a very modern world so much so that the mere ability to read this article is the result of a sophisticated electric grid, an internet that’s turned the world into a virtual community and any number of devices on which this can be read. Innovation and technology has abounded more in the …
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Sweet 16 Brings Heavy Responsibilities for Israeli Youths
As a kid, I recall going to friends’ Sweet Sixteen parties, but it’s a distant and vague memory. As common it is to celebrate this milestone in the U.S., in Israel it’s a milestone that’s noted very differently. With my oldest son turning 16 recently, it gave me pause to reflect on this difference. In …
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When Anti-Semitic Hatred Fuels More Unthinkable Violence Against Children
On Christmas day, Ayala, an 11-year old Jewish Israeli girl and her father were driving near their home in Samaria when their car was targeted, and took a direct hit, by a Molotov cocktail. Ayala suffered third-degree burns over most of her body and remains in critical condition, improving but still in danger of losing …
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What if Jesus Were Born Now?
The recent wave of terrorist incidents that has Israelis looking over their shoulders—both literally and figuratively—overlapping with the holiday season, got me thinking: What if Jesus were born today? As 2014 ends, Israelis have been plagued with war, increased terrorism, and an ongoing incitement of violence and worse. Jesus was a Jew. He was born …
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Israeli Terrorism Victim: ‘What Man Meant For Evil, God Meant for Good’
This week, Kay Wilson observes an auspicious anniversary, one in which she’s just grateful to be alive to experience, despite the many challenges that befell her in 2010. If you meet Kay today, immediately you see her zest for life, her boisterous outgoing personality. As you get to know Kay, you learn about and appreciate …
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Israelis: ‘We Choose Life’
Toward the end of his life, Moses makes a fascinating declaration to the Jewish people that would seem so intuitive one has to ask why it’s even mentioned. In Deuteronomy 30:19-20 he charges, “I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and …
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Come to Israel, Davka Now
I’m often asked whether it’s safe in Israel. I can’t help but feel a palpable sense of disbelief when I tell people that despite the challenges we have, I feel safer here myself, and raising my children here, than when we lived in the United States. I understand the disbelief because I see how Israel …
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‘I’m Here Because I Love You Back’
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Thanksgiving and Chanukah are in the same season. Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. Growing up and living in the U.S., it’s part of the prism through which I still look at the world, even while living in the Judean mountains, raising my children here, and living God’s promise to …
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Israel: A Different Reason to Be Thankful
This week marks a special milestone and anniversary in the history of modern Israel and Israel’s rebirth as the nation-state of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations approved resolution 181, laying the foundation for the State of Israel to be born six months later. The Jewish …