2025
“We Came to Banish the Darkness” – Between the Light of Reason and the Smartphone Flashlight
The West has forgotten itself… Israel remembers too much
And the light? It’s still there – but it takes courage to turn it on.
What They’re Really Selling When They Scream “Religious Coercion” and Go Silent When It’s Islamization
A post with a dash of humor and a dash of sadness about the astonishing gap between two words that are not really similar, but for some reason are labeled as “the same thing”:
A Pessimistic Post About a Nation Torn Apart
The rift will not be closed with a speech, nor a reconciliation post, nor a fake hug in the studio.
It will only be closed when one side stops lying or when the other side stops apologizing.
We Came to Banish the Darkness
How a Small Nation in the Middle East Became One of the Last Bastions of Freedom and National Pride in the 21st Century
Hanukkah: The Only Jewish Holiday Where We Light Fire and Everyone Actually Agrees Why
There are big holidays, there are important holidays, and there is Hanukkah – the holiday that reinvents itself every generation: once a national heroic story, then a miracle of oil, then a children’s holiday, then a 15-shekel donut holiday.
A Local Shower With Gusts of Panic
Remember the good old days, when rain was just… rain? When gray skies received at most a footnote like “Take an umbrella,” and not an emergency flash on the front page that made you think aliens had landed in Ayalon Canyon?
What the Academia Is Trying to Sell Us – Now That “Zionism” Is Practically a Curse Word in Philosophy Halls
If there is an institution that was once a beacon of knowledge, and now looks more like a broken lantern in a park in southern Tel Aviv – it is the academy.
Because what was once a place where truth was sought, today is a place where your identity is sought – to know if you are allowed to speak.
What They’re Really Selling You When They Say “All Religions Are the Same”
And this time, a satirical column, sharp but not inflammatory, that seeks to address one of the popular slogans of the humanist-relativist era.
