Michael N. Lerner

Author of "The Goldin Calf". I also know how to code. No relation to the actor or the Tikun guy.

[Michael N. Lerner @MichaelNLerner]

"Never a dull moment - romance, humor, and plot twists.. A very engaging and heartfelt coming of age story. Set in the 1980s - a realistic depiction of the clash between American secular and orthodox religions and culture... "
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🌿 טוב ויפה נפגשים אצלכם בסוכה 🌿

לקראת חג הסוכות, אנו משיקים את חדש, בו תוכלו להזמין קישוטים אמנותיים לסוכה — יצירות במגוון סגנונות, שמחברות בין אמנות עכשווית, מסורת וזהות יהודית.
כ"כ אפשר להזמין פוסטר לסלון או לכל חדר אחר.

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#independence

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#Nisan #Israel #Jerusalem

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Israeli Independence Day is approaching.

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#Passover #Jerusalem #Israel

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Fresh garlic is a sign that Passover is near.

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[Avi Abelow @aviabelow]

As we witness the latest hostages released looking like Holocaust survivors, it is truly unfathomable that the Israeli leaders and cheerleaders of the *Bring Them Home* campaign still refuse to acknowledge the immorality and danger they helped bring upon Israel.

Their relentless push for "a deal at any cost" emboldened Hamas, shifted international pressure onto Israel instead of the terrorists, and ultimately forced the Israeli government into an impossible position, with an anti-Israel Biden administration using their public pressure against Israel, instead of against our evil Islamic jihadist enemies. And yet, even now, they refuse to take responsibility.

Turn on the establishment media, and just yesterday you’ll see a doctor taking care of the recently released hostages being interviewed, repeating the mantra that "everything must be done to free the remaining hostages." Yet, she said nothing about their medical state, hostages who emerged emaciated, traumatized, and abused. And still, TV broadcasters continue blaming Netanyahu and his government, as if it’s Israel’s fault that Hamas kidnaps, rapes, and tortures innocent civilians.

Let’s be clear: hostage families have every right to say whatever they want—that is their personal prerogative. But the Israeli leaders, activists, commentators, and politicians pushing for deals at any price that reward terrorists, are a danger to society. Their stance is an open invitation to barbaric Islamic jihadists worldwide: Take hostages, and you will be rewarded for your evil, as society will pay any price.

Now, with negotiations for the second stage of the deal underway, we may finally be witnessing something different: a U.S. administration leading out of *morality*, not like the anti-Israel Biden administration, led by progressive ideology that ignores evil, and literally funded the evil barbarism against us (as I detailed in my post yesterday about USAID).

Trump, along with key figures like advisor Jeff Witkoff, has already distanced himself from the disastrous first-stage deal, making it clear that it was Biden’s deal, not theirs. Trump has *zero* patience for the slow drip of hostage releases and witnessing hostages that look like “Holocaust survivors” (his own words in the video below).

For the first time in modern history, we might see a U.S. administration that actually stands with Israel in achieving *total victory* over our enemies who have always been the aggressor. Not a ceasefire. Not a "humanitarian pause." **Victory.**

The war is *not* over, and it won’t be until:
1. Hamas is completely destroyed.
2. Gaza is no longer a launching pad for terrorism.
3. Israel is in total control of Gaza
4. Israel makes Gaza Jewish again
5. Hamas no longer has any of our hostages

This is the moment Israel must seize. With an ally like Trump, there is finally no daylight between Israel and the U.S. government. For the first time, the good guys—the Jewish state—might be allowed to truly win, while the bad guys—Hamas and their Islamic jihad allies—are wiped out once and for all.

Let’s see how Trump places the pressure on ghe evil forces instead of on Israel, as Biden, Blinken abd the “Bring them home” campaign leaders in Israel did.

That is the *only* way forward.

Am Yisrael Chai!!!

[David Hazony @davidhazony]

The way I see international law now:
1) World War II happened
2) The victors decided that the League of Nations had failed so they would do something better for them
3) they made everybody sign all kinds of treaties structured it so that they could claim a new world order based on western values of humanity, rights, and equality. Authoritarians played along. The most important of these laws was “don’t invade countries.” Countries in this order were like individuals in a democracy—sovereignty was the cornerstone.
4) they made the UNGA that gave everybody an equal voice regardless of how evil they were—BUT they gave it no legislative authority, because nobody would sign away sovereignty to a world government, and they weren’t crazy—democracies were the minority after all.
5) they made the UNSC so the victors could keep order and impose new “laws” that everybody had to follow
6) the majority of the permanent members were democracies but the communists had a veto too
7) but the Cold War was happening and the communists spent decades coming up with new ways to undermine the democracies’ structural advantage
8) the key was that the communists cared more about conquering the institutions than the democracies cared about preserving them
9) so democracies filled the institutions with people who were committed to playing along with the official rhetoric rather than actually caring about preserving Western dominance
10) inevitably the institutions became vehicles for authoritarian power
11) Israel was a convenient flashpoint for attacking Western authority and power—so much latent global antisemitism could be leveraged, it’s a small country so the West wouldn’t put up much of a fight, and the UN from the beginning made Israel less equal than others
12) USSR fell and it took some time but Russia eventually took the first shot against the core of it all, invading Ukraine with full knowledge that the UNSC would be paralyzed because they had a veto.
13) after 10/7 it became impossible to deny that the West had completely lost control of the game
14) it is only now, so many decades later, that the U.S. has had enough and sees that the system works far more against the West and its interests than for it. If they can do that to Israel, the U.S. is not far behind.
15) a new system will likely arise—I’m guessing it will include only the U.S. and committed allies, democratic or otherwise. At some point the U.S. will dismantle the UN by giving major incentives to other countries that will have to choose between the two systems.
16) the point is that the world order is in the process of being reinvented in the US’s favor. It will be rocky. But there is no going back.

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@Israellycool @kanyewest He seems to like CAPITAL LETTERS.

[הרב אורי שרקי @RavOuryCherki]

אינני זוכר מי אמר שהסופרים בזמננו ממלאים את התפקיד של הגלדיאטורים בימי קדם: לשעשע את הקהל על ידי הצגת ייסוריהם לראווה. נראה לי שמשהו מזה גם חדר לעולם התקשורת. ברגע שמשחררים רוצחים עטה התקשורת על המשפחות השכולות בבקשה להציג את ייסורי הנפש העוברים עליהם.

מאחורי הבקשות האלה מונחות הנחות סמויות. האחת, שהקשיים הנפשיים של המשפחות הם סוג של חולשה, של נכות, שיש לתת לה מקום של חמלה בעולמנו כדי לצאת ידי חובת הצביטה בלב. ההנחה הסמויה השנייה היא שההתנגדות לשחרור היא עניינם של הנפגעים, אף שמצד האמת זו תביעה מוסרית השייכת לכלל העם, הרואה כיצד הצדק נרמס. אם כך, ההליכים נגד המעשה הזה היו צריכים להיות זכותו וחובתו של כל הציבור ושל כל אדם ישר בלי קשר לשאלה אם הוא הנפגע או לא. מלבד זאת, הרי הפגיעה האפשרית בעתיד היא עניינו הישיר של כל אזרח בישראל ושל כל יהודי בעולם.

ההנחה הסמויה השלישית היא שיש להעמיד סבל מול סבל, משפחות החטופים מול המשפחות השכולות, והאחרונות מוצגות כמי שסבלן של הראשונות אינו נוגע להן. זו עמדה לא מוסרית הנובעת מהמחשבה שכל דעה מונעת מתחושות סובייקטיביות ולא מערכים.

בשל כל אלה לא הסכמתי להיענות לפניות התקשורתיות למיניהן להתראיין בעקבות שחרורו הצפוי של רוצחו של בני שלום יוחאי שרקי הי"ד בעסקת הכניעה שכפו עלינו ממשל ארצות הברית וציניקני התבהלה. הכאב האישי שלנו כמשפחה הוא ענייננו הפרטי, ואיננו צריך להיכנס לדפי התקשורת.

[Michael N. Lerner @MichaelNLerner]

#Rainbow in rainy #Jerusalem #Israel

[Yishai Fleisher يشاي ישי פליישר 🕎 @YishaiFleisher]

A deal with Hamas today means more hostages tomorrow.

Don't believe me? Just look at the Gilad Shalit deal which released the terrorists who would eventually lead October 7th.

But what about the hostages?? The sad reality is that most are probably dead and they were casualties of of the October 7th Massacre on day one. Israel must prosecute this war mercilessly - as though the hostages are dead - and if any come out alive, then it's a gift.

(Actually, they hostages are casualties of Israeli weakness and mistakes. Land giveaway to the Jihad. Passing money to Hamas. Looking away when the Jihad builds an massive underground terror network. We pay for stupidity with lives.)

There should be no deal with Hamas. Never. Hamas should be wiped out entirely - their name blotted out.

A "deal" would be a massive victory for Hamas, and will demoralize Israeli people and troops.

A "deal" today just means we're are helping prepare the ground for the next October 7th Massacre and kicking the can down the road for the next generation to face.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Rutgers SJP staged a protest outside of the Chabad House on campus, chanting “globalize the intifada.”

Our universities have devolved into cesspools of extremism.

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#Hannukah

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Good luck with that.

[i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN]

'For 11 years in Syrian society, it's been women who are building Syria because the men were fighting'

Women take to the streets in Damascus to demand equal rights and democracy after the takeover of Syria by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

@benitalevin

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@daas_torah @liv_laynee Krav means battle. Maga means contact.
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