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Uri Pilichowski

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I am a grandfather, Rabbi, educator, columnist, and author. I tweet about Torah, Israel, Zionism. Opinions are my own. Latest book: “Together We Win” (2024)

Mitzpe Yericho, Eretz Yisrael
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict:. A store owner faces hooligans who throw rocks at his windows each night & claim his store is theirs. The police come and advise the owner to give up half his store to the hooligans. Store owner = Israel .Hooligans = Palestinians.Police = UN
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This column is a *MUST* read. Trust me. I review many books and write a review so that others who find the topic interesting can read the book. I infrequently call the book a must read, but when I do, I find the book essential to understanding the topic. Even more infrequently,
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#Livingthedream Day 4,000 Every Jew that has lived in the land of Israel since the Jewish people’s majestic return to the land over the past 150 years is a brick in a gigantic fortress that is the Jewish future. Over the past century and a half, a barren plot of land has been
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A Very Special Shabbos. A few weeks ago Aliza was driving and noticed the car next to her was filled with Chassidim and had a bumper sticker memorializing our friend and fallen soldier, Aviad Noyman הי״ד. It isn’t common to see Chassidim with bumper stickers memorializing fallen
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I’m so happy that you’ve gotten on board with Zionism. Jews began returning to Israel in the 1800’s. Jews consider themselves indigenous to the land since they lived there for thousands of years. Some discount their indigenous status and say their heritage only begins on the.
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Zohran Mamdani’s ancestry in Uganda traces to the 1800s, when the British Empire brought over 30,000 Indian laborers to build the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. The idea that he can’t include Africa in his identity is absurd. Americans need to understand the rest.
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They claim Palestinians in Gaza are starving in a famine. Yet not one Palestinian in Gaza has died of hunger in 20 months of conflict. They claim Israeli soldiers are shooting Palestinians at aid stations. Yet not one picture or video shows Israeli soldiers shooting at an aid.
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Don’t Read Unless You Want to be INSPIRED!. Two thousand years ago the pagan Romans destroyed the second Temple, murdered over a million Jews, enslaved millions more and exiled the majority (but not all) of the Jews from the land of Israel. Jews were spread around the world from
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How does the Torah think positions should be awarded? You’ll be surprised to find out in this Dvar Torah on the weekly Torah portion.
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🚨 Why call it a "ceasefire" when Hamas STILL holds hostages? They're inflicting pain, tormenting families, and putting lives in danger every second. So Israel pauses, but Hamas gets a free pass to keep harming hostages? 🤔 Demand REAL peace for everyone, including ALL hostages!.
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How to be a Good Host. In this week’s video on how to be a good host, I discuss making sure not to embarrass your guests and a few examples of pitfalls where that can happen accidentally.
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There is only ONE day left on this sale!. Buy a meaningful piece of history, a dollar bill given out by the Lubavitcher Rebbe!.
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In this week’s video on tips for Tefilah I talk about how much a good night’s sleep can enhance your Tefilah.
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There’s nothing like teaching people of all ages about Torah, Israel and Zionism. I was able to teach four different groups from all over the world that ranged in ages from 20 to 80. We focused on the Jewish people’s connection to the land of Israel and the miracles of the last
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What is the Truth about Settler Violence? . As an educator, I aim to clarify complex issues with compassion. Recent reports of violence by Israeli settlers and hilltop youth in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) demand attention. While condemning harm against innocents, we must
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Is 'Globalize the Intifada’ a call for Palestinian liberty or violence? In this article for @MideastJournal1 I offer a nuanced explanation to this timely question.
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As children were trained to think of mitzvos and aveiros as a kind of scoring system with God awarding and deleting points on some sort of Divine scoreboard. Our teachers expected us to think further but unfortunately many of us haven’t advanced in our thinking…yet. In this
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Anti-Israel Bans Hurt Palestinians. I live in a midsize town called Mitzpe Yericho. It is located 10 KM northeast of Jerusalem (about a 20 minute drive) and 3 KM West of Jericho. I live in the desert in an area that houses Jews, Arabs, and Bedouin. Our area boasts residential,
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In this week’s video on Jewish law, I discuss the mitzvah to stand for the elderly and some examples where this mitzvah applies today.
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Book Review: On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization by Douglas Murray . Six years ago, at the last AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC a friend of mine said I have this friend at the conference from England who is here as a speaker, your
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The Truth About International Law’s Betrayal of Zionism . I ran an experiment yesterday where I asked people to explain the flaw in the video below that argued that Israel's establishment of a Jewish state in formerly British Mandate Palestine by comparing it to historical
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