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Blake Flayton

Lithuania’s Family Secret

“The Nazi’s Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was A War Criminal” is a story of one family’s secret and one country’s shame.

Russia’s Fifth Column

As long as Jews dare to be Jewish, we are a fifth column, guilty of treason, of espionage, of conspiracy, just from being ourselves. 

Joe Biden’s Two-State Miscalculation

When President Biden lends his support to a two-state solution but simultaneously pledges further support to UNRWA, he betrays the promises he has made to the Israeli people to prioritize their security.

The Danger of Nostalgic Zionism

When leaders of a nation long for the past, when they romanticize a version of yesterday to avoid addressing problems facing the nation today, it gives way to regressive policies that promise untold damage for their civilization. 

The Gift of a Jewish Mother

If my mother did not feel, if she did not ache at the sight of her children in anguish, she could not have seen the importance of what comes from such anguish.

Bob Dylan’s Bohemian Zionism

It wouldn’t be entirely fair to say that Dylan abandoned his Jewishness, especially if we consider a recording of his from 1983: “Neighborhood Bully.” 

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