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During the last few weeks, I have been receiving many “forwards” on a family chat. Some of the items represent passionate cases for the need to support Torah learning over everything else. “Without learning in the yeshivas and Batei Midrashim we will lose the benevolence of G-d.” Equally passionate are the arguments advocating service to our country. Reservists (miluimnikim) and their families are pulled away from their lives for hundreds of days. Fighting soldiers face bullets, rockets, and IEDs with no relief in sight. “Israel cannot continue unless the burden is shared.”

Just over four years ago, I wrote a column for this newspaper correctly predicting that by antagonizing allies, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, were in danger of losing their grip on power. Both have suffered setbacks and humiliation since. Netanyahu is well on the way to restoring his reputation. Is Andrew Cuomo poised to do the same?

For several months, a grave accusation has circulated with mechanical regularity: Israel is allegedly starving Gaza’s civilian population.

For those who obsessively pay attention to local and national politics to a degree that is probably less than healthy, certain patterns emerge. One of the patterns that is happening nearly every week from the Democrats is the increase in rhetoric, theatrics, and melodrama. Whether it’s Cory Booker breaking the filibuster record over literally no piece of legislation or the increased cursing on social media and in speeches, Democrats, who have no federal power at this time, are doing everything they can to convince the American people that this time, they will wield their power for the good if given another chance. In the latest desperate bid for attention, over 50 Texas Democrats fled the state over a new congressional redistricting map.

In April 2014, the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 young women aged between 16 and 18 years old. This act of evil sent shockwaves around the world, yet there were no militaries willing or able to stand up to them. Instead, a social media campaign called #BringBackOurGirls was started, with a photo of Michelle Obama holding up a sign becoming the face of this useless display of inaction.

The anti-Zionist mayoral candidate is getting advice from former President Barack Obama, while a growing number of party leaders are echoing the genocide blood libel.