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Within a month after the beginning of the war in Gaza, many voices around the world started screaming that there was no food for the people in Gaza. Hypocritical liberals begged Israel to send food and supplies as part of humanitarian assistance so “innocent” civilians wouldn’t die of starvation. The government of Israel held strong for a few days but quickly buckled and succumbed to world pressure. Food was sent in by the truckload. Most of the food, however, did not reach the people. It was seized by Hamas for their personal use or sold on the black market for loads of cash, so the starvation continued, and so did the world pressure, as if it was Israel’s fault that Hamas was letting its own people starve.

I told everyone I knew living in the United States to vote for Trump, and I’m very happy he won. I believe that he will be good for America as well as a strong ally for Israel. His Cabinet picks have been amazing, and there’s no need to explain how pleased we are with his choice of Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel. That said, and contrary to the feelings of many of my fellow Israelis, the Mashiach will not been riding into Washington on January 20.

October 7 will never be forgotten.

Over the last few years, there has been a growing movement and trend called “Thank You, Hashem.” I applaud the work they have done; but, sadly, there has been a major part that has been forgotten. It’s called thanking Hashem on the national level. Allow me to explain what this means.

This past Shabbos, my shul in Herzliya was all over the news – but not for anything we did. We were on the receiving side of anti-government demonstrators breaking illegally into our locked building to distribute their hate-filled propaganda. Let me explain what happened.

As we leave the month of Av, there is one thing I need to get off my chest. During the Nine Days, Tish’ah B’Av, and even afterwards, I watched many videos that focused on the challenges we are currently facing. These were all amazing productions, and I thank each and every one who was involved in bringing these projects to life.