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Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski is a senior educator at numerous educational institutions. The author of three books, he teaches Torah, Zionism and Israel studies around the world.

The U.S.-Israel alliance—grounded in intelligence-sharing and strategic mutual benefits—has been wisely supported for decades.
After the establishment of the State of Israel, Zionists disparaged those Jews who still advocated for appeasement of the enemy as having a “galut mentality.” That claim continues today.
It is only by understanding the Palestinians, their demands and their culture of violence that one can realize that it isn’t the responsibility of Zionists to satisfy Palestinian demands.
A strong U.S.-Israel relationship has become as American as baseball and apple pie.
A statement by the senator from Maryland uses incorrect assumptions about the Palestinians to credit them for commitments they have not fulfilled.
The same weakness of character that saw some Zionists abandon Israel for Uganda still exists among the Jewish people today.
Despite claims being made on the world stage, Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are far from similar movements.
In the year since Oct. 7, antisemites around the world have felt emboldened to express their Jew-hatred in ways not seen since Nazi rallies.
But not everyone agrees that Jews have an exclusive right to it.