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Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

The Ganei Tal Jewish community in Gush Katif being demolished during the disengagement from Gaza, Aug. 22, 2005. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Disbanding Gush Katif a failed experiment, says general who helped carry out evacuation

Many of the assumptions proposed by Israel’s military establishment ahead of land withdrawals have proven false, while the social impact of such evacuations have left deep scars.

Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

Aug. 12, 2019

Avigdor Kahalani speaks at the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism ceremony in Jerusalem. May 29, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

IDF commander who saved the Golan Heights from the Syrians has a message for the region

Avigdor Kahalani, who was awarded Israel’s highest military medal for defending the Golan Heights from the Syrians in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, recounts those heroic war efforts.

Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

April 1, 2019

Israeli journalist and New Right Party candidate Caroline Glick speaks at the Oz VeGaon reserve in Gush Etzion on Feb. 8, 2019. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Journalist turned politician Caroline Glick turns the spotlight on Blue and White Party, Israeli left

“The reason the center-right is the largest bloc in Israel is because people have become very disenchanted with the sort of cultish, irrational positions of the left, whether on strategic or economic or social issues.”

Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

March 12, 2019

The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir with his son, Yair Shamir, in 1986. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Yair Shamir: Why Yisrael Katz was wrong to quote my father about Poland

In an exclusive interview, Yair Shamir clarifies why acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz was out of context when he quoted his father, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and reveals some new information about his father, including his thoughts on the Camp David Accords, the Madrid Peace Conference and his great appreciation for cantorial music.

Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

March 1, 2019

Thousands of Jews march in a demonstration around the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, calling on the Israeli government to allow Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount, on the eve of the Tisha B’Av day of Jewish mourning, July 31, 2017. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

What can be done to battle Jewish assimilation?

“Early on, we asked ourselves, how will me measure success? Will we have Jewish grandchildren?”

Avrohom Shmuel Lewin

Jan. 27, 2019