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Rabbi Dov Fischer

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Rabbi Dov FischerOctober 6, 2021

Why Kamala Harris ignored a student’s anti-Israel remarks

Those of us who have followed her political career in California were not surprised by the recent firestorm she created.

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Rabbi Dov FischerAugust 22, 2021

Why rename Judea and Samaria?

No one calls Jersey City “the West Bank.” Why not? Too much history there? Too many biblical memories of Moses and Aaron buying shoes at Journal Square?

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Rabbi Dov FischerAugust 9, 2021

For anti-Zionists, ‘Palestine’ does not stop at the Green Line

When Israel’s enemies speak of “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” they don't mean just the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria.

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Rabbi Dov FischerMay 26, 2020

Applying sovereignty won’t be easy, but Israel is used to that

Time has run out on the Arab waiting game. Sovereignty won’t be simple—nothing of monumental historical consequence is. Only one more month to go.

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Rabbi Dov FischerMay 18, 2020

The strange state of politics in Israel and America

If you live in Israel, it is difficult to fully describe or explain Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Rabbi Dov FischerNovember 6, 2018

Why more Americans do not know the polite fellow who was not polite

We all know about Robert Bowers, the neo-Nazi who murdered 11 Jews in Pittsburgh. Yet most of us outside Brooklyn and some other New York City boroughs never have heard of James Polite. Who is he?

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