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My interview with Simcha Greiniman of Zaka International on Aish.com

My article, Risking His Life to Recover Bodies on October 7, is up on Aish.com. Not for the faint-hearted, but inspiring.

My Article on the History and Archeology of Beit Shemesh

My article, The Archeology of Beit Shemesh and the Stories It Tells, is up on Chabad.org. Hope you enjoy! And if you’re anywhere in the area, come visit!

From Islam to Judaism: Timor-David Aklin’s Tumultuous Journey

My latest article — an interview with an Israeli Arab convert to Judaism — is up on Aish.com. Hope you enjoy!

From Islam to Judaism: Timor-David Aklin’s Tumultuous Journey

Jewish Leap Years: My Latest History Article

The second in the history series for Chabad.org:

Leap Years, New Moons, and Self-Sacrifice: How the sages bravely maintained the Jewish Calendar in times of persecution

Hope you enjoy!

Part 1 of my story in Hamodia’s Inyan this week

The first installment of my story, To Follow a Dream, is in Hamodia’s Inyan Magazine this week. It’s about the Khazar king’s conversion to Judaism, based on the Kuzari. Hope you enjoy!

Jewish History series on Chabad.org

This is my first article in a series on Jewish history on Chabad.org:

Great Torah Teachers Who Descended From Our Enemies

Hope you enjoy! Have a good week!

My interview with Hadas Loewenstern

Hadas, whose husband fell in battle in Gaza this past Chanuka, shares chizzuk and inspiration in

Hadas Loewenstern’s Ultimate Revenge

published on Aish.com.

If you’re able to, please contribute to this fundraiser for Hadas and her children.

May we only hear good news!

Feature article in Inyan this week

My article, Sirens, Shelters, and Special Needs, about how people with disabilities are affected by the war in Israel, is in this week’s Hamodia’s Inyan Magazine.