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Harold L. Katz

Harold L. Katz

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Akiva, You Have Consoled Us

There is a story in the Talmud, Tractate Makkot 24b, about Rabbi Akiva walking with other leaders of the Jewish people along the destroyed streets of...

20.05.2026 40

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Harold l. katz

Thank You for Teaching Us We Needed Our Own Land

Let me start today with a couple statistics that, if you are a thinking person, (sorry Tucker) should make you truly wonder how the United States and...

15.05.2026 50

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Liar Gonna Lie

If I was to say to you let’s start a contest. The only requirement for victory would be to answer one question. Can you build me the world’s most...

13.05.2026 20

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Woe to Him Who Knows Nothing

It should come as no surprise that coaches in the NBA trend left. There are quite a few reasons for this but mostly it is because the NBA office in...

07.05.2026 60

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Shoe is Not So Great on the Other foot, Huh?

You’re at the cool kids party or what is otherwise known as the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. All your friends are there rubbing shoulders...

28.04.2026 70

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Not Improbable, Impossible

One of my favorite things about Shabbat is I get to step off the world and spend time alone with my Creator, my family and my friends. Today, for just...

23.04.2026 70

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Our Only Choice

This week in Israel is very different beginning with last night’s Yom-Ha’zikaron-Day of Remembrance. It is a night when the entire country stops...

21.04.2026 70

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The World Needs Warriors

Do you think people even realize they live with it every day? Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Do they...

17.04.2026 60

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Harold l. katz

A Different Kind of Day….

Today is a different kind of day in Israel. Last night, when the day officially starts on the Jewish calendar, there were memorial events for the...

14.04.2026 60

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Harold l. katz

How Did We Get Here?

I must admit I’m really not all that smart. This won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who knows me, but what the people I am closest to have...

13.04.2026 60

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You had twenty years to fix it. Get out of the way

I’m confused. All the couch Johnny-come-lately foreign policy experts are in an uproar and I can’t understand why. The Iran war two week ceasefire...

10.04.2026 60

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Harold l. katz

The Land of ‎Israel ‎did not Betray Us

This will be the first of many blog posts here IYH on the Times of Israel website. In order to introduce myself, I will not write about the...

09.04.2026 60

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Harold l. katz