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Mendy Shapiro

Mendy Shapiro is a TV creator and producer (“Now Close,” “Connected,” “Biblical Archaeology”), columnist for Israel Hayom and Zman Israel. A writer-researcher who explores Judaism and religion, history, philosophy, psychology, culture, current affairs, and politics. At 27, Mendy brings a free, independent voice -unbound by ideological camps, guided by curiosity and conviction.


Charlie Kirk OBM
History's Tragic Warning.

A Bloody Thread Through History: From Biblical Assassinations to the Death of Charlie Kirk

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a tragic echo of a persistent and destructive trend throughout Jewish history, according to a new historical analysis. The report traces the deadly thread of political violence from biblical figures like Ehud and Gedaliah, through the Hasmonean period and the murders of modern pre-state figures, up to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. 

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Rosh Hashana symbols

Part Four:

When Muhammad Meets Abarbanel: Punishment, Kingship, and Forbidden Foods

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Rabbi Eliezer Berland

Lost Archives

Exclusive: The Steipler Recommended Helping a Young Berland, Decades Before His Crimes

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Alabaster Mosque in the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

Chapter Three:

From Migration to Revolution: – Between Muhammad and Joshua

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Chapter Two:

A World Destroyed and a World Repaired – Muhammad vs Biblical Prophets: Contrasting End-of-Time Visions

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leave that to us

France: You Built the Cattle Cars. Now You Cry About Human Rights?

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 person and hands in mosque for prayer

Part One

Islam, Judaism, and What Lies Between Them

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a long-standing custom?

The Rebbe's Wife Without a Head Covering: A Leaked Photo Sparks Halachic Debate

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the Rebbe and his wife

Rebbetzin's Youthful Photo

Chabad Shockwave: Rare Photo of the Rebbe and His Wife Sparks Online Uproar

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 Gustav Mahler, photographed in 1907

Column 8 | The Jews

Gustav Mahler: The Greatest Symphonist—and the Hidden Cry of Jewish Identity

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a model of leadership

Why Israel's Liberals Should Frame Netanyahu as Churchill 

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The Jews – Episode 7

Rashid al-Din: The Persian Jew Who Invented Wikipedia

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Elinor Ostrom

Episode 6:

The Jews | Elinor Ostrom: The First Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Economics

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Abraham Maslow

The Jews | Column No.5

Abraham Maslow: The Psychologist Who Placed the Soul Center Stage

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Léon Blum, before 1945

The Jews | Column No. 4

Léon Blum: The First Jewish Prime Minister of France Who Defied Hate and Made History

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Barry Goldwater

Jewish Maverick

The Jews | Column 3 – Barry Goldwater: The First Jewish Candidate for U.S. President

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Wilhelm Steinitz

Jewish Genius

The Jews | Column 2: Wilhelm Steinitz – The Father of Modern Chess

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Holy Mystery

The Tragic Mystery of the Rebbe Who Vanished

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Jack Steinberger (* 1921), US-American scientist, born in Germany

First column in a new series

The Jews | Jack Steinberger: The Man Who Cracked the Nearly Unseeable

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bring them home now

A Call for Ethical Consistency

The Racist Element in the Hostage Campaign

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