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Well known Jewish figures call on the UN and the world to sanction Israel for genocide in Gaza.
The call came in an open letter sponsored by "Jews Demand Action."
Oct 22
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Michael Balter
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Yes, some Republicans are racists, the proof is not hard to find. And some Democrats are genocidaires. Pot, kettle, black?
The Biden-Harris administration's support for a major 21st Century genocide will go down in history as one of the greatest moral failures of our time.
Oct 16
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Michael Balter
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Don't say "Never Again!" unless you really mean it. (And don't pick and choose who you think it is okay to kill.)
Some thoughts on the day after October 7.
Oct 8
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Michael Balter
September 2025
On "Abundance," free speech, Charlie Kirk, and the future of the Democratic Party.
A review of a review of a book everyone claims to be reading, plus thoughts about free speech and why so many Christians flocked to follow Charlie Kirk.
Sep 24
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Michael Balter
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Hometown free speech hero attracts praise from President Donald Trump.
We went from a quiet village on the Hudson River to the target of Trump's DOJ in just a matter of days.
Sep 13
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Michael Balter
Major free speech fight in river city.
My Hudson Valley village is trying to force a Vietnam vet to take down a Trump flag on his property, citing an allegedly "content-neutral" code…
Sep 8
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Michael Balter
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August 2025
Last stop on the English road: The Kew Royal Botanical Gardens in London.
Last day of the author's two week trip to England to visit family from London to Devon with stops in between. A glorious sunny day to see me off.
Aug 29
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Michael Balter
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Right and wrong ways to fight antisemitism.
Gaza and antisemitism become issues in a small Hudson Valley village.
Aug 26
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Michael Balter
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On the road in England: Corsham, a historic market town in Wiltshire, at the edge of the Cotswalds.
Second stop on our post-pandemic UK tour.
Aug 20
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Michael Balter
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Utagawa Hiroshige at the British Museum.
"Artist of the open road."
Aug 14
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Michael Balter
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The senior rabbi at my local temple speaks out about Israel's actions in Gaza.
I had not been to temple for sixty years. The time was right to return.
Aug 9
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Michael Balter
The many sides of Diane Arbus, at New York's Park Avenue Armory.
No one captured people on the margins of society like Arbus, and that is what she is best known for. But her focus was wide-ranging and deeply human.
Aug 6
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Michael Balter
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