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Juda Honickman

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A pause for Shabbat and Shavuot:

Twenty years of stopping

Stop. Just for one day. Put it down. Zoom out. Look at your life from above the grind and ask yourself what’s actually there. What you’ve built, who you love, what you believe, where you’re going.

Twenty years of stopping

I’ve never watched Eurovision in my life. I am now.

He got up on a stage in Vienna, in an arena full of people who ranged from cheering fans to those actively chanting for his country’s destruction, and he performed. Op-ed.

I’ve never watched Eurovision in my life. I am now.

In Koby's memory:

We know loss, and that is why we live

We live. We really live. We make it count in the most ordinary ways possible, because the ordinary is what gets taken. Opinion.

We know loss, and that is why we live

"Move on." This is how It starts.

New York State mandates Holocaust education. It's the law. But a third of Long Island voters either want it gone or won't even defend it. Opinion.

"Move on." This is how It starts.

Memorial and Independence Day:

Carrying them into the dance

We say their names in the same breath as Am Yisrael Chai, because that phrase only means something because of what it cost.

Carrying them into the dance

To Diaspora Jewry:

We’re holding this for you too

When we hold this ground through everything it demands; the wars, the worry, the grief that becomes just part of the texture of life here, we are holding it for you too.

We’re holding this for you too

Approaching Holocaust Memorial Day:

Listen while they can still tell

She was older and she was small and she began to tell us what had happened to her, slowly, in detail, with a kind of pain that exists outside of language. Op-ed.

Listen while they can still tell

Shvii Shel Pesach:

The sea didn't split for people on the shore

There is a moment when the call is not to learn, not to daven, not to deliberate. The call is to walk into the sea.

The sea didn't split for people on the shore

The Plague of Darkness is here. Now choose.

Those who can see the light know exactly what they are looking at.

The Plague of Darkness is here. Now choose.

His name was Yehuda Sherman

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes with living here and watching how the outside world talks about us and contextualizes the barbaric murders of our children. Opinion

His name was Yehuda Sherman

In memoriam:

He was 21 years old, and he saved people with his smile

He fought with his life. I fought with what I had. Op-ed.

He was 21 years old, and he saved people with his smile

The choice we're not making

The real tragedy isn’t what happens to us. It’s what happens to our children, and their children. Opinion.

The choice we're not making

Google knows where we live, God does too

God is looking for something else entirely. Opinion.

Google knows where we live, God does too

Survival isn’t our problem. Identity is.

Our nation knows how to defend itself but hesitates to define itself. Opinion.

Survival isn’t our problem. Identity is.

"6 7" A trend with no meaning… until you look deeper

God does not do anything by accident. Not now. Not last year, not a thousand years ago. Not ever.

"6 7" A trend with no meaning… until you look deeper

It's not a children's story

Hanukkah does not celebrate violence. It rejects illusion. It reminds us that light does not survive on intention alone. The light survives because someone is willing to protect it. There is no automatic happy end. Opinion.

It's not a children's story

"The beautiful six":

The light they carried into the darkest place on earth

There is only a single, unbroken truth: This is a battle between light and darkness and the line between them is absolute.

The light they carried into the darkest place on earth

“Free Marwan Barghouti,”?

If that's what your moral compass points to, time to recalibrate

In the strange universe of Western celebrity culture, elevating a man with his record is easier and more fashionable than demanding the release of 251 innocent people who were kidnapped for the crime of being Israeli, which these celebs did not find reason to do. Opinion.

If that's what your moral compass points to, time to recalibrate

From survival to destiny:

The Jewish People need to be done playing small

We built a state, but the instinct to explain ourselves, to ask permission from the nations of the world, still lingers. It's time to embrace our destiny and stop apologizing. Opinion.

The Jewish People need to be done playing small

NYC Mayoral Elections:

The city is on the line

I’m scared. I’m scared for this city. And for the rest of America. Curtis Sliwa must step down, not because he is undeserving, but because he really cares about America. Opinion.

The city is on the line

Faith, freedom, and the weight of history

The friendship between America and Israel isn’t built on convenience, but on shared belief in God, in freedom, and in moral clarity. Opinion.

Faith, freedom, and the weight of history

It is not over, yet

When you leave evil breathing, you don’t preserve morality. You postpone tragedy. Opinion.

It is not over, yet

The deal that reunites families reopens wounds that never healed

The other side of the deal. Opinion.

The deal that reunites families reopens wounds that never healed

Trump, terror, and the turning point

Across the region, something unimaginable is happening: the Arab world is no longer standing with Hamas it’s standing back. Opinion.

Trump, terror, and the turning point

'Beit Tefillah Le’kol Ha’Amim'

A house of prayer for all the nations

We long for a world where all the nations will one day come together in Yerushalayim to pray.

A house of prayer for all the nations

Emmy Awards 2025:

The red carpet chose sides

There was only one voice, one figure, one moment that broke the pattern of Hollywood's shameful embrace of terrorists. Opinion.

The red carpet chose sides

9/11 and Charlie Kirk's murder:

Two turning points for America

Like after 9/11, it is a time to decide whether we still produce men and women willing to speak without fear, to live without apology, to stand where Charlie stood. Opinion.

Two turning points for America

October 7: The day the circles broke but the song continued

Almost 700 days later, that morning still lives inside me. Op-ed.

October 7: The day the circles broke but the song continued

Choosing life in the shadow of war

Every generation has faced those who sought to erase us, and every generation has answered with the same stubborn declaration: Am Yisrael Chai. Opinion.

Choosing life in the shadow of war

Prophecy unfolding:

V’shavu Banim L’Gevulam - the Children of Israel return home

This was not immigration that I saw this morning at the airport when 225 olim arrived. This was covenant.

V’shavu Banim L’Gevulam - the Children of Israel return home

Twenty years since the disengagement:

I watched from afar, now I live its consequences

Then I was sitting in New York...now I live in Israel. Opinion.

I watched from afar, now I live its consequences

The sin we keep repeating:

A Tisha B’Av reflection on Jewish division

Tisha B’Av is not a history lesson. It’s a mirror. And the reflection we see this year should shake us. Opinion

A Tisha B’Av reflection on Jewish division

Every day is a Kinah

I am already reciting Kinot with every headline, every funeral, every fallen soldier. Opinion.

Every day is a Kinah

Not what I expected from America

So far, instead of hostility, I’ve encountered moments of unexpected connection. Instead of fear, glimpses of hope. And that matters. Op-ed.

Not what I expected from America

Peace doesn’t begin with murder

Peace does not come from weakness. It comes from truth. And now, it is pain, not peace, that occupies our minds. Opinion.

Peace doesn’t begin with murder

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

Leadership is not always linear. And Divine Providence rarely unfolds in straight lines. Imagine if you had lived in Egypt in Moses' time. Opinion.

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

“Let us sing unto the Lord”:

The Fall of Fordow is a victory for the free world

From Fordow to freedom, from fear to faith, we continue to sing.

The Fall of Fordow is a victory for the free world

We’ve seen this before — and we know how it ends

“So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month — that is, the month of Sivan — on the twenty-third day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordechai commanded…” (Esther 8:9). And the 23rd of Sivan is tomorrow.

We’ve seen this before — and we know how it ends

This war has the Hand of God all over it

So call it strategy. Call it strength. Call it resolve. But I call it what it is: the hand of God. Opinion.

This war has the Hand of God all over it

Dear Ayatollahs:

You don’t come for the Children of Israel and walk away standing

From Pharaoh to Haman, from Caesar to Hitler—history is littered with the bones of those who tried to erase the Jewish people. Opinion.

You don’t come for the Children of Israel and walk away standing

Had Greta docked in Gaza, she might have learned the hard way

Greta isn’t brave. She was not breaking a blockade. She broke trust with every real victim of terror, every hostage family, and every Israeli who still has to check the sky for rockets or the ground for tunnels. Opinion.

Had Greta docked in Gaza, she might have learned the hard way

The FBI just confirmed what we’ve been saying all along

To every Jew feeling isolated, gaslit, or afraid: No, you’re not crazy. Yes, the threat is real. Op-ed.

The FBI just confirmed what we’ve been saying all along

Juda Honickman:

Fighting back with truth: The Digital War for Israel

In 2025, the war for Israel is also being waged in pixels and posts. And misinformation in the wrong hands doesn’t just mislead—it incites. Op-ed.

Fighting back with truth: The Digital War for Israel

The Algorithm built him. The Internet took him down.

A new wave of digital demagogues build followings by turning conflict into content. And while they claim to stand for the oppressed, they’ve never once stood for the truth. Opinion.

The Algorithm built him. The Internet took him down.

Am Yisrael Chai:

Even in the fire, we sing

To be a Jew is to carry unanswered questions and unrelenting trust. To sing lullabies over fresh graves and still whisper: “Shema Yisrael.”

Even in the fire, we sing

Witkoff's "term sheet":

This was not a deal. It was a disaster in the making

Aren't we a nation that knows its survival depends on thinking beyond the now? Opinion.

This was not a deal. It was a disaster in the making

When ignorance goes viral

The dangerous rise of TikTok prophets like Guy Christensen, untrained, ungrounded and unchecked digital demagogues. Opinion.

When ignorance goes viral

This Yom Yerushalayim, I said goodbye

In tribute to the man who gave me my first taste of what it meant to be rooted in a place that isn’t just ours by history, but by heart.

This Yom Yerushalayim, I said goodbye

Op-ed:

To the antisemite, Jew-ish is enough

We live in a time where unity is no longer a luxury — it’s a matter of survival. Opinion.

To the antisemite, Jew-ish is enough

Murder at Washington Jewish Museum:

The shattered illusion of safety: It’s time for YOU to come home

Israel isn’t free of armed guards or soldiers. But that’s not a sign of fear — it’s a sign of agency. Opinion.

The shattered illusion of safety: It’s time for YOU to come home

What El Al just taught the world about Israel

It's more than a name on a plane. Opinion.

What El Al just taught the world about Israel

Eurovision 2025

The world voted - and it chose Israel

Maybe the world isn’t as full of Israel-haters as we feared. Opinion.

The world voted - and it chose Israel

It makes no sense - but it's home

Despite everything, we stay. But more than that — we come. Opinion.

It makes no sense - but it's home

At Yishai's funeral:

A brotherhood that won’t break — even in death

in Israel, we don’t leave each other behind. Even when we can’t stand—we show up. Op-ed.

A brotherhood that won’t break — even in death

Yemen got hit - finally

But why did it take a missile near Ben Gurion?

Yemen got hit - finally

Stop saying their names as if they’re normal

Terrible things can happen when terror becomes background noise. When the world shrugs — and worse, when we shrug with it. Opinion.

Stop saying their names as if they’re normal

Bring them home, but not at any cost

The hostage dilemma we can’t keep avoiding. We are doing everything we can to bring them home — and we must continue to do so. But we cannot destroy Israel in the name of saving it. Opinion.

Bring them home, but not at any cost