Rafael Castro

Op-Ed:

What Artificial Intelligence reveals about Western stupidity

ChatGPT says that Mohammed was a champion of religious freedom. There is no semblance of scholarship regarding the Islamic world. Op-ed.

A Solomonic solution to the judicial reform crisis

The judicial reform is a matter of sufficient political, institutional and historical weight to justify a plebiscite. Op-ed.

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Are Jews the smartest people in the world?

Generalizing about Jewish behavior, the writer criticizes Jewish speech and our generalizing about Arabs. But he has a point. Op-ed .

Why the Israeli left will embrace Judaism

The Israeli left has two choices: It can move or it can advance a vision of Jewishness able to re-enchant leftist Israelis. Op-ed

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A sober assessment of Israel's geo-political constraints

The new government will enact its domestic changes. Re sovereignty, it has more constraints and may change facts on the ground first.Op-ed.

The difference between leftist and rightist antisemitism

Jews should be more concerned about leftist antisemitism than rightist antisemitism. The two are not the same. Op-ed.

The pen is mightier than the sword

Translating literature about Israel and Judaism into Arabic could serve far more than just Israeli PR efforts.Op-ed.

The future of Russian-Israeli Relations

Why Israel must preserve its neutrality between Russia and Ukraine at all costs. Op-ed.

Reflections on the Jewish Soul

By placing a mirror in front of my Jewish brothers and sisters, I, a Noahide, can help show how the world sees them.Op-ed.

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Reflections on the Arab soul

Sating the Arab thirst for respect must necessarily preclude any acceptance of terror, corruption and fraud. Op-ed.

When the world demonizes Israel

The world does not resent Israel for being immoral, but for being more moral than any other nation would be in Israel’s shoes. Op-ed.

Few of us non-Jews really “get” what Jewishness is about

Philo-Semitism and its discontents. Some say it is reverse antisemitism, and they may have a point. Opinon.

Rebuttal to a liberal Jewish American friend

Criticiism of Israel? Any other people, facing circumstances like those of Israel, would gleefully massacre its enemies. Op-ed.

Celebrating Shabbat in Armenia

No Jew fears walking the streets with a kippah and Christians played an active role in providing a community center and synagogue. Op-ed.

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Reflections on Jews and money

Jews have historically had far better reasons to value money than most non-Jews, but those who have money are great philanthropists. Op-ed

Pitfalls of Jewish-Muslim dialogue

Islamic antisemitism reached Christian proportions when Zionism proved Jews were better than Muslims at fighting and ruling. Op-ed.

We haven't humiliated Russia enough

The country that needs denazification is not Ukraine, but Russia. Op-ed.

Political correctness and halakha

Being politically correct in its non-coercive aspects is very close to halakhic requirements for speech. Op-ed.

A rational redefinition of racism

Since racism is morally opprobrious, it is urgent to define racism in a way that does not include reasonable, rational actions. Op-ed.

A conservative marketplace-the response to corporate wokeness

America’s corporations lavish funds on organizations promoting CRT, identity politics and woke censorship that will destroy her. Op-ed;

Hasbara and its discontents

Israel's hasbara, allthough well meant, falls far below the level of the psychologically savvy content of Palestinian Arab sites. Opinion.

Difference is the genesis of bigotry

The more homogeneous a society is, the less likely its citizens are to welcome foreigners..Op-ed.

The case for engaging with anti-Semitic ideas

The conventional approach of Jewish organizations to tackling antisemitism has created a counter-cultural movement.Op-ed

Is anti-Zionism necessarily anti-Semitic?

That question can be answered by anti-Zionists after they complete the questionnaire in the article below. Op-ed.

Gentiles, Jews and good manners

Shouting and shoving is no evidence of bad morals and lack of scruples, nor are good manners evidence of ethical behavior. Still...Op-ed.

Progressive politicians and Afghan refugees

Germany inviting Afghan refugees spells disaster for Europe. Op-ed.

Open letter to Pope Bergoglio

You gave the rabbis in Italy your word that you would not denigrate “Pharisees” in your sermons but you are doiing it again. Op-ed.

Opening my eyes to Racism

The Racism of Low Expectations leads white progressives to laud a book that is pure drivel, only because it was written by a Black. Op-ed.

Critical Race Theory and its discontents

In CRT, a Jew who arrived penniless in America after the Holocaust is just as responsible for black slavery as plantation owners. Op-ed.

Reflections on Racism

The world is not racially stratified because whites plundered and enslaved other races, as our schools and media repeatedly suggest. Op-ed.

Reflections on privilege in America

Hard-working,educated people succeed in America more than anywhere in the world, making.rhetoric about white privilege irrational. Op-ed

Sinai is real

Arguing that non-Jews are inherently different to Jews is not a popular thesis, but intellectual rigor has led me to posit that view. Op-ed.

Why Zionism is losing the PR war

Truth is more complicated than slogans. It is easier to believe simple slogans even if they are false. Op-ed.

Intermediaries needed between Mohammed and believers

The Islamic world will emerge from its current nadir when it realizes that the less undiluted Mohammed, the better. Op-ed.

Woke racism

Wokeness is not a plan to bridge social and racial differences. It is a racist mob. Op-ed.

The Lebanonization of America

Comparing trends in the USA to the story of Lebanon may serve to show Americans the cost of not correcting their country’s course.Op-ed.

An Open Letter to Peter Beinart

The one-state solution in your new book is as plausible as a democratic state shared by Upper West Side Jews and KKK members. Op-ed.

Reagan and Thatcher in the 1980s and Trump today

Reagan and Thatcher were loathed by the left, but history has vindicated them. Op-ed.

Jews and Gentile politics

History shows how Jewish political and intellectual movements are systematically corrupted when hijacked by general society. Op-ed.

A critique of Biden’s inauguration speech

Given the current climate in America, any presidential appeal to unity would be celebrated, if the president-elect was not named Trump.Op-ed

The psychopathology of Liberalism

When it comes to secular liberals and progressives, we must realize that we are facing religious zealots and rationality won't help. Op-ed.

The religious realpolitik of the Iranian nuclear threat

If Iran delivered a victory over Zionism for the Ummah, millions of Sunni Muslims would feel drawn to the teachings of the Ayatollahs.Op-ed.

Gentiles yearn for love from the God of Israel

The reverse scenario is unimaginable: No devout Jew would feel the need of approval from the Gospels, the Quran or the Baghavad Gita!

When Celts, Romans and Judeans collided

A Celtic maiden, of a tribe decimated by the Romans, meets Jewish teachings on her journey through the Empire. Book Review.

The myth of a Social-Democratic America - it won't work

Given the multiracial and multiethnic character of America, the end-result of applying a Scandinavian model would be toxic. Opinion.

Reflections of a Noahide on Jewish self-hatred

The Almighty must be really looking after the Jews if they survive despite being few, persecuted and sabotaged by a fifth column.Op-ed.

Message to a progressive friend

Conservatives like me see no Mahatma Gandhi, no Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa or Václav Havel in your camp. Just demagogues. Op-ed.

What Jews can learn from black America

Jewish history compared with Black history proves that psychological pain can be ultimately more destructive than physical pain.Opinion.

America’s “Nights of Rage”

The November elections are not a referendum about Trump. They are a referendum about America. Opinion.

How can foreign journalists be helped to understand Israel?

Journalistic prejudice is not always anti-Israelism. It is often based on ignorance and urgently needs to be challenged creatively. Op-ed.