Brandon Marlon
ARTICLES BY: Brandon Marlon
Memo from the World’s Moderates to the Muslim World
O, Believers! We have to talk. Something's gotta give. All you among the Umma are human beings, and like all humans, capable of tremendous good. You are...
A Woman Dressed in Black
Who could have seen this coming? Jews are being run over, stoned, stabbed, screwdrivered, hatcheted, and shot at point-blank range. It's enough to make one long...
Suicide Nation: Competing Pathologies in the State of Israel
With this Third Intifada (2014-?) overtly underway, the bleeding season is once again in full swing in Israel. Jews are being murdered in increasingly resourceful...
Jewish Warfare: A Traditional Perspective
In the timely hour of battle between Israel and its neighbors, it is helpful to recall the timeless principles of warfare set out in the...
Muslim Zionism is Key to Mideast Peace
The latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, should it prove effective, will doubtless comfort some Israelis and disturb others. But all can agree that a ceasefire is a...
When the Only Winners are the Benchwarmers
The battle of Mohammed's heirs is being fought anew in the Middle East. Tired of jostling for isonomy in Iraq and dismayed at the malversation...
Heartland of the Homeland
For the Jewish People, the ancient tribal territories of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and west Menasheh - a.k.a. "Judea & Samaria" or the "West Bank" -...
Helpless in the Homeland: Israel Has Effectively Surrendered
An IDF soldier is murdered by his Arab coworker, and his body is dumped in a village well. Another soldier is shot dead by a...
Self-Respect: The Unrealized Vision for the Jewish State
In the nineteenth century, Theodor Herzl and other political Zionists shared a vision for a Jewish state that would allow the Jewish People to regain...
Reestablishing the Great Sanhedrin and Gerusia?
From the time of Moses and for over 1,500 years, the Jewish People had legislative-judicial councils that went by various names and exercised powers that...
Memo to Civilization
The doctrine of relativism is laudable for its egalitarian impetus, but falls short of the gold standard of common sense. In theory, it is admirable...
Ambassadors All: Jews in the 21st Century
In his poignant and insightful writings, outgoing UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks often avers that Judaism serves as "the voice of hope in...
Rhetorical Style in Israel’s Declaration of Independence
On a warm Friday afternoon in May, shortly before the Sabbath's arrival, a black chauffer-driven vehicle pulls up in front of 16 Rothschild Boulevard in...
Annexation and Withdrawal: A Modest Proposal
When is enough really enough? For the State of Israel, apparently, still not yet. Israeli military occupation over the "West Bank" is a 45-year-old mistake and...
