Teaching, not slogans.

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Identity · 4 min

Identity before argument

A Jew who cannot say what Shabbat is will not win a public argument about Israel. The first work is literacy: people, calendar, obligation. Pride that skips the table does not last.
Shabbat · 3 min

The first return is a Friday

Most people do not begin with a ruling. They begin with candles, a meal, and a phone put away. ReJEWenate treats that Friday as the front door, not as a performance.
Hasbara · 4 min

Say only what you can source

The Hasbara Academy is not a shouting course. Twelve weeks of history, verification, and the discipline to stop when the source stops. A claim without a document is not advocacy.
Israel · Dignity · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

Strong Enough to Defend, Good Enough to Deserve

Two truths, and Jews have no right to separate them. The Jewish people must never again be defenseless. Power is not our purpose. Israel must be strong enough to defend life, and good enough to deserve the strength in its hands.
Book · Ketoret · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

The Fragrance of the Soul

A careful Torah study of fragrance, the eleven ingredients of the sacred incense, the human soul, memory, healing, and communal responsibility. Expanded edition, 2026.
Book · Morning blessing · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

Shelo Asani Goy: The Daily Covenant

Why we bless God every morning for entrusting us with the Jewish mission. The blessing is not a claim of superiority. It is gratitude for being commanded, summoned, obligated, and entrusted.
Book · 54 parshiot · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

A World Built on Kindness

Fifty-four portals of chesed and tzedakah, one for each parashah. The Torah begins with Hashem clothing Adam and Chavah and ends with Hashem burying Moshe. Between those two acts lies the path.
Testimony · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

The First Stroke

The first stroke came without warning. Over the years, eleven strokes, two years in a wheelchair, then a walker, then a cane. Recovery was not one dramatic miracle. This is the testimony, and what it has to do with standing against antisemitism.
Manual · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

Truth, Strength, and Jewish Dignity

A practical manual for combating antisemitism. A Jew must not live bent over in fear, and must not answer hatred with hatred. The answer is truth, dignity, discipline, and courage.
Speech · Rabbi Nissim Mordechai Makor

Zionism Is Not Politics. Zionism Is the Return Home.

Zionism is not a prime minister, a coalition, or the Knesset. Governments are temporary. Eretz Yisrael is not. You can criticize an Israeli government and still love Israel.