Bethany Mandel is a contributing writer for Deseret News and is a home-schooling, stay-at-home mother of six. She is the co-author of “Stolen Youth” and an editor for the patriotic children’s book series “Heroes of Liberty.”
Bethany Mandel
By Bethany Mandel
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Opinion Hamas just released 24 hostages. Where are the rest of our children?
By dragging out the release of Israeli children, the terrorists continue to torment us
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Opinion The Jewish case for sending Nikki Haley to the White House in 2024
The former governor is a strong supporter of Israel, religious liberty, and school choice
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Opinion I’m glad Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized for her Holocaust comparisons. What she does next matters more
It’s not easy to apologize. It’s even harder to transform an apology into meaningful change. On June 14, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene held a press conference in front of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and apologized for her statements equating the Holocaust to mask mandates. After her tour, she said, “There are words that I…
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Opinion I reached out to the woman behind that viral Christian Seder. She deserves compassion.
Last year, one of my Christian friends posted an infuriating picture of her Passover Seder on Instagram. Her table was set immaculately and looked light-years better than mine. That’s why it was offensive: she had the chutzpah to do it better. In her post, she made it clear that she was celebrating Passover as a…
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Opinion A year into COVID, we must send kids back to shul
On the first night of Hanukkah, I went to downtown D.C. to witness the menorah lighting on the National Mall with my four kids. I’ve never been one for such Jewish spectacles. I’ve never even been much of a synagogue-goer. But I’ve long known that when it comes to building their Jewish identity, my kids…
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Opinion Israel’s conversion news isn’t good for converts
As a convert to Judaism, it’s frequently the case that when conversion and Israel come into the news, I avoid reading the stories. It’s simply never good news. This week’s Israeli High Court decision recognizing converts via the Reform and Conservative movement might appear to be different — that is, until you read the fine…
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Opinion Of course Trump’s voters lie to pollsters. You call us all racists.
It was supposed to be a Biden blowout. That’s what the experts assured us. You remember those experts — the same ones who placed the probability of Hillary Clinton winning in 2016 in the upper 90 percentiles. For the past month, we’ve been assured by the mainstream media that all is well in the world…
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Opinion The NYPD is policing Jewish mothers while the city burns
As New York City burned and was gutted for a second night in a row, one couldn’t help but wonder, where are the NYPD? Must say I do not understand the NYPD strategy tonight. There’s a huge group of officers just standing around here on Broadway/51st while looting is out of control in the surrounding…
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