Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo This year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut commemorates the 68th anniversary of a marriage that has lasted more than 3,500 years. This may sound like a paradox, but it is the inescapable truth about the Land of Israel and the Jews. No marriage has lasted so long, been so deep in its commitment and … Read more
By Kevin D. Williamson – April 29, 2016 Israel and the Jewish diaspora make progressive pieties look silly. Why does the Left hate the Jews? The Labour party in the United Kingdom is being convulsed at the moment with a public reckoning of the anti-Semitism of some of its most prominent members, including the former … Read more
Moshe Kempinski This is the day that Hashem made; we shall sing out and rejoice thereon.( Psalm 118:24) As we enter the month of Iyar , we begin the days of celebration for the establishment of the State of Israel, followed three weeks later by the day celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem. Yet there is … Read more
Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple Insights into the Holocaust. Q. Why didn’t God send a miracle to save the martyrs of the Holocaust? A. There are many who accuse God for failing to step in, and many who say that there are times when we have to believe whilst not completely understanding the ways of the … Read more
by Adam Samuel I accompanied my grandfather, Howard Kleinberg, to Auschwitz where I heard him tell his harrowing – and miraculous – story to a group of students. The sun is setting. The sky is pink and the temperature is perfect. I am standing 200 meters inside the gates of Auschwitz next to my grandfather, … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The Torah portion of “Kedoshim” that is read this Shabbat in Israel declares the following ,seemingly impossible, declaration “Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, Hashem, your G-d, am holy.”( Leviticus 19:2) We continue to read of this concept several … Read more
by Dr. Henry Abramson (pic Mysterious girl at the Seder table (Sarajevo Haggadah) The amazing story of the 700 year old Haggadah, the Muslim librarian who saved it from the Nazis, and how his children were miraculously saved by Israel. Resplendent in deep blues, brilliant yellows and alluring reds, the 14th century Sarajevo Haggadah was … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson “By the first day [of Passover] you must clear out your homes of all leaven.” (Ex. 12:15) Why Clear Out Chametz? Why does the Torah command us to destroy all chametz (leaven) found in our homes during Passover? It is logical to eat matzah; this fast-baked food has a historical connection to … Read more
