Moshe Kempinski The very slavery that the Israelites endured in Egypt was actually part of a promise G-d made to Abraham. In that promise He promises the Land of Israel to Abraham’s descendants but implies that the formation of a people worthy of such a land will require a forging furnace. Egypt would be that … Read more
Att’y Stephen M. Flatow One piece of glass has ruined everything for the Palestinian Arab cause. Ordinarily, a piece of broken glass lying on the ground is unsightly litter at best, a danger to bare feet and pets at worst. But not in the Middle East–there a piece of broken glass has the power to … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The saga of the biblical Metzorah (spiritual Leprosy) is the saga of choices. Generally the Metzorah has lost his power of choice. He has become subjugated and enslaved by his anger, insecurities and jealousy. Those are the ingredients that led to the first murder in the Bible. Now it came to pass at … Read more
Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran What makes a photograph museum worthy? What is it about the photographer’s eye that allows him to take a memorable shot? After D-Day, tens of thousands arrived in New York, but only one captured image defines the moment. The horrors of war are beyond counting, yet a single searing image of … Read more
Daniel Greenfield The West’s counterterrorism strategy makes less sense than the ravings of most mental patients. Just ask the dead of Brussels, Paris, New York and a hundred other places. If you’re keeping score, freeing Islamic terrorists from Gitmo does not play into the hands of ISIS. Neither does bringing Syrians, many of whom sympathize … Read more
Moshe Kempinski We read in the Torah portion of the spiritual affliction called Tzaraat . Through the ages this affliction has been translated as the Leprosy we know of today which is known as Hansen’s disease. Yet the Tzaraat of the Bible was in fact not a physical disease at all. Rather it was a … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morrison “If any of these dead [animals] falls on a vessel, it will become unclean…. That article must be immersed in a mikveh …” (Lev. 11:32) The topic of ritual impurity is a difficult one. This impurity is not a tangible quality that may be seen or felt. It is a spiritual contamination, … Read more
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech When will the world realize that Islamic terror has nothing to do with Israel? In the aftermath of the horrific events in Brussels, as Islamist terror attacks struck at the heart of the European Union with a triple bombing in the Belgian capitol, the world surely needs to wonder. After all, … Read more
