by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Echoes of Queen Esther who broke protocol in the face of an Iranian threat to destroy her people. Controversy surrounds the Prime Minister of Israel’s forthcoming appearance on Capitol Hill. Invited by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress about the threat of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed this … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Israel mourns two brilliant religious Zionist publicists, Uri Elitzur and MK Uri Orbach, both of whom died recently. Sadly, this week a memorial was held for another legendary religious Zionist media figure, Adir Zik, who died ten years ago. Arutz Sheva reposts an article written shortly after Adir Zik’s death, ten years ago, … Read more
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Yitro(Exodus 18-20) The revelation at Mount Sinai – the central episode not only of the parshah of Yitro, but of Judaism as a whole – was unique in the religious history of mankind. Other faiths (Christianity and Islam) have claimed to be religions of revelation, but in both cases the revelation … Read more
Rabbi Chanan morisson In honor of the upcoming Tu B’Shavt festival- the “new Year” of the trees In the spring of 1950, Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook published an article entitled, “The Beauty of the Tree.” The article addresses the divide that is sometimes erected between one’s inner spiritual life and the outer world, especially the … Read more
by Rabbi Chanan Morrison “Moses told the people: Remember (zachor) this day that you have left Egypt, the place of slavery.” (Ex. 13:3) The word ‘zachor’ (remember) is not in the imperative tense (z’chor!), but in the infinitive absolute form. This grammatical form indicates that the Torah is not merely commanding us to remember and … Read more
Sara Yoheved Rigler There is no future for you in France. I appeal to you, come home to Israel. To My Sisters and Brothers in France, My heart weeps as I read about the ghastly attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris – the tragedy of the murdered, the precarious condition of the wounded, the … Read more
Eitan Glickman Ynet Baby from Apropo Cafe bombing is all grown up – and joining the IDF ( Note The Photo-The photo that moved an entire nation – policewoman Ziona Bushri carrying baby Shani after the bombing (Photo: Michael Kremer) Shani Winter was only 6 months old when her mother was killed in a terrorist … Read more
Moshe Kempinski In the land of Israel one has to be very sensitive to a higher and deeper subtext. Jewish history has been circuitous and at times very difficult. The voyage forward at times seemed to head in opposite directions. The people have been torn a part at times with severe sibling rivalry and jealousy. … Read more
