Understanding Yom HaZikaron
byYom HaZikaron is a day to stand in awe of those fighters who made a conscious decision to give their lives for the Jewish people’s national rebirth.
New Dates on the Hebrew Calendar with Justin Ellis
byIs there something about each of the new dates of significance added to the Hebrew calendar since the establishment of the State of Israel that even most of the Jewish world doesn’t fully appreciate?
Why Pollard Makes Jews So Uncomfortable
byEven after nearly forty years, Jewish leaders in the United States can’t bring themselves to recognize the very real dilemma Jonathan Pollard was faced with.
Rethinking the Israeli Political Spectrum (with Rav Mike Feuer)
byDo Western political labels really fit Israeli society?
The Yom Kippur War (II): The Cherbourg Boats
byLong before there was a ‘start-up nation’ the children of Israel were the ‘can do people.’ But the Jewish state’s constant crisis-solving posture has often created new challenges of its own.
Dark Egypt
byBeyond the wilderness Of awesome, towering rocks and sheer cliffs The shifting sands turn low and level Giving way to a cruel, greedy world…
When Evangelical Behavior Turns Predatory
byMissionaries gain some form of gratification from exploiting Israel’s most vulnerable populations.
Pekudei: Continuing the Work Moshe Began
byIt’s important to recognize the internal development of the Hebrew tribes from the Exodus from Egypt to the Brit Sinai and consecration of the Mishkan.
Struggling to Restore the Jewish Heart with Elie Yosef
byElie Yosef is running for Knesset while on hunger strike in front of Gantz’s home in order to stop arms sales and rescue Jews still trapped in Ethiopia.
Vayaq’hel: Actualizing the Mishkan
byIf Dan is the extreme expression of Yosef in the same way that Shimon is of Yehuda, what was the importance of appointing tribesmen of Yehuda and Dan to lead the construction of the Mishkan?
Man in the Moon
byMy grandmother taught me not to stare at the moon for too long and to never fall asleep facing a mirror My mother buried…
The Yom Kippur War (I): Israel’s Black Panthers & the Context for Surprise
byLabor Zionist attitudes toward the Israeli Black Panthers revealed a psychological blind spot that would later be exploited in a deadly surprise attack.