What Israel Should Expect from a Trump or Biden White House
byWithout endorsing Donald Trump or Joe Biden, it’s worth exploring potential scenarios for the State of Israel in the event that either candidate wins.
Lekh Lekha: From Avram to Avraham
byHow the leader of a universal spiritual movement learned to reorient himself to the understanding that his goals for humanity could only be achieved through the vehicle of a nation in a specific land.
Who’s ‘Good for Israel’ in the US Election?
byJews trying to persuade one another that Jewish interests depend on either Biden or Trump winning the US election are having the wrong conversation.
Israel after 1967 (I): In New Territory
byWhat were the political, economic and security considerations that drove Israeli policies in the West Bank/Judea & Samaria following the Six Day War?
Washington’s ‘Peace’ Increases Arms Sales
byThe interests of the Semitic peoples demand a decrease in US hegemony & a decrease in weapons sales but the Trump team has found ways to sell arms & contain China’s influence through ‘peace’
Resisting the Missionary Threat with Rav Tovia Singer
byWhy is it so important for Christian missionaries to target Jews and why are so many from Israel’s national camp willing to work with these groups?
Noaḥ: The Mystery of the Flood
byWhy does the Torah use the Name that connotes Divine mercy rather than Divine judgement when telling of the Creator’s decision to destroy humankind? Could there be more to this story?
Towards the Mountains
byI call to you now I call from the straits, I’ve been sent here to tell you Your fortune awaits In the root and…
Binyamin Netanyahu Facing Threats on Several Fronts
byWhile attacks on the prime minister are coming from all directions, it’s clear that the most dangerous political threat to the Likud stems from the Yamina party’s sudden dramatic rise in the polls.
Glenn Plummer’s ‘Stake’ in Israel Exposes Faith-based Pitfalls
byIsraeli leaders are granting US evangelicals a “stake in the ground” at the expense of Ethiopian Jews.
Think Again Before Condemning Yitzhar for its Sign
byYitzhar Jews aren’t ‘racist’ against Palestinians. But they’ve been locked in an ethnic conflict for decades and won’t readily make themselves vulnerable.
Rav Mike Feuer: Sukkot Interlude
bySome holiday thoughts on building a better world.