From May Day to Yom HaShoah
byAuthors prologue to set the stage Very few books on the festivals of Israel include May Day. But Rabbi Menaḥem Froman’s “Give me Time”…
The Story of Yusuf Abu-Ghosh
byThis Palestinian Leḥi agent is perhaps best remembered for assisting Geula Cohen’s escape from the Jerusalem prison hospital in 1947.
Beloved
byone thing I ask this only do I seek to dwell in his house his left hand under my head as we lie in…
Amalek at the Chabad of Poway
byWhite nationalists stand diametrically opposed to the type of world Israel is meant to create.
Caesarea Once Again
byNetanyahu’s overeager message of gratitude to Trump communicates that it was not Israel’s 1981 annexation but rather a foreign leader’s recognition that actually makes the Golan part of our state.
Eliyahu
byI sat across from a carved wooden chair Blanketed with rich fuchsia and ornate golden leaves woven with grandeur and royalty I blinked and…
Notre Dame de Paris in Flames
byOne cannot deny the deep and complex emotional reactions of Jews to a flaming Notre Dame.
Two Eliyahus
bySo impressed with the behavior of the two Eliyahus during their trial, University of Cairo student organizers launched demonstrations calling for the Jewish assassins to be pardoned.
Avitzur/אביצור
byA powerful poem from Leḥi fighter Eliyahu Bet-Zuri (English translation to follow the original Hebrew)
Election Recap
byThat he obliterated one of the only Knesset factions principally opposed to territorial concessions indicates that Netanyahu might be planning to form a coalition with Gantz and accept Trump’s new plan.
Day After Election Day Analysis
byDid the large parties exploit the fact that most voters simply don’t understand the inner workings of Israel’s political system?
On Freedom II
byFreedom is beyond and before a state, itself before choice and deed. Freedom is an inherent quality, not attained, but expressed. It is the…