Palestinian Elections with Noor A’wad
byWill PA elections actually take place? And are any of the factions participating in the race ready to move past the two-state paradigm and entertain new approaches to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation?
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The Yom Kippur War (III): Breaking the Concept
byHow Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke free of the constraints of Soviet control & successfully tricked an arrogant Israeli military establishment.
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?
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.
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?
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.
Ki Tisa: Crisis of the Golden Calf
byA mistake that nearly had catastrophic results for the entire people of Israel ultimately revealed Moshe’s true greatness as a national leader.
Revealing the Hidden on Purim
byThe rituals & customs of Purim help us to recognize the Creator behind the curtains of our reality.
Tetzave: The Purpose of the Kohanim
byBy submerging individual identity into the collective Hebrew nation, the kohanim work to cleanse the children of Israel from all transgressions and to inspire the people with a powerful show of kedusha.