The State of the Nation 🇮🇱
An interview with Rav Ouri Amos Cherki on the Jewish people’s internal national development & on Israel’s relationship with other civilizations.
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My First Year Home as an Israeli
During my first year as an Israeli, I’ve witnessed this nation grow & develop in so many challenging ways.
Lessons From the Attack on Huwara
The Jews who attacked Huwara this week are actually Israel’s best suited ambassadors for reconciliation with Palestinian society.
‘Orthodox Judaism’ Constitutes a Threat to Jewish Identity
By accepting the role ascribed to it by the Haskalah, ‘Orthodox Judaism’ has essentially functioned as a vehicle for promoting the Enlightenment’s liberal ideological paradigm among Torah observant Jews.
Alone at Aḥashverosh’s Party
Does no one else feel the gravitational pull of our homeland? That powerful force of love and longing?
The War in Ukraine & the Footsteps of Redemption
Because Israel exists as a microcosm of humanity, whenever any nation’s character is underdeveloped a similar lack can be found within the Jewish people.
The War in Ukraine
While most of the world is being presented with a simplistic story of Russian aggression & Ukrainian resistance, a genuinely Hebrew analysis requires a broader understanding & deeper examination.
B’reishit: Creation’s Secret Internal Structure
There’s a hidden understanding of our Torah that has yet to reach the English-speaking Jewish world.
Israel’s Tribal Political Map
A more precise understanding of Israeli politics within the framework of our own people’s identity & worldview might help us better develop a much-needed post-Zionist Jewish liberation movement.
Miscalculations & ‘Contaminating’ Al-Aqsa
The increase in Jews ascending the Temple Mount & the failure to form a Likud-led coalition share the same root dogmatism in Israel’s national camp.
Pekudei: Continuing the Work Moshe Began
It’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.
Vayaq’hel: Actualizing the Mishkan
If 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?