Much more than hearts and flowers! Discover the unconditional love symbolized by Tu B’Av and how it can elevate the world. In modern-day Israel, Tu b’Av (the 15th of Av) has become a feel-good day, mostly characterized by spouses buying chocolate and…
No emperor on earth has ever defeated us, but when we forgot that all Jews are responsible for one another, we sometimes defeated ourselves. Now, another such defeat is within sight. Following the removal of the metal detectors from the…
In April 2016, when UNESCO adopted a resolution denying Jewish history on Temple Mount, I wrote that this was only the beginning of a campaign to deny the history of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, a campaign whose final…
Just as we once lost the Temple and our land because of our own hatred for one another, we must now come together if we wish for some peace and quiet. As the Temple Mount crisis continues, many are concerned that we…
This Tuesday, we will mark the 9th of Av, when the Temple was destroyed. The Temple represents our unity. When we restore our union, we will not need bricks to prove our place is here in Israel. It is no…
History repeatedly shows that we abuse and ostracize our own people, despite ocular proof that our divisiveness is the cause of our ruin. If the Arabs learned from the Romans, whose legions destroyed Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, we would not…
It is quite symbolic that UNESCO, the organization in charge of world heritage, is denying our historic right to Israel. Without a present that justifies our claim, our history is meaningless. In April 2016, when UNESCO adopted a resolution denying…
The most significant consequence from Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord is that it helps awaken the question: What influence do we as humans really have on global warming? Is there enough conclusive evidence that…
On June 27, The Times editor, Bari Weiss, wrote that she was glad the Dyke March banned Jewish stars. I, too, am glad, but not over the banning. I’m glad that Weiss acknowledged that there is widespread anti-Semitism, including in the US, and I’m…
When a march that dons inclusion as its motto excludes Jews, it is not a misunderstanding; it is the canary in the mine. During last month’s 2017 Chicago Dyke March, the true face of “inclusion” among “progressives” finally surfaced. According…
As our world incessantly moves toward the extremes, fascism, racism, fundamentalism, Nazism, and anti-Semitism are constantly on the rise. Everyone is taking sides, and people are growing increasingly aggressive. As our egos are taking over, they are causing such vehement…
Our current disunity causes the world to once again want to be judenfrei (free of Jews), as the Nazis put it. Only we can change this, and only if we rise above our hatred for each other. On June 14,…