Behold the glittery world of Israel’s booming tech industry of recent years. Young people, mainly between 25-35 years old, have suddenly become ultra-wealthy as their startups become “unicorns”, privately-owned companies with a value exceeding a billion dollars. This phenomenon is…
A student from Israel asked me why it feels like whenever someone says something bad about Israel, the whole world joins in chorus. My answer was simple and concise: We are misbehaving toward the world, and this is why the…
A few days ago, on July 19, the multinational consumer goods company Unilever, which is also the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, announced that “it is inconsistent with [their] values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the…
A new law proposal in Israel wants to place face detecting cameras in public spaces. The goal of the initiative is to help police reduce crime and violence levels. On the other hand, human rights organizations say that such cameras…
What is the connection between ice cream and politics? None. Except Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont based international ice cream producer, has entered the fray. In a new lick of hatred towards Israel, the company announced that it would no…
The new president of the State of Israel, יצחק (בוז’י) הרצוג – Isaac Herzog, has taken upon himself a very important mission, not only for the State of Israel, but for the Jews all over the world, and indeed for the…
𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑝-𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑙 Below is the second collection of highlights from an interview recorded on July 12, 2021, where columnist and radio talk show host Prof. David Rosenthal…
Tisha B’Av (9th of Av) symbolizes the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash (Temple), the deep severance between us caused by the revelation of divisive egoism. The 9th of Av is a tragic day in Jewish history when the First and…
These days, Jews are commemorating the Three Weeks. In the year 70 CE, the Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem after a several months long siege. However, it took them three weeks of bloody battles to finally defeat the Jews,…
I look at the state that our nation should be in, “as one man with one heart,” and the state we are actually in—unwilling to recognize each other—and it pains me. When I look at our politicians, I see the…
About the prospect of raising his Jewish family in Belgium: “I believed I could. Now I doubt I can,” wrote Joel Rubinfeld, president of the Belgian League Against Antisemitism, in an op-ed published in a local newspaper. This sentiment is…
Peace will come when we realize the method for correcting the human ego, which is running rampant in our day and age. What does “correcting the ego” mean? It is the shift of our inborn egoistic attitude toward each other…