In the shadow of the skyscrapers in the south of Tel Aviv, the fashionable neighborhood of Neve Tzedek, the first quarter of the city, is bustling with activities. On 21 Ahava Street, in the heart of this neighborhood with its…
What happens when a country collapses in a global world? And how does that, also, increase hatred towards Israel? 2.3 million people are fleeing Venezuela, half of whom are undernourished, as their economically depleted country faces a critical food shortage.…
Let’s be realistic. The magnitude of racism and anti-Semitism in America cannot be measured by the low attendance at the recent Unite the Right 2rally, the one-year commemoration of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had resulted in death and violence.…
It looked like a scene playing out in Gaza, but its location was the heart of Tel Aviv: Palestinian flags hoisted at Rabin Square protesting the recently passed Nation-State law. Israel’s democracy is being abused not used. When the intrinsic…
Israel’s nation-state law has clearly managed to touch a nerve for many around the world. My article about it drew a slew of both positive and negative comments. I will refer to one which was characteristic of most comments and also raised…
Let’s conduct a social exercise and see our reality through two worldviews. One shows us the alienated world we know, with social division, cruelty and discrimination that leaves no choice besides taking to the streets. On the other hand —…
“As long as we do not raise our goal above the corporeal life, we will have no corporeal revival.” (Rav Yehuda Ashlag, “Exile and Redemption”) It was a dark Sabbath in southern Israel, with 200 rockets and mortar shells fired…
“The LORD said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.” Exodus 32:9 (The Israel Bible™) Over a hundred days of fire in Southern Israeli areas surrounding the Gaza strip, and almost no one cares.…
“The Israeli nation had been constructed as a sort of gateway by which the sparks of purity would shine upon the whole of the human race the world over.” The Arvut, Baal HaSulam The Trump-Kim summit generated a renewed sense…
“When there is love, friendship and unity in Israel, no calamity can happen to them, and all curses and torments are pushed away.” Maor VaShemesh Before we have even acknowledged the recent threat, we already find ourselves heaving a sigh…
“Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up until now? It is God who has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise…
“If it is impossible to blow the shofar of redemption, the enemies of Israel, Amalek, Hitler, etc. will come and call us to redemption, they warn us and give us no respite.” – Rav Abraham HaCohen Kook After periods of…