The recent hate crimes perpetrated by Israeli Jews against Jews and Arabs have opened a bleeding wound in Israeli society. It is not the first time that Israelis have carried out such crimes against Jews or Arabs. In 1983, peace activist Emil Grunzweig was murdered…
Just when you think that the reductio ad absurdum has reached its lowest point, it slides a little lower. The recent declaration by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that Israel has no claim on the Temple Mount — shunning its thousands…
The worse we hate each other, the worse the world hates us. If we aren’t living up to our purpose, humanity sees no purpose in our living. Only a few years ago, Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day was a day…
The only form of independence for Israel is when we lay down our arms against each other. Then we can truly celebrate. Every Independence Day, I remember that special Shabbat knife that my teacher’s father, Rav Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam),…
Through their unity or lack thereof, the Jews determine whether hatred or love of others will prevail the world over, and the world relates to them accordingly. Just recently, Thomas Lopez-Pierre, who is bidding for a seat in the NYC…
When he was elected as Austria’s president, by a margin of less than one percentage point, Mr. Alexander Van Der Bellen declared, “I will be a pro-European president of Austria open to the world.” Last week, Mr. Van Der Bellen…
Lag BaOmer marks the emergence of the light of unity in The Book of Zohar. It is a call to unite “as one man with one heart.” Every year there is the “Lag BaOmer craze,” when children and youth throughout…
Lag Ba’omer celebrates the emergence of the immense light of unity through ‘The Book of Zohar.’ It is a calling for us to begin this journey toward being “as one man with one heart.” Once a year, children and youth…
“Love your neighbor as yourself” is the whole of the Torah. We have forgotten this and instead treat letters as totems. Next week we will celebrate Shavuot, the festival of the giving of the Torah. To non-observing Jews, the height…
Nothing is more valuable than the Torah. Why then have we forgotten that the Torah has nothing to do with meaningless words in printed books, and everything to do with unity? It ain’t necessarily so,” sang Sportin’ Life in the…
Precisely 50 days after their exodus from Egypt, the people of Israel achieved the level of complete unity and became “as one man with one heart.” In consequence, they received the Torah. Since then, no enemy has ever defeated the…
Precisely 50 days after their exodus from Egypt, the people of Israel achieved the level of complete unity and became “as one man with one heart.” In consequence, they received the Torah. Since then, no enemy has ever defeated the…