Why the World Laughs When Jews Cry

Posted on July 23, 2021

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…

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A Lesson from Ben and Jerri’s Old and Foul Flavor

Posted on July 23, 2021

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…

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Tu B’Av, More Than a Jewish Valentine’s Day

Posted on July 22, 2021

How is it possible that love is the motive of almost every activity people engage in, and yet, what we see around us is endless hatred, separation, and quarrels? Let’s rethink what true love is. The best explanation of this…

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Is This Awful Summer the Best Summer of the Rest of Our Lives?

Posted on July 20, 2021

I am not afraid of the pandemic; I am afraid that nature has started to relate to us the way we relate to it. It seems as though chaos has taken over the world. Natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude are…

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The New President’s Very Important Mission

Posted on July 19, 2021

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…

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Meet the Press- David Rosenthal- Session 2

Posted on July 16, 2021

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…

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Tisha B’Av and the Building of the Third Temple

Posted on July 16, 2021

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…

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Why the Creator Hides the Truth

Posted on July 15, 2021

The wisdom of Kabbalah describes the Creator as a force, or a quality of absolute benevolence, a quality of giving. Naturally, a quality of absolute giving wants to give absolutely everything. Also naturally, absolute giving means giving everything, including even…

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Headed for Another Masked Summer?

Posted on July 14, 2021

The summer vacation has barely begun, and we are already seeing signs that it might soon end, or at least the fun part about it. Covid-19 is returning to Israel in a big way and threatens to do this summer…

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Haven and Hell- Where Are They?

Posted on July 13, 2021

“Imagine there’s no Heaven,” sang John Lennon. “No Hell below us, above us only sky,” he went on. In a way, he was right. The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches that Heaven and Hell are not places, but states in our…

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The Power of the Force of Separation

Posted on July 12, 2021

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,…

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Will a City of Torah Save Mexico’s Jews?

Posted on July 10, 2021

Ciudad de la Tora (City of Torah) is the name of a new small town being built outside the town Ixtapan de la Salle, some 70 miles south of Mexico City. The founders aim to address two problems: housing prices…

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