For months, I have been watching with growing trepidation the cavalier nonchalance of Israelis toward COVID-19. Now, I am afraid, it’s too late to undo the damage. In the past week, the average death toll was 31 people, and the…
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To Change the World – Change Man
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Decoding the Book of Jonah the Prophet for Salvation
The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, is considered the most solemn on the Jewish calendar, but do we know why? The answer lies in the Book of Jonah the Prophet. Its reading as a key part of the prayer on…
How We “Earned” Being Covid’s Prime Target
What timing! In the first wave of Covid-19, we spent Passover in lockdown and didn’t get to celebrate it with our extended families, the way Jewish families have been doing for centuries. I warned then that unless we learn the…
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A Yom Kippur Prayer that Will Be Heard- Times of Israel
Regarding good and evil—“No matter how we behave or where we are, we will get away with anything in the end because God is good and benevolent to our people.” That is the usual Jewish calculation for Yom Kippur, the Day…
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The Lesson that Ignorance about the Holocaust Should Teach Us- Times of Israel
A survey that was recently quoted in USA Today found that almost “two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z, don’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.” Worse yet, the survey found that “in New York … nearly 20% of millennials…
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Individual and Collective in Repentance – TIMES OF ISRAEL
“‘How will the Jews atone for their sins?’ wondered King David. To which the Creator replied: ‘When suffering will befall the Jews because of their sins, they should gather before me in complete unity. Together they shall confess their sins…
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Repenting Last Year’s Sins Does Not Permit Their Repetition in the Next – TIMES OF ISRAEL
In the weeks leading up to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and especially on that holiest day of the year, many Jews repent last year’s sins. We ask God to forgive our sins against Him, and mainly against each other, and plead…
A ‘shana tovah’ depends on us – TIMES OF ISRAEL
We are on the threshold of a complete revolution—a substantial change in our attitude toward ourselves, society, humanity, and all of nature. Rosh Hashanah, in Hebrew meaning the “head” or “beginning” of “the year,” arrives at a special time, one like…
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If Peace with the UAE and Bahrain Is Good, Where Are the Trumpet Sounds?-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Less than a month after the normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain has also joined the peace train. I am all for it; peace and normalization are always better than war and animosity. But to be honest,…
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Rosh Hashanah, Will It Get Worse Before It Gets Better? – TIMES OF ISRAEL
We are about to celebrate the Jewish New Year, a Rosh Hashanah like no other. Synagogues across America and the world are adjusting their services to the Covid-19 restrictions limiting physical gatherings. Besides the loss of lives, individual members and entire congregations…
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Oceans Apart – Israeli and Jewish Separation Is Bad News for the World – TIMES OF ISRAEL
Some six months ago, the first COVID-19 patient passed away in Israel. Now, after breaking another record in the number of new confirmed cases and widening our “lead” as the country with the most infections per capita, we are finally…
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Here’s Why There Is a Jessica Krug in Every Jew (An elaborate reply to readers’ comments on social media)- TIMES OF ISRAEL
On Sunday, September 6, I posted an article on my blog in Times of Israel titled, “There Is a Jessica Krug in Every Jew,” where I explained that the tendency, or wish, to eschew our role in the world is common to…
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