What do Chabad and the Reform Movement agree on?
Chabad has the power (if it so desires..) to influence 1 Million Jews to make Aliyah this instant.
Chabad has the power (if it so desires..) to influence 1 Million Jews to make Aliyah this instant.
The spark of love in their souls for the Land of Israel, a part of our genetic inheritance from our holy forefathers, needs to be lit
In Israel we are one nation – not outside of it where we are dry scattered bones of Ezekiel’s prophecy waiting to be resurrected to life.
For 2000 years the land of Israel was in suspension, as a wife impatiently awaits the return of her beloved husband who was called away.
Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?
Memorializing someone who was never in the public eye, but who symbolizes ethical and idealistic, yet practical, religious Zionism.
Do your rose-colored glasses block your seeing the handwriting on the wall? Only In Israel there is the IDF to defend you. Opinion.
Josh Rosenthal, a new immigrant to Israel, explains why he decided to move to Israel during days of war and terror.
The far left is a paper tiger that feeds on our delusionary fears - listen to the simple sound of the shofar and dismantle them.
Hashem has not changed His mind.
What is the fate of Jews today who are already in the galut and refuse to reunite with Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisrael?
Once it was called "yerida", descent, and you were ashamed of it. Op-ed.
As Jewish history has proven again and again, the Torah cannot survive in a jar. Neither can the Jews. Op-ed.
Whether you are modern, baalei batish, yeshivish, Lubavitch, Lakewood, Passaic type or Five Towns type, all are welcome and equal. Op-ed.
Judaism is founded on self-sacrifice. Every morning we read about the self-sacrifice Avraham and Yitzhak manifested in the Akeida. Op-ed.
The immigrants were accompanied by award-winning chef Eitan Bernath and popular comedian Tehran Von Ghasri.
The processes of secularization were a result of emancipation, and not of the Zionist movement. Judaism in Israel is much better than abroad
Just as there are Jews by Choice, there are 'Israelis by Choice,' who answer the 'knock at the door' of the approaching Redemption. Op-ed
Next year in Jerusalem is not “only a song,” it was the dream, hope and prayer of Jews for 2000 years and fulfilled in our time.
When a Jew leaves Israel: there is an interim when he has no Divine protection. When he comes, he is escorted by the angels of the land.
It is axiomatic, says the Talmud, that Esau hates Jacob. That has not changed.
Your party promised a plan for Diaspora Jewry and for increasing Aliyah before the elections. Now is the chance to act on it.
The command of 'Lech lecha' is spoken constantly by God to everyone, but Avram, our leader, actually heard, internalized, and acted upon it.
Terach, certainly in Yiddish, is used in a negative sense. But there is one major decision he made that we should all emulate.
Life doesn’t stand still; it is volatile and mercurial with resha’im dictating the direction of world affairs. Come before it's too late.
Imagine mixing the most amazing ingredients together for a delicious cake but never putting it in the oven!
225 new olim arrived in Israel from North America last week. Now there are only 4,999,775 remaining. What can we do to get them here? Op-ed.
Read an unbelievable story about Rav Maimon and the Rogatchover about claiming to be born in Eretz Yisrael.
The Torah wasn’t given to be kept in Sinai, nor in Brooklyn or Beverly Hills. The Torah isn’t a “religion” like Buddhism or Christianity,
In this week’s Torah portion Matot (Israel) we learn that there is a complete way to serve Hashem and an incomplete way.
From the book by Tzvi Glatt, young Torah Scholar from America who studied at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.and was killed by terrorists in Hevron.
2022 Virtual Mega Aliyah Event & Innovation.IL Job Fair to be held this Sunday.
30 hours in prison was enough to realize how special it is to live in the Medina - the tochacha is enough to realize that every Jew should.
On Seder Night we are to teach are children that their future lies not in New York or Florida, but in our own Jewish Homeland. Op-ed.
Their wars are not our wars. We do not need to die in their battles or suffer for their sins. We may live our own lives in Israel. Op-ed.
The greatest Sanctification of Hashem's Name is the return of the Jewish People to Israel, Last Shabbat's Haftorah tells us that succinctly
Leslie and Michael Windman, who made aliyah recently from Florida, hosted the mayor of Jerusalem at their home and received a Purim basket.
Where is the Jewish wisdom in packing our bags only when the tanks of tyrants come rumbling into cities where we never belonged? Op-ed.
When the Temple is rebuilt, will our stone be there or, Heaven forbid, will it “be erased from among them” – as Jacob told Joseph? Opinion.
Has the yeshivish world lost sight of the importance that the Vilna Gaon and Baal Shem Tov placed on living in the Holy Land?
Not all the Jews will hear the call to aliya, just as the 80% in Egypt did not hear or heed the call - and that is very sad.
When our “backs were to the wall” (“to the sea wall”), Hashem said “Stop praying and be pro-active ...”. That holds for today as well.
There is only one way to stop the liquidation of Diaspora Jewry and it is not the well meant plan of former Minister Yankelevitch. Opinion.
We don’t appreciate what we have until we’ve lost it. Opinion.
'The reason the Rambam does not list living in Israel as a mitzvah is not that he thinks it less than a mitzvah, but just the opposite.'
There are people who claim that until the Mashiach comes there is no obligation for a Jew to live in Israel.Look again.
Yom Aliyah is a great opportunity to announce that aliyah and helping olim will become one of the top areas of focus.
A Jew cannot forge the same connection to Hashem in Ur Kasdim, Haran, Berlin, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, or Palm Beach, as in Eretz Yisrael.
Israel is proud of a 31% increase in aliya from last year, but that euphoria is somewhat deceptive. Look closer. Op-ed.
Where is our generation alluded to in the Torah?
Israel will thrive without Chubby Hubby. What it does need are the good Jews who ate Cookie Dough and Cherry Garcia until this week.Op-ed.
Here's one of the basic principles of the Torah - it doesn’t change. And it is meant to be kept in Israel.
I once met a survivor who said that whoever was in Bergen Belsen for 10 minutes, can justifiably say Hallel every day in Medinat Yisrael.
Jewish jokers, like the Joker of Batman fame, make good out of evil, and evil out of good. Israel is not good enough for them.
The mere fact that Jews are living outside the Land of Israel is a desecration of G-d. Why? Op-ed.
They returned with a report whose variations appear in today's Torah journals, speeches etc. The message is: Do not go to Eretz Yisrael.
Two opposing ideas or opinions can appear to be correct to the same degree but, in fact, only one is true.
Lockdowns have upended millions of peoples' lives, especially students who have had studies disrupted and plans for the future put on hold.
Shushan is uncannily like America 2021. Llisten to Marc Bernan sing a Yiddish Purim song about the miracle and make it come true again.