Memorial Day and Independence Day are the times I thank God that instead of growing up being American kids who are Jewish, my offspring are Children of Israel, just as we are called in the Bible.
The Palestinian Arabs are, as usual, fighting the upcoming Jerusalem Day parade. Op-ed.
The revealed side of the Torah is the foundation for this deeper learning, but the revealed side is not the Torah’s end.
‘We didn’t know you people have such unbreakable spirit and resolve,’ the KGB commander said.
Rabbi Kook teaches that we are called upon to remove the “chametz” of foreign cultures and foreign idolatries from our hearts and be free of their influence.
It is entirely possible that an objective review of the case would free Amiram Ben Uliel from a life in prison. That makes such a review imperative and now is the time. Opinion.
The Kohanim possessed the codes which bring the light and blessing of Hashem to all humanity and to every created thing on Earth. Without the Beit HaMikdash, however, all of humanity is like an orphan.
With all the serious analyses of President Trump's pro-Israel attitude, and the Houthis sharpening their spears, perhaps it is time for a little old-fashioned fun. A former Hollywood screenwriter has done this for us. Better late than never, no?
Interview with a rabbi who studied with him for twelve years: "HaRav Tzvi Yehuda vehemently maintained that no handful of Israeli soil, however small, is allowed to be transferred to foreign control."
Wherever Netanyahu turns, his hands are tied. Whatever he wants to do, he is stifled. Our Sages teach us not to judge our fellow man until we have stood in his place, so let us try to do that before we pass judgment. Opinion.
Snce this week marks my mother’s yahrtzeit, may her memory be a blessing, I will use my personal experience to demonstrate that bringing one’s aging parents to Israel is the very best thing a child could do for them.
“What is he screaming about?” they would ask hearing Moses call out “Let My people go!”
As we read about the burning bush in this coming Shabbat's Torah reading, perhaps we should look for a message in the tragic devastation in Los Angeles.
Our Sages explain that the rivalry and reunion of Judah and Joseph is the basis of the concept that there are two Mashiachs, not one – Mashiach Ben Yosef and Mashiach Ben David.
As a legendary actor of Hollywood teaches: “When you have to shoot – shoot.”
On this Thanksgiving Day, it looks like American Jewry is not going anywhere.
Why does Netanyahu, a decorated IDF hero, go along with the haredi exemption national shame? Why is he working on an Enlistment Law that perpetuates the haredi exemptions?
Tzvi Fishman's miracle-filled journey to Jerusalem.
Hashem and His Nation Israel have taken the world's front stage, weeding out the poisonous thorns that would destroy G-d's people of Israel. Watch out, Tehran!
In its military prowess, in the building of Medinat Yisrael, and in the full content of its national life, as well as in the life of each and every individual, Am Yisrael realizes the potential of the unified soul of the Jewish People as a whole.
Cherna Moskowitz z"l was laid to rest today, next to her late husband, Irving, on the Mount of Olives, a few meters from the grave of Rav Avraham HaCohen Kook. A tribute to a woman of valor and builder of Israel.
Yes, freedom and change can be difficult and challenging, but millions of former prisoners have escaped their former prisons and found a wonderful new life in Israel.
While Judaism has philosophical and even meditative aspects, it is first and foremost a clear and precise code of commandments and the action necessary to observe them - as opposed to Buddhism and other religions.
Why do we in Israel see the danger so clearly while the Jews of America and their Jewish leadership seem not to feel it? Op-ed.
We must act quickly and call out to all the Jews of France – ‘Don't delay. The situation throughout Europe is rapidly deteriorating. You have an historic opportunity to immigrate to Israel and to be a part of the generation returning to Zion after 2000 years of exile."
Wherever Jews live throughout the world, we are one united nation and everyone has the responsibility (and privilege) to share the burden and great merit of military service in defense of our cherished Homeland. Op-ed.
Two stories. For his yahrzeit: "Tell me, will you? How does this Rabbi do these things?”
So all-encompassing is this commandment that a person performs it even while he sleeps!
When the State of Israel is hard-pressed to defend itself from savage enemies on two fronts, from the north and the south, where are the young Jews of America? Why don’t they come to the rescue?
The State of Israel must urgently develop a practical contingency plan for the absorption of European Jewry into Israel.
What would the Rebbe tell his followers to do in the face of growing antisemitism in the West if he were with us today?
Instead of reading the handwriting on the wall, Diaspora Jews are begging Gentile governments for the chance to stay where they are. For Theodore Herzl's birthday.
Why is it that a notable number of Jewish American youth feel not just an estrangement towards Zionism, but also antipathy? How did Diaspora leaders let this happen?
Unfortunately we are indeed a stubborn people. Without getting repeatedly hit on the head we don’t internalize the message. Must we wait until blood flows on college campuses in America and on the streets of Lakewood and Monsey, New York?
Caring about the worsening situation in America won’t help the beleaguered Jews there. We have to act!!
Israel was caught off guard and unprepared on October 7th. Is it prepared to facilitate the mass wave of Aliyah that may be coming?
There is a better approach to aliyah than spending fortunes to bring Jews from Western countries. Opinion
The problem isn’t the Jews in Israel. The problem is the Jews outside of it.
Dramatic announcement of the DOA.
Rabbi Kook sought to explain how an enlightened, industrialized, and cultured Europe could unleash such destructive barbaric forces that brought the world to a cataclysmic and death-filled war. Nothing has changed.
Rabbi Yitschak Yossef's statements must be understood in the context of how the issue of haredi draft is being used for politial ends. In truth, for the IDF, the enlistment of ten-thousand Haredim would be more of a headache than a salvation.
Heaven forbid that every yeshiva student go into the army! And Heaven forbid that none of them go!
“Jewish Tradition” is for everyone. For secular Jews, new baalei tshuva, and would-be converts, the book is like a mini encyclopedia. For others, it is enlightening because it explains Torat Eretz Yisrael.
If you want to get close to Hashem the place to do it is in the Land of Israel.
The five members of the Israeli war cabinet assembled in the special underground bunker situated on the outskirts of Jerusalem and then fantasy took over. A short story.
Setbacks, he reminds us, occur not only if we are caught unprepared by an enemy attack – setbacks can occur when the unity of the nation is weakened from fraternal turmoil.
Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook planted a sapling in Shilo on the first Tu B'shvat celebrated there. His stirring words continue tol inspire and a reserve soldier has written a timely addtion to them.
“A woman’s birthing pains are very painful,” Rabbi Druckman explains. “The same holds true for the birth pangs of Mashiach."
A yerida (descent) can be a springboard for an even greater Aliyah (ascent).
The conception that is perfectly OK to live in gentile countries must be erased.
On a clear day, between the buildings you can see the Knesset, which has been enveloped in a fog of confusion during this war.Op-ed.
How can our Sages say that there is no Torah in the Diaspora? The Jews continued learning Torah all over the world.
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
If a nature party was the way many Israelis felt the holiday of joy in the Torah should be spent, it is a call to those who educate them.
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.
Which is it going to be - the Goldene Medina or the Land of Milk and Honey given to us by Hashem?
There is no permission to engage in melancholy, whether in private or public mourning.
Rambam: If a great tribulation comes upon the nation, trumpets must be blasted and people must examine their ill deeds A call for teshuva.
Often we look upon Hashem as if He were a spare tire Most of the time we drive about,, not thinking about the spare tire until we need it.
Today, even the leaders of the Left and the most liberal of peace mongers are calling for the destruction of Hamas. But...
