Rabbi Pini Dunner

Dawn of a new era

As Israel faces political deadlock and America signals a shift in its relationship with the Jewish state, a single phrase from Parshat Chayei Sarah offers a timeless framework for navigating an uncertain future.

Throwing stones

There are moments when watching the United Nations feels uncannily like watching one of the ancient cults described by Chazal. Everyone insists the institution is sacred, but the accepted rituals seem increasingly designed to degrade it.

Moti Leitner:

Making the Jewish World like haredim again

After years in which Israel’s haredi political representatives made too many Jews resent us, Moti Leitner and his new party may be achieving what once seemed impossible. Opinion.

Who do you think you are?

The one thing new money cannot buy is old money, so the people at an 1897 gala rented someone else’s past for the evening. It was ancestry as wishful thinking. Which brings me to the opening of Parshat Ki Tavo - the exact opposite.

On Haredi enlistment:

Spirituality is not an excuse

Concern about spiritual risk cannot become a universal license to transfer physical risk to other Jews.

IRON Initiative head:

'Qatar is worse than Iran, Israel doesn't understand this yet'

Rabbi Pini Dunner, President of the IRON Initiative, spoke with Arutz Sheva about the efforts to confront antisemitism in the US and how Qatar has used its vast wealth to blind officials in US and Israel to the threat it poses.