speech

Vayechi:

Constructive speech prevents harmful speech

On the surface, battle are won with weapons and battle tactics. Beneath the surface, they are won because our minds and tongues were preoccupied with prayer.

The Bible at work:-Devarim: Moses the orator

Thanks for the memories!

Matot-Maasei: Our mouths are sacred vessels

Various commentators weigh in on the power of speech.

'Not planning to attend':

AOC joins boycott of Herzog's speech

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known for her anti-Israel statements, joins two others in boycott of President Herzog's Congress speech.

Joining Ilhan Omar:

Rep. Jamaal Bowman to boycott Herzog's Congress speech

Rep. Jamaal Bowman confirms he will not be attending President Isaac Herzog's speech before a joint session of Congress next week.

Career coaching in Pinchas: 'Just because we have no brothers?'

Getting a lift from your elevator pitch - pun aside, what can we learn about requests from the daughters of Zelaphchad? A good deal.

Op-ed:

Are Jews the smartest people in the world?

Generalizing about Jewish behavior, the writer criticizes Jewish speech and our generalizing about Arabs. But he has a point. Op-ed .

New IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi's inaugural speech

The full text of the speech given on January 16 includes a Dvar Torah on this past week's parsha. 'Happy is the nation for whom this is so'.

In first Knesset speech:

Bismuth wears kippah, recites Shehecheyanu

New MK Boaz Bismuth speaks at the Knesset plenum and talks about his childhood: "We didn't dare to say outside that we voted for Likud."

Biden:

'MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards'

US President accuses Trump supporters of seeking to take the United States "backwards", urges Americans to protect democracy.

Political spectrum split on Bennett's departure

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's departure speech drew varied reactions from the rest of Israel's political echelon.

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Metzora: The Power of Speech

Israel's firrst Chief Rabbi and iconic leader of religious Zionism: Why do only Jews get tzora'at? What are the two levels of speech?

Report:

Bennett irked by Zelensky's speech, will not arm Ukraine

Official claims PM's Office unhappy with Zelensky’s speech, saying it was a "disrespect to the Holocaust", but will continue peace mediation

Political correctness and halakha

Being politically correct in its non-coercive aspects is very close to halakhic requirements for speech. Op-ed.

The Daily Portion

The most powerful weapon

At the moment that we say something, we create a new reality in the world.

"We condemn those who praise violence and martyrdom"

Tel Aviv volleyball club sparks outrage with their concession speech.

Pure speech? That depends

The Torah, which usually condenses wording, sometimes uses extra words to teaches us the importance of clean language.

Putin cut in half during New Year's speech

Russian television station KasKad showed Vladimir Putin's New Year's speech from the nose down, claims technical error.

Netanyahu: The people want vaccines, not election broadcasts

PM speaks at Knesset following preliminary approval of Knesset dissolution supported by Blue and White.

Say what you mean - words matter!

It is only Man who is capable of communicating the depth of his intellect and his soul; only man can communicate his heart.

Office of the Chief Rabbi:

Words Create Worlds – the danger of cancel culture

Speech can create a world and speech can destroy a world.

Devarim: Moses Speaks!

How did Moses, the great leader who said "I am not a man of words" declaim the entire book of Dvarim? Torah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi.

Likud officially launches campaign for 21st Knesset

Netanyahu: 'Corruption cases will collapse after election. Only a big Likud will defeat the Left.'

Hotovely: Decision not to broadcast Netanyahu speech puzzling

Likud furious at decision by Elections Committee Chairman that Netanyahu's speech not be broadcast live on television.

Trump after Kerry speech: Israel treated 'very, very unfairly'

Trump slammed Kerry's speech condemning Israeli settlement in Judea and Samaria. “It’s pretty obvious. We have different views."

Nationalist MKs Praise Netanyahu's UN Speech

While leftist MKs rejected the Prime Minister's speech, nationalist MKs praised Netanyahu for exposing the PA's lies.

PLO: Netanyahu's Speech Full of Hate Language

Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi claims Israeli PM's speech at the UN "blatantly manipulated" the facts.

PA Rejects U.S. Criticism of Abbas's Speech

Senior PLO member Saeb Erekat says State Department reaction to Abbas's UN speech was "irresponsible, indecent and rejected".

Netanyahu Promises 'Razor Sharp' Speech at UN

PM's associates tell reporters on flight to New York that Netanyahu's UN speech is "worth the wait".

Netanyahu: Bloomberg 'Brings Big Thinking'

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's congratulatory speech to Michael Bloomberg highlights the roles of tradition, innovation.

Peres: 'The Holocaust is a great warning to us all'

President Shimon Peres marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a citation of the value of human life in general.

Attorneys Offer Free Defense Of Sharon Celebrations

Ben-Gvir and Ben-Yosef slam Interior Security Minister's attempt to 'silence and intimidate,' call for his removal.

Prime Minister: Radical Islam Taking Us Back to the Past

PM emphasizes dangers of Islamism, including a nuclear Iran: 'We are for modernity - they are for dark medievalism'.