Rabbi Kook he reminds us that, as a general rule, as long as a Jew yearns for the betterment of the Israelite Nation in ...

A country like Israel — a hi-tech hub — should have the basics in place for diseases like PSP. In a nation of 10 million, ...

The irony is as thick as it is tragic. They decry ‘occupation’ while literally occupying a Dutch university, turning it into a battlefield and intimidating anyone who dares stand for Israel or for ...

Biblical Basis for Slavery Historically, slavery was defended using literal interpretations of scripture: “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” Interpretation: Claimed ...

For Black and Jewish communities in America, that weight is both a burden and a call to action. Each group carries a painful legacy of oppression, persecution, and struggle – one shaped by slavery and ...

Rerouting History: From Suez to the Arctic Once upon a time, if you were mapping global trade, your pen would glide through the Middle East and North Africa. Cairo. Haifa. Dubai. Aden. The Suez Canal ...

“It was taught in a beraita, ‘Do not place a stumbling block in front of a blind man’ (Vayikra 19:14). This verse refers to one who hits his big son (‘beno ha-godol’).” (Moed Kattan 17a).

Your Egypt might have even been your Eden, the perfect place and situation for you at a previous time of your life. Whether your situation is an Egypt or an Eden is not so much about the place or ...

The Haggadah says that we celebrate Passover as if we, today, were there. And yet after biblical times, early in the Talmudic era, the rabbis imagined a human hero at the Red Sea: Nachshon ben ...

The southern Temple vision is not just a return to a more accurate physical location — it is a spiritual rejection of dominance. By building not over the Dome of the Rock but beside it, we reject both ...

In Genesis, Jacob wrestles a mysterious man who eventually reveals himself to be G-d and renames Jacob to “Israel” meaning to struggle with G-d. True to the origins of it’s name, Israel has struggled ...

Mordechai van Zuiden at The Times of Israel ...