Op Ed: The country is on the verge of dehydration. I am writing this on Rosh Chodesh of the month of Shevat. “Jewish Arbor Day” is coming up in 15 days and I am dreading it and wishing that someone would stick in a leap-month of some kind. When I see the...
Division between “Israeli” and “Jew” is artificial. This article may seem at first to be dealing with nothing more than semantics. But in this case, we are dealing with words pertaining to our very identity. Our identity is the way we perceive...
Let us not fall victim to our enemies’ dark desire. I have just returned from a five-week trip to the US. While there, I dedicated half of my time to family and the rest of the time to lecturing about Israel and Aliyah, and meeting with American Jews who want to...
Against a utilitarian approach to the Land. “I will remember My covenant with Jacob and even My covenant with Isaac, and even My covenant with Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the Land.” (Vayikra 26:42) In this week’s parsha there is a...
“Hashem spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the Land that I give you, the Land shall observe a Sabbath rest for HaShem.” Parshat Behar This Torah portion has everything to do with the...
A methodical exile is taking place; the exile of location and exile of the mind We all know what exile is. Exile is when you get kicked off your land. But that’s not the worst exile. A nation may be forcibly exiled from its land, but if the nation longs to...
