We are in a time of the publication terrible reports of abuse by church leadership, sexual abuse and other forms of leadership abuse: manipulation, domineering leadership, intimidation, control by anger etc. Of course, sexual abuse is at the top of the …
As we come into the New Year, may we see a great cultural shift. We have seen in the last years that when cultural influences and the culture formation elite use the levers of social media they can radically change …
On my recent flight from Israel to the United States, I sat next to an Israeli Jewish atheist who grew up on a kibbutz. As we talked about Israel, the war, and Israeli and American politics, he noted that he …
Many secular Westerners have great difficulty in dealing with world conflicts because they ignore the religious foundations or motives for such conflicts. Yes, there are also ethnic motives, and they may overlap with religious motives, but I want to …
Daniel Juster, Ph. D. and Senior Shaliach The War with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon Israel still fights the long war in Gaza and soon may fight an all-out war in Lebanon against the Iran proxy, Hezbollah. …
Mosab Yousef, son of Hamas founder Hassan Yousef, recently addressed the European Union Parliament. Mosab is a strong spokesman against Hamas terrorism. In his piercing and fiery style, he states that much of what people say about Hamas is detached …
My leftist friends (and I do have a few) accuse Israel of genocide. This is because of the pictures of civilians, women, and children killed in Gaza. However, not only is the definition of genocide abused by them, but the …
Three attempts were made for a two-state solution. First was the attempt during the administrations of Barak and Clinton. Clinton told Arafat that he made him a failure. Arafat walked away and started an uprising/intifada. Then A. Sharon tried unilateral …
Leviticus 23 summarizes Israel’s Holy Days. 39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the Lord for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, …
The lead Chabad Rabbi in Tel Aviv put a large ad in the Jerusalem Post’s weekend edition. In it, he decried secular education in Israel that was leading Jews in Israel away from believing in the Torah, the Exodus, the …