Shabbat Yitro

February 13, 2025 by  

Father-in-Law Read more

Shabbat Beshalach

February 7, 2025 by  

What is a miracle? Read more

Samson Is Israel

January 31, 2025 by  

Shimshon ( Samson) is the great Jewish hero. The symbol of Jewish defiance and overcoming odds, throughout the ages. Read more

Shabbat Bo

January 30, 2025 by  

Negotiations   Read more

Shabbat Vaeyra

January 23, 2025 by  

 Why Wait? Read more

British Mandate a Mistake?

January 19, 2025 by  

The ignorant  (or brainwashed) , useful idiots who call for the destruction of a Jewish homeland, claim that the Mandate that granted Jews a homeland was not only a mistake but an original sin. Read more

Yeshivas: A place where you sit!

January 10, 2025 by  

What is a Yeshivah?  A place where you sit, literally. Of course, you can do many things when you sit. From meditation to wasting time! Read more

Shabbat Vayechi

January 9, 2025 by  

Yosef and the Evil Eye

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Migration and Assimilation

January 3, 2025 by  

There are very different reasons why Jews have always migrated, and many have assimilated. Read more

Shabbat Vayigash

January 2, 2025 by  

Politics
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Orgies

December 27, 2024 by  

Since we are in the midst of party season, I am reminded of the strange history of Jewish parties that went wrong. Read more

Shabbat Mikeytz: Dreams

December 26, 2024 by  

Dreams play a very important part in the biblical narrative. Read more

A history of Chanukah

December 22, 2024 by  

We like to think that Chanukah was the great victory of Judah, the son of Mattityahu the Priest ( who initiated the resistance ) against the mighty Syrian or Seleucid Greeks over two thousand years ago. Read more

Shabbat Vayeyshev

December 19, 2024 by  

Tamar the Righteous Woman Read more

The Wind and the Sun

December 15, 2024 by  

A few weeks ago, The Economist ran an article referring to Sir Isaiah Berlin. Read more

Shabbat Vayishlach

December 12, 2024 by  

Women in the Torah

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Shabbat Vayeytzey

December 5, 2024 by  

Do as You Would Be Done By Read more

The Savanarola Moment

November 29, 2024 by  

People are asking why now are we experiencing such a tsunami of hatred? Read more

Shabbat Toldot

November 28, 2024 by  

The role of a woman

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Israel’s Chief Rabbinate

November 22, 2024 by  

While the world’s attention has been focused on the American election, a far less publicized but still significant election for the Chief Rabbinate took place in Israel. Read more

Shabbat Chayey Sarah

November 21, 2024 by  

Pay attention to the words! Read more

Shabbat Vayeyra

November 15, 2024 by  

Avraham Challenges God Read more

Trump

November 10, 2024 by  

וללב מלכים אין חקר
“There is no way to  plumb the depths of the hearts of kings.”
Proverbs 25:3
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Shabbat Leych Lecha

November 7, 2024 by  

Challenges Read more

Assassinations 

October 23, 2024 by  

Yes, of course, I was delighted to hear that Sinwar met the violent end that he deserved. Read more

The Festival of Succot

October 16, 2024 by  

From Serious to Joy

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Yom Kippur Eve

October 11, 2024 by  

Hope or Trust? Read more

Should God Atone too?

September 27, 2024 by  

We are approaching a period of atonement. And sometimes, I wonder who should be atoning. Read more

Shabbat Nitzavim & Vayeylech

September 26, 2024 by  

SECRETS Read more

Daniel Deronda: George Eliot and the Jews.

September 20, 2024 by  

In 1290, Jews were expelled from England. In 1656, Cromwell failed to persuade Parliament to welcome Jews back officially. Read more

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