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Love as the Meaning of Life – Beshalach
by Ariel Ben Avraham. One of the fundamental principles that the Torah teaches, and the book of Exodus in particular, is the fact that all emanates from Creator and is sustained by Him. Understanding this in a deeper level means that we are His invention and not all the way around.A Portrait of Israeli Jews
The Israeli Democracy Institute today formally presents the findings of the third Guttman-AVI CHAI report, A Portrait of Israeli Jews: Beliefs, Observance, and Values of Israeli Jews. Based on a survey conducted by IDI’s Guttman Center for Surveys for the AVI CHAI Foundation in 2009, the report is a sequel to two earlier studies conducted in 1991 and 1999. Taken together, the three surveys present a unique continuum of Jewish religiosity in Israel.
U.S. funds used for Palestinian textbooks that preach hate
On the cover of a UNRWA-funded textbook, the image of a Palestinian stamp has a blank space on the bottom left where a Hebrew inscription belongs. It was one of numerous examples speaker Arnon Groiss used in a congressional briefing to show the anti-Israel rhetoric young Palestinians are being taught. Photo by Suzanne Pollak. By Suzanne Pollak


