All posts tagged "Judaism"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Tzav – Violence and the Sacred

      By Rabbi Lord Sacks Judaism is less a philosophical system than a field of tensions – between universalism and particularism, for...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Between Destiny and Chance

    Art by Phillip Ratner   Commentary By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks  The third book of the Torah is known in English as...

• Yitzhaq Hayut-man

  OLD-NEW ISRAEL – Dr. Hayut-man

    A revolutionary proposal concerning Israel’s past and future  Dr. Yitzḥaq Ḥayut-Man The Israeli elections are already behind us but the coalition...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Two Types of Community

    Art by Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. A long drama had taken place. Moses had led the people...

• Music / Cultural Scene

  Rebbe Soul: American Jewish Popular Music Icon Makes Israel His Home

  https://israelseen.com/shows/rebbe%20soul.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More Rebbe Soul, American Jewish Popular music icon is the musician songwriter Bruce...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Love as our common bond

     By Ariel Ben Avraham   Ki Tisa: God’s Love The principle in the relationship between Israel and God is Love. We proclaim...

• Blogs

  Israel has been made an alibi for a new climate of antisemitism on the left

        By Norman Geras.Fathom In Marx’s essay On the Jewish Question, written in 1844, there are two contrasting sets of themes vis-à-vis...

• Steve

  Yoram Getzler 1938-2013 My Dear Friend and Co-host of Israelseen

    I am waiting for the train on my way to  my daughter’s house  in Kfar Sava so we can travel together...

• Blogs

  Tel Aviv Celebrates Purim in a Giant City Wide Street Party

    Friday afternoon we strolled on Rothchild Blvd, Chen Blvd and on Ibn Gvirol and Shaul Hamelech streets. Thousands were on hand...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Tetzaveh: Realizing Our Bond with the Creator

     By Ariel Ben Avraham . One of the definitions of the Sanctuary [Temple of Jerusalem], besides being a specific geographic location...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Prophet and Priest

       By Lord Chief Rabbi Sacks. The sedra of Tetsaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Israel – The Source of Hope for All Mankind

      Rabbi Sacks was in Israel last week and spoke at Tel Chai College in the Galil.  I strongly recommend everyone, Jew...

• Blogs

  Purim – An a capella Music Video Parody

    An a capella Purim music video parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads, foheads.com, graduates and students of Midreshet Ein Prat, Israel....

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Essence of Ahavat Yisrael is the willingness to take responsibility for the future of the Jewish people

     Sculpture by Phillip Ratner commentary by Yehuda HaKohen,  “Speak to the Children of Israel and they shall take to Me a...

• Blogs

  A World Without Jews

  A mosaic featuring St Paul is displayed over the chapel of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls on December 12, 2006 in...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  How do we build a house for God to live in us?

   llustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar  By Ariel Ben Avraham . How do we build a house for God to...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Building Builders – Terumah

       Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we...

• Blogs

  The Legacy of Rabbi David Hartman: Popularity is not important. Integrity is

  By David Bedein. David Bedein is a  dear friend who is devoted and dedicated  to understanding the “real” intent behind the language...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Learning to Live in God’s Love

    By Ariel Ben Avraham. Ego’s fantasies and illusions correspond to idolatry as Love’s ways and attributes correspond to real freedom. In...

• Blogs

  The Hijacking of Judaism

    By Zahava D. Englard Author & Freelance Writer.  One day, I would like to practice classical Judaism. You know, the true...