All posts tagged "Land Of Israel"

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Who creates, sustains and affectionately empowers all that exists

      The Torah begins with the dawn of Creation. To fully appreciate this narrative, one must recognize history to be more than...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  In The Beginning – “What is man that You are mindful of him?”

      Rabbi Isaac said: The Torah should have begun with the verse (Ex. 12: 1): “This month shall be to you...

• Myth and Facts about Israel

  Myths and Facts – UN Resolution 194 and the “Right of Return”

     Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries.1950 Palestinian Arab Refugees By Eli E. Hertz Resolution 194, adopted by the UN General Assembly on...

• Blogs

  Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time

   Israeli college students (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)  The Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time – a great academy filled with...

• Steve

  Point-Counter-Point with Yossi Klein Halevi

  Point-Counter-Point is a threaded discussion on major issues among leading thinkers in the Jewish world in Israel and North America. On a...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Learn from Moshe that all of Am Yisrael is holy and deserving of our patience, understanding and love.

    by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum PARSHAT VEZOT HABRACHA (by Yehuda HaKohen) “Fortunate are you, O Israel: who is like you! O people...

• Steve

  Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy

    By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim for ArabNews.com.  Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel...

• Blogs

  Israeli-American Soldier Dances His Way Through the IDF

         Most IDF soldiers march their way through basic training. Ron Bronstein shuffles.  The 24-year-old St. Louis native enlisted in the IDF...

• Steve

  A Tribute to the Golden City and Shuly Nathan – Jerusalem

     Dedicated to the Golden City of Jerusalem, and to the wonderful Shuly Nathan.   httpv://youtu.be/5NyqXB6b4c8 I have many versions of Yerushalayim...

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  The Ghost Of Yom Kippur, Israel’s Pearl Harbor

          by Asaf Romirowsky When one looks at Israeli history, the two wars that changed and defined the country the most...

• Steve

  Can Israel’s ultra-conservative communities join modern society?

    An ultra-Orthodox family enjoys a rare Jerusalem snowfall. General education in Orthodox schools is “below Third World” by Gershom Gorenberg. “The...

• Blogs

  What 18th century, American founding fathers knew about Islam

      By Yoram Ettinger. Since the 18th century, American founding fathers and scholars have been aware of deeply-rooted Islamic violence, terrorism, intolerance...

• Blogs

  From buttered croissants to military rations

                     Captain Michael Levi gave up a good physician’s life in France and followed his Jewish roots to the Holy Land.Photo credit:...

• Steve

  Livin’ in a Booth – The Fountainheads

    A musical parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads from the Ein Prat Academy, Israel http://foheads.com.   httpv://youtu.be/oXx5Wp3GcSE A parody of Bruno Mars...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  There is no more potent symbol of Jewish history than the sukkah

  Sukkot, or Tabernacles, is the most joyous of all the festivals. We call it the ‘season of our rejoicing’. And like Pesach...

• Steve's Blog:It's Personal

  How is it possible – Here I am

  By Steve Ornstein. I have thought numerous times about what to say about the New Year.  Truth be told it has been...

• Blogs

  The Peace Process – Redesigned

      Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photos Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons) Ignoring cultural difference and overestimating politics has left us without a resolution....

• Blogs

  One day of doubt – One Day of Forgiveness

  On Yom Kippur God reminds us that most atrocities are committed in the name of ‘justice’ By Yair Lapid.   Yair Lapid...

• Steve

  Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre and Who by Fire

  Enjoy these two videos. May your New Year be filled with Health, Peace and Love. httpv://youtu.be/T2RrErhVxks http://rebshlomocarlebach.blogspot.com/ Reb Shlomo Carlebach -Yom Kippur...

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  UN looks to Israeli disabilities group for advice

    Beit Issie Shapiro opened Israel’s first hydrotherapy program and hydrotherapists’ training program. A Ra’anana organization that blazes new trails for people...