All posts tagged "Torah"

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  What Makes Us Human?

                            ” When it works, the family is the matrix of our humanity. It...

• Blogs

  The Happy Little Country – Israel

          As Independence Day celebrations were winding down Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a guest appearance on Channel 2’s left-wing...

• Blogs

  April 21, 2013 Weekly Good News From Israel

    In the 21st April edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include: Within one hour an Israeli mathematical innovation can identify...

• Steve

  Two Contests for Free Best Job and Best Wedding Gift in Israel

     This spring, Nefesh B’Nefesh launched two social-media based Aliyah contests: The Best Job Contest and The Wedding Gift Challenge. Nefesh has partnered with See3 Communications to...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Of Love and Hate

    Sculpture By Phillip Ratner  Commentary By Rabbi Lord Sacks At the centre of the mosaic books is Vayikra. At the centre...

• Guest Contributors

  So God is moving to more interesting places

  Lately, a strange feeling has gotten hold of me. I am not yet able to fully articulate it, but something tells me...

• Blogs

  An American has become the “Mayor of International Tel Aviv”

     “My first job was to coalesce what didn’t exist,” says Shultz.  American social promoter Jay Shultz unites the White City’s young...

• Steve

  Israel – Small But Outstanding

    Enjoy this this wonderful video that takes your breath away. Israel, a small country of outstanding beauty, is so many different...

• Blogs

  A Nazi’s Son in the IDF – An Amazing Story and Interview

    What does a decorated Nazi tell his son about the war? Nothing. Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger shares his story about the journey...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Holiness and Childbirth

           A deeply profound explanation of this weeks Torah portion by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  The sidrot of Tazria and...

• Guest Contributors

  Sheila Raviv – Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and its Heroism

    By Sheila Raviv  The Nazis yelled “Go back to Jerusalem” to us – now their heirs yell “Go back to Europe”....

• Blogs

  Antisemitism matters because it’s an assault on humanity

    By Rabbi Lord Sacks. This coming Sunday is Yom Hashoah, the day we in the Jewish community observe our Holocaust Remembrance...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Fire – Holy and Unholy

     Sculpture by International Artist Phillip Ratner. This is a truly powerful interpretation/explanation of this weeks Torah reading.   By Rabbi Lord...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Redemption and the Rational Mind

     David Hartman, 1931-2013. Passover, Rabbi Prof. David Hartman wrote in 2010, is meant to celebrate and sustain our deep yearning for...

• Blogs

  You Cannot Passover the Jewish State

     News of Israel’s Achievements and Heartwarming Stories from the Jewish State.  The modern State of Israel is almost the same size...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Rituals are how civilizations preserve their memory

       When people talk about religion in Britain, they tend to speak about beliefs. Which, for Jews, is very odd. Yes, belief...

• 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...

• Blogs

  The 10 Commandments of Visiting Israel

    The old commandments helped the Israelites survive the desert. A set of new ones may help Obama survive the Israelis.  ...

• 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...