All posts tagged "Torah"

• 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...

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  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...

• 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...

• Steve

  Merav Michaeli – New Labor MK – “My inaugural speech. I mean every word”.

      This is just one of the new members of the Israeli Knesset who speaks from the heart and represents the important...

• Guest Contributors

  New Israeli MK Dr. Ruth Calderon Establishes a Refreshing Learning Environment

      It is no coincidence that maiden speech given by MK Ruth Calderon registered 150,000 viewers on YouTube. The new member of...

• Good News from Israel

  Israel’s Good News Week of March 3rd. 2013

     Turkey’s ex-Finance Minister received stem cell treatment in Tel Aviv. An Israeli organization is working under cover to bring aid to...

• 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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Radical Responsibility: Keynote Speech at International Jerusalem Book Fair

    The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks delivered the keynote address at the launch of ‘Radical Responsibility: Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi...

• Steve

  Buy Israel Week 2013 listen and learn

        This week, StandWithUs is promoting the Buy Israel Goods (BIG) week, as part of the Buy Israel Week 2013 initiative, a...

• 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

  Yesh Atid initiates Knesset Torah study group

    This is a first for the Knesset and a great start to a new beginning. Party members hope Tuesday sessions will...