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The Sephardi Chief Rabbi Of Israel Fires A Broadside At Repatriates From Former USSR Draws Condemnations From Across The Political Spectrum

Baruch PletnerJanuary 7, 2020January 7, 2020

by Baruch PletnerJanuary 7, 2020January 7, 202003741

The leak of Chief Rabbi Yosef's careless and unwise remarks was intended to disrupt the secular-religious coalition on which the Israeli right depends to win...

Religion

This Week’s Torah Reading “Miketz” (Genesis 41:1 – 44:17) Teaches Us That Blood Is Indeed Thicker Than Water And Revenge Can Be Sweeter Than Wine

Baruch PletnerDecember 28, 2019December 28, 2019

by Baruch PletnerDecember 28, 2019December 28, 201902642

Joseph finds himself in the position to make his brothers pay for what they had done to him and he does not miss his chance...

History

The Return Of The King? What Hanuka And Its Sad Aftermath Can Teach Us About Modern Israel

Rabbi Yosef RosenDecember 27, 2019December 28, 2019

by Rabbi Yosef RosenDecember 27, 2019December 28, 20192 7636

The seeds of destruction and exile were planted two centuries earlier when the Maccabees turned priesthood into monarchy...

Religion

This Week’s Torah Reading “Vayeishev” (Genesis 37:1 – 40:23) Teaches Us That It Is Never Too Late To Take Our Destinies Into Our Own Hands Even When Life Deals Us An Unfair Hand

Baruch PletnerDecember 21, 2019December 21, 2019

by Baruch PletnerDecember 21, 2019December 21, 201902067

The parallel stories of Joseph to whom the Blessing is freely given and of Tamar who must risk her life to wrestle it back bracket...

Opinion

Three Things To Keep In Mind For the Upcoming Hanukkah Holiday: All Reform And Conservative “Temples” Are Defiled Synagogues, Most American Jews Are Globalist Hellenists, And Most Israeli Jews Are Nationalist Hellenists

Baruch PletnerDecember 20, 2019December 31, 2019

by Baruch PletnerDecember 20, 2019December 31, 20196 3466

Having won a series of military victories worthy of the Maccabees, Israel must stay true to it Hellenist roots in order to survive...

Religion

Numinous Nationalism and the Real Hanuka

Rabbi Yosef RosenDecember 19, 2019December 19, 2019

by Rabbi Yosef RosenDecember 19, 2019December 19, 201904044

From the rededication ceremony of the Second Temple defiled by priests assimilated into the Greek culture to a housewarming party of a newlyweds' first apartment...