Politics

Bibi’s Breach of Protocol

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Echoes of Queen Esther who broke protocol in the face of an Iranian threat to destroy her people. Controversy surrounds the Prime Minister of Israel’s forthcoming appearance on Capitol Hill. Invited by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress about the threat of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed this … Read more

Ten Years: Memorial to Adir Zik, Media Legend

Moshe Kempinski Israel mourns two brilliant religious Zionist publicists, Uri Elitzur and MK Uri Orbach, both of whom died recently. Sadly, this week a memorial was held for another legendary religious Zionist media figure, Adir Zik, who died ten years ago. Arutz Sheva reposts an article written shortly after Adir Zik’s death, ten years ago, … Read more

How Splendid is this Tree

Rabbi Chanan morisson In honor of the upcoming Tu B’Shavt festival- the “new Year” of the trees In the spring of 1950, Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook published an article entitled, “The Beauty of the Tree.” The article addresses the divide that is sometimes erected between one’s inner spiritual life and the outer world, especially the … Read more

Memories of the Soul

by Rabbi Chanan Morrison “Moses told the people: Remember (zachor) this day that you have left Egypt, the place of slavery.” (Ex. 13:3) The word ‘zachor’ (remember) is not in the imperative tense (z’chor!), but in the infinitive absolute form. This grammatical form indicates that the Torah is not merely commanding us to remember and … Read more