On August 19, the Reform Movement published its official Response to Iran Deal. It expressed a great deal of concern and uncertainty about the future, but it seemed intent on refraining from making any clear statements because “At this time, there…
What the Reform Movement’s Statement About the Iran Deal Tells Us About Ourselves
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Why Are There Anti-Israel Jews?
No other country must defend against its own people’s passion to destroy it. The world hates us because we hate each other. Let’s simply stop. When the State of Israel was established, shortly after the end of World War II,…
Is Your Baby Restless? Give Her Cannabicetamol!
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Cannabis, also known as marijuana, was not invented in the 1960s. It’s been around for at least 10,000 years. It was just as widespread then as it is today, and for most of that time, it was legal. Cannabis has…
A Letter to a Sufi Friend
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If I sometimes sound as though I am against Islam, or against this or that political stance, you should know that I am not. I am against any radicalization, as it separates us from each other. About two weeks ago,…
A State of Emergency
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A year after the 18-year-old unarmed Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the town is once again in turmoil. A lot has happened since Brown’s killing last year. Today’s America is not as it…
We Mourn the Ruin of the Temple, but We Extol its Cause
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Each year come Tisha B’Av, we mourn the ruin of the Temple due to our baseless hatred. And yet, each year we make our mutual hatred more entrenched. So what good are our tears? A Bad Day for the Jews…
Hate Crimes in Israel
The recent hate crimes perpetrated by Israeli Jews against Jews and Arabs have opened a bleeding wound in the Israeli society. It is not the first time that Israelis carry out such crimes against Jews or Arabs. In 1983, peace activist, Emil Grunzweig, was…
We Have to Check the World into the Nearest Repair Shop
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We keep wondering why the world hates us; we should know that it hates us only because we hate each other. The last three decades have seen the world going from bad to worse. Soviet Communism has disintegrated, the American…
Positive Impressions From the Tour
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I landed back in Israel last Monday after having been abroad nearly two weeks for congresses with my students in South and North America, a (very successful) lecture in Queens, NY, and meetings with media personnel and opinion leaders. It…
Breaking Out from the Straits
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Today’s Judaism is fractured and fragmented into more pieces than probably anyone can count. The Three Weeks, or Bein ha-Metzarim (“Between the Straits”), that begins on the 17th of Tammuz (commemorated last Sunday) and ends on the 9th of Av (commemorated this…
An Analysis of Europe’s Security Troubles from the Perspective of Kabbalah
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We may think that a war between Christians and Muslims has nothing to do with us, but as we all know, when there is trouble in the world, the Jews are held responsible. Last Sunday, July 17, I had a…
Monday Night in Queens — a Step in the Right Direction
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Last night, I gave a lecture at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, New York. The topic was “What makes people single out Jews, and what can counter anti-Semitism’s sharp rise.” Admittedly, I was not very hopeful. I had…
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