From rulers of Egypt we became its slaves because we didn’t want to be Jews—united above hatred. The story of the liberation of the Hebrews from enslavement has captured the imagination of billions of people throughout history. The Exodus has…
This year, as we sit around the table during the Seder and talk about freedom, let’s talk about freedom from hatred. The deeper we go into 2017, the more chaotic the world appears. Today, the only thing most people can…
Next week we will celebrate the liberation of our people from slavery to freedom as we sit around the Seder table on Passover night. On this holiday, we tend to focus our attention on the struggle between Moses and Pharaoh,…
Jews-turned-anti-Semites reject not only their heritage, but primarily their task to bring the method of connection for the entire world. After a prolonged silence regarding the JCCs bomb threats, the FBI released the stunning news that the majority of threats…
…because now we can talk about its causes and solutions. In just over a month, more than 100 JCCs and synagogues received bomb threats and were forced to evacuate, three Jewish cemeteries were vandalized, one synagogue was shot at while…
“More than 20 million people face starvation and famine.” Where has the UN been until today? Gorging at their expense. On December 20, 2016, the Internet site Big Think wrote about Swedish billionaire László Szombatfalvy’s launch of an “international competition…
America today is a rerun of the perplexed Shushan, and we Jews will decide if the story ends with a miracle, or not… “The city of Shushan [Susa] was perplexed.” If any verse from The Book of Esther reflects the…
We can still prevent a catastrophe of horrific magnitude from happening to US Jewry, but the choice lies squarely with the Jews. On February 23, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns of The New York Times wrote about “an incensed army of liberals demanding…
The more nations develop, the more people become egoistic and alienated, and blame it all on the Jews. It’s nature’s law. President Trump’s address to Congress, where he sought to “deliver a message of unity and strength,” eased the tensions…
Regardless of any inhibiting causes, the more selfish a society becomes, the more it is prone to anti-Semitism. Over the past several weeks, 70 incidents of bomb threats “aimed at almost 60 JCCs [Jewish Community Centers] in 27 states and…
Beneath a guise of free speech, America has become a fascist country, where only one view is permitted. During the weekend, President Trump held a campaign style rally in Melbourne, Florida, where he called the media “the enemy,” “fake news,”…
Shalom (peace) means hashlama (complementing), as vying parties complement each other to make something new and complete. Last week, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the first time after Trump’s inauguration. The two have…