Israel’s decision making should accord with what is best for the country, which is the complete military and political dismantlement of Hamas. This is because, as is already clearly visible, any weakness on Israel’s behalf will later turn into a…
Israel’s decision making should accord with what is best for the country, which is the complete military and political dismantlement of Hamas. This is because, as is already clearly visible, any weakness on Israel’s behalf will later turn into a…
What could help Jews is additional awareness of their mission and uniqueness in humanity’s history. Around 4,000 years ago, a group of Babylonians gathered around Abraham and followed his method of uniting (“love your neighbor as yourself”) above differences (“love…
Once upon a time a sinner who lived very badly decided to come to his senses and he started doing good deeds. However, he noticed no significant changes for the better. One day he walked down a street and saw…
There is a historical account that in 414 BCE, the prophet Jeremiah lived in northern Egypt during the time of the First Temple, and that during this period, a young Greek philosopher, who later became known as Plato, studied with…
Anyone following the news might be wondering whether the world has gone mad. Society seems to have become more divided than ever, antisemitism is soaring, and morbid headlines have become commonplace. Knowing there is a disease, however, is half of…
Antisemitism in the United States is nothing new. I remember how it had been flaring up 15 to 20 years ago when I was on a university lecture tour over there. What most people fail to realize about the rise…
Our behavior will click into place ultimately when we come to perceive ourselves as sharing our existence as a single interconnected whole. Until then, we would be wise to at least conceptualize that vision. For instance, we do not see…
If we wish to achieve the goal of our lives, which is balance with the laws of nature—laws of love, bestowal and connection—then we need to make an effort. We can then view life’s difficulties as help, thanks to which…
The Talmud describes how the Torah was translated into Greek: “King Ptolemy once gathered 72 Elders. He placed them in 72 chambers, each of them in a separate one, without revealing to them why they were summoned. He entered each…
The formula for dying without regrets is the effort to be ready for death, i.e., to live as we believe that we should within our limited abilities. Then, when the time comes to die, we will have no regrets about…
On December 25, 2023, Sergeant Yehonatan Luber died in battle in the south of Gaza. Following his death, his father, Hagai, made a public statement calling for one day of unity in his memory and that journalists refrain from publishing…
There is a single force of love, bestowal and connection behind our life here in this world, and what we perceive is a picture through which this force wishes to teach us to directly connect with it. By trying to…