Ben Yehuda Street Shattered By Daniel Green (Darche Noam Alumnus)
January 24, 2002 – 11 Shevat, 5762 I rarely write so extensively on life in Israel, but recent events have been so difficult to deal with that I needed to share them in more detail. Perhaps I just need a way to express my emotions. It’s been a very difficult time in Israel, and the […]
Struggle for the Land: Risks and Rewards
by Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky October 30, 2000 The Jewish people in Israel are at war. As Torah Jews who believe in Jewish destiny and divine providence, we are required to look at the theological dimension of current events, especially since what is happening today is having such an overwhelming impact on the future of the […]
Another Day, Another Akeidah
by Rebbetzin Esther Shurin That Israel is enduring trial and tribulation while the rest of the world seems a much calmer place reminds me of a famous question asked by Rabbi Soloveitchik and Rabbi Hutner regarding the Akeida. After Avraham comes down from Har HaMoriya, he hears about his brother Nachor’s family and of the […]
Returning Home: Why We Left LA for Israel
by Rabbi Joel Zeff The prophet Isaiah described the in-gathering of the exiles “as a cloud flies and as doves to their dovecotes.” Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, the first Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel under the British mandate, interpreted this dual metaphor. He suggested that ultimately all Jews would return to their ancestral […]
Dwelling in Israel: What does G-d Want from Us?
by Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky, Shlita Elul 5761 Klal Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael is experiencing its most difficult period since the 1948 War of Independence. But much has happened since 1948, and the context in which we view the current difficulties has changed dramatically over the past fifty years. The Jewish people has witnessed miraculous fulfillment […]