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Why We Are Created as Social Creatures

“It is not good for man to be alone.” — Genesis 2:18

Most people read that verse as the introduction to marriage. But the Torah doesn’t say, “It’s not good for…

Rabin’s phrase “Without the Supreme Court and without B’Tselem” captured the mindset of a commander, not a populist – the belief that a democracy under fire must fight by its own laws and still prevail. His legacy is a reminder that…

I have never been particularly interested in the going-ons of the British royal family, having managed to escape the fascination that many of my fellow countrymen (or more correctly, countrywomen) developed in their early years. 

Like most…

Challenge yourself with this interesting question:

Who was the only person in the Bible to give God a name?

First, think about it, and make a guess – based on your knowledge or intuition. Then, continue reading – and you’ll be surprised…

The Torah describes a conversation between Avraham Avinu and Hashem. He asked, במה אדע כי אירשנה, “ What proof can I have, that I will know that I will inherit this Jewish destiny?”

He was concerned that because he was aging…

This is not written out of anger but out of urgency.

The recent train stabbing in the United Kingdom, which left nine people hospitalized, several in life-threatening condition, is not an isolated act of madness. It is part of a pattern the…

It is disheartening to say the least to read in this weekly Torah Va-Yera portion how Abraham acceded to Sara’s demand to “expel this handmaid and her son” [Hagar and Ishmael] lest Abraham’s first-born son inherit his father together…

B”H

Have you ever seen a world like this?

Have you ever seen a world, where so many bad guys were stunningly  and soundly defeated?

Where economic might is leveraged to bring about so many positive changes?

Where peace treaties between…

The “Garden of the Twenty” in Netiv HaAsara, nestles “peacefully” between two 10-meter high concrete walls, features 20 olive trees and a massive Israeli flag, purportedly the biggest in the country. Each tree memorializes one of the…