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Why we rarely know what is truly good or bad

One of the hardest truths to live with is this: we do not really know what is good and what is bad. We experience events in fragments, in moments, while life itself unfolds as a much longer story…

The story of radical youths causing damage to property and person is an indictment of our society.

Writing this piece is complicated when you’re constantly wondering if the time is right.

Of course, it’s never the right time, and I’ve…

• Iran, Iran and Iran: Netanyahu will come to the summit with an agenda emphasizing Iran -this has two reasons – to divert attention away from Phase 2 of the plan for Gaza; and because Israel will ask for a massive aid package for more…

The current Israeli government, supported by the Far Right, appears to have decided that the outright annexation of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza Strip is the best way forward for the State of Israel. However, this plan can…

Several passages in the Torah are associated with the requirement that Jews be distinguished by their appearance; perhaps the clearest and best-known is the commandment to wear blue fringes on the corners of one’s garment (tzitzit – Num….

You’re probably thinking that you know the answer to the title’s question: the Gaza War. However, that’s but the latest example of a much deeper factor pushing the world’s two central Jewish communities apart. In a sense, this is a…

Marc and Karen Rivo are dual citizens of the USA and Israel. Marc is a member of the North American Board of Livnot U’Lehibanot in Zefat, and Past President of the Southeast Region of the American Friends of Bar Ilan…

The climax of the story between Yosef and his brothers, occurred when he revealed himself as their long lost brother.

The Torah tells us that the brothers were dumbfounded and were unable to speak. They were in a state of shock and…

On October 8, 2023, in Times Square in New York City, the pro-Hamas movement renewed its call for the Intifada to be globalized.

Hamas’ massacre of Israelis was still underway. But the “Free, Free Palestine” movement had been ready to…

The sequence from Bereishit 37 to 50 is the longest unbroken narrative in the Torah, and there can be no doubt who its hero is: Joseph. The story begins and ends with him. We see him as a child, beloved – even spoiled – by his father; as…