It's a sad day when interfaith dialog leaves some participants feeling less motivated to work on behalf of the other. Maybe there are times not to ask certain questions; maybe there's such a thing as "too much sharing." But I don't really believe that. I think the problem wasn't only what was said –...
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Over 3,000 years ago the Jewish people escaped oppression in Egypt. Today the people of Egypt are escaping their own oppression. They are crying out for freedom, desperate to get rid of their own "Pharaoh." As Jews who have "been there," we rightfully should be cheering the Egyptian people on in their quest for...
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In what may be one of the greatest challenges to Israel's status as a vibrant democracy, the Knesset recently approved the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate left-wing groups and their sources of funding. You can read the Jerusalem Post report here. It truly smacks of McCarthyism when those in power accuse their...
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Israel's over-the-top racist, outrageous, demagogue of a foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is at it again. In his latest rant in Haaretz (you can read it here) he "lashed out at human rights organizations, charging them with aiding terror and trying 'to weaken the Israel Defense Forces and its resolve to protect Israel's citizens.'" And...
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In an article in Maariv that I have not yet seen in English, it was reported that a group of rabbis in the ancient city of Tiberias were threatening to boycott Poriya Hospital because they had the nerve to allow Muslims to have a place to pray. If you read Hebrew, or want to...
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Click here to read the text of the letter in English translation, followed by the original Hebrew. The latest religious flashpoint in Israel is a ruling by 40 municipal rabbis – rabbis who are on the state payroll – that it is forbidden under Jewish law (halacha) to rent an apartment in Israel...
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