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Parshat Tetzaveh: The Might of The Shoham Stones
This week’s parshah primarily focuses on the making of the garments of the kohanim [priests] of the Tabernacle. [Interestingly, it is the only Parshah after Shemot where Moshe’s name cannot be found – much ink has been spilled to offer varied approaches to why that is the case]. There were a total of eight articles…
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Parshat Terumah: The Mystical Representations of The Aron
This week’s Parshah contains the commandment to build a Tabernacle for G-d, what the Pesukim call the “Mishkan.” Ramban [25’ 10’] comments on a seeming inconsistency in the text–when G-d issues the command to build the various components of the Mishkan [such as the Menorah and the copper Altar], the command is always given in…
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Defeating Genocidal Hamas is Noble, Not Genocide
“Despite the unique challenges Israel faces in its war against Hamas, it has implemented more measures to prevent civilian casualties than any other military in history,” wrote John W. Spencer, the chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point in New York. Israel is conducting a just and legal defensive…
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Parshat Mishpatim: What The Sin of The Golden Calf Forces Us to Appreciate
This week’s parshah (Torah portion) represents the paradigm shift of the Torah, where, right after the giving of the Torah at Har Sinai, the narrative shifts from that of a [mostly] sequential storyline, into the gritty details of what it means to be a Jew – i.e., knowing and following the commandments and mitzvot. Towards…
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Israeli Ministers Offer Tips To Fight Back Locally
Last Monday evening I was invited by Israel Heritage Foundation (IHF) for an intimate dinner with Ministers of the Knesset Simcha Dan Rothman and Ohad Tal, both members of the reigning Religious Zionist Party, the far-Right voice where much of our readership is aligned. The duo arrived in the United States to share the realities…
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Hamas & The PA Have No Place In Post-war Gaza
The “day after” Israel’s war with Hamas, the United States must help ensure that nothing like the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre can ever happen again. Yet even now, Washington is pressuring Israel to replace Hamas in Gaza with the Palestinian Authority. This would be a serious mistake. First, no P.A. government would last. Among the…
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Israel’s Fight Is America’s Fight
Israel is on the front lines of a war against the U.S. launched by Islamic radicals led by the Iranian regime and its proxies, including Hamas. Hamas and its supporters are not only antisemites. They also hate all non-Muslims, the West in general and especially the U.S. Their ultimate goal is to conquer the world…
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‘I Felt Like We Were in Gehinnom’ – an Interview With ZAKA
Israel is a changed nation since October 7, and no one is aware of that more than members of ZAKA, Israel’s internationally recognized Search and Rescue team. ZAKA volunteers are all too familiar with the aftermath of violent death, but even their familiarity with raw tragedy could not prepare them for the scale and savagery…
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Supporters of Genocidal Hamas Accuse Israel of Genocide
Hamas has made clear in its words and actions that it is committed to the genocide of the Jewish people, whether they live in Israel or not. The crime of genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by U.N. General Assembly Resolution 260 A (III)…
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New Torah Scroll Completed at Home of Rabbi Eliyahu Alpert
Mr. Jerry Wartski, Honorary President of the Israel Heritage Foundation, and Dr. Joseph Frager, the organization’s Executive Vice President, recently commemorated a Sefer Torah. It was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Wartski’s parents, who were killed in the Holocaust, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Frager’s family, and in memory of Rabbi Yaakov Spivak,…