Semi-Baal T’shuva
As long as someone lives outside of Eretz Yisrael, he fails to observe the Torah commandment of living in Israel which our Sages say is equal in weight to all of the other Torah commandments together!
Curing Amnesia the EASY Way: Just Say the Following…
All you have to do is repeat the very first verse stated to Avraham 100 times each day until you make Aliyah: “Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father’s house to the Land that I will show you….”
Hollywood to Holy Land–Coming HOME
Modern-day miracles
Mashiach is on the Way
Keep up the weeding, boys! Let the Bad Guys have it.
Jerusalem or Brooklyn? That is THE Question
An inspiring story of teshuva and tough decisions that were, in retrospect, obvious
Rabbi Kook on Ahavah
Today, when the cancer of disunity and fraternal hatred threatens the foundation of our Nation, it is beneficial to recall Rabbi Kook’s teaching on Ahavah.
In Memory of Cherna
Cherna Moskowitz remained faithful to her husband’s mission, his lifelong helper, during their marriage and long afterwards, a true woman of valor and builder of Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and the Torah
Woe for Diaspora Jews
Woe for Diaspora Jews
Here's my updated lamentation for this Tisha B'Av:
Woe for Diaspora leaders who don't urge their congregations to make aliyah!
Woe for Jewish...
Major League Judaism
Now that we can come home, why linger on in gentiles countries which are becoming more hostile every day?
What Would Rabbi Kahane Say?
A true Jewish leader does whatever needs to be done without worrying what the goyim will think.
The State of Israel is Holy
How does the State of Israel fit into Judaism? The answer is often misunderstood due to the fact that for nearly 2000 years we were scattered over the world, without a National Homeland of our own and without a State of our own.
Bring our People Home! – A Letter to Minister Chikli
In the name of many veteran olim from the West who are now Aliyah activists, we wish you great success in the critical challenge before you.
Emergency Aliyah Conference
Due to the urgency and seriousness of the situation, and to the likelihood that world Jewry will face greater outbursts of hatred as Israel continues to fight its very just war, we have to think “out-of-the-box.” Old formulas won’t help.
A Light Unto The Nations – Only In Israel
One cannot rightly call a community a “light to the nations” when more than half of it is assimilating. It isn’t a light even unto itself.
10,000 Visit Plains Of Jericho During Pesach
We have managed to survive here due to Divine Providence alone.
Report: Shabak Steps Up Efforts To Recruit Settler Spies
I left the station with the feeling that he had played a game of pinball in my brain.
Lone Soldiers Who Aren’t Alone
We also prepare the guys physically and spiritually for the army along with teaching them the tools needed to deal with the often frustrating bureaucracy in Israel.
Charedi Minister: I Was Drawn to Blue And White’s Mission
When I entered the Knesset, I was put under a magnifying glass because of who I am – both from secular and charedi society. Instead of evaluating my professional achievements, each side questioned my suitability and tested me.
Shaare Zedek President: Pandemic End Is In Sight
You do not need 100 percent to achieve herd immunity, and I don’t think we should chase after it.
How to Understand the Right-Wing Religious Zionists Parties
Before Bibi gets through with Bennett and Sa'ar, they are going to be hanging on to one another like punch-drunk boxers in the center of the ring.
The Family Rapaport: On The Nationalist Front Lines
Amongst secular Jews, our rightful attachment to the full borders of Eretz Yisrael is a political bargaining chip, not an iron-clad covenant from Sinai.
Fighting For 70 Yesha Communities
If you wanted to give the kids showers, you turned on the boiler and switched off the refrigerator. If you wanted to bake a cake, you turned off the heater.
The Jewish Underground, The Jewish Press, And Little Old Me
They succeeded in planting a car bomb that blew the legs off the mayor of Shechem, who had vowed to dance on Jewish graves and chase the settlers out of the land.
Settlers Express Outrage After Death Of Hilltop Youth
The settlements weren’t handed over to us on a silver platter. Like the hilltop youth today, we had to sleep in the mud and the rain and be dragged down from the mountaintops.
Where Are The Real Maccabees Buried?
We know, however, that the open graves off of Highway 443 opposite Modi'in are certainly not from the time of the Maccabees.
Rabbi Avraham Steinberg: No Halachic Obligation – For Now – To Be Vaccinated Against...
I strongly disagree with the different conspiracy theories.
Leftists Protest Appointment Of Effi Eitam To Head Yad Vashem
All new appointments are up on the trading block – ‘this appointment for me, this appointment for you’ – like kids trading candy.
Rav Eliyahu Celebrates Assassination Of Top Iranian Scientist
I don't know why we recited Tachanun this morning. We should have recited Hallel!
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Says Wigs Are Tainted By Idolatry
A woman who wore a kerchief to fully cover her head became a ‘Mizrachnikit,’ while a charedi wore a wig of the gentiles. What nonsense!”
Prominent Rabbi Criticized For Speaking With Reform Leaders
The rabbis noted that former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Ovadia Yosef both issued harsh rulings condemning joint discussions with Jewish religious movements that deny the Written and Oral Torah, emphasizing the danger and Chillul Hashem involved.