Just a few days ago former president Bill Clinton declared that had Yitzchak Rabin “not lost his life on that terrible November night, within three years we would have had a comprehensive agreement for peace in the Middle East.” Not only would there be peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians but peace would’ve reigned […]

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Watching the inauguration of Barak Obama changed my life. I didn’t plan on watching it. In fact, I forgot all about it. I don’t have a TV but I happened to be by one the night of the inauguration. To me it just seemed like a good time to turn on the news and see […]

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Saturday night I got a call from a good friend of mine named Chaniel. He’s a successful banker, married with two beautiful children, funny and obsessive compulsive about being on time. He’s also my superior officer in the Israeli Defense Force Reserves.
I was sure he was calling to ask about Ari Abramowitz’s engagement and […]

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As would be expected during war time in Israel, people from around the world are now demonstrating, marching and protesting. Lovers of Israel and the Jewish people are rallying in support of the Israel Defense Forces, while lost souls who lack the most basic comprehension of morality and ethics are demonstrating against the big bad Zionists.

It seems as though all of these anti-Israel rallies are in the name of peace, human rights and mankind in general, but yet one basic question is left uncomfortably unanswered…

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Last night Lavi, my four year old, before going to bed reached up as high as he could and taped a picture he made on the front door to our home. Since he had never done anything like that, I asked him what he was doing and he said bravely, “This is a Big X […]

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When looking at the lives and decisions of the founding fathers of the nation of Israel we see a very clear pattern; one son is always chosen to lead the next generation. Isaac was chosen over Yishma’el. Jacob was given the blessing, not Esau. In these parashot is quite clear that Yosef (Joseph) was chosen […]

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When Yosef is sold into slavery in this week’s Torah portion we’re told that the brothers saw a caravan of Ishmaelites transporting spices, balsam and lotus on their way to Egypt (Gen 37:25). Every word of the Torah is holy, calculated, and filled with the secrets of depths of the universe. Why does the Torah […]

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In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob is given a new name- Israel. After a spiritual victory against an angel of G-d he is blessed with the name Israel, “…for you have struggled with the Divine and with man and have overcome.” (Gen 32:29) The name Israel is a true blessing; a name of strength, courage, […]

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