Israel
Sixteen years ago, I published an article in Jewish Action entitled “Breezes of Redemption.” It was reflective and hopeful, and…
One of the most hackneyed things one can say about Israel is that it is a land of contrasts, which…
“We gratefully thank You… for Your miracles that accompany us daily.” (Shemoneh Esrei, Siddur) The first of the Ten Commandments,…
Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), two consecutive days in May, dramatize both the pain…
On March 21, 2002, a suicide bombing on Rechov King George in Jerusalem killed three people and injured eighty-seven. Though…
In the winter of 2001, David Rubin and his three-year-old son Reuven (“Ruby”) were driving on Patriarch’s Road from Jerusalem…
You will not enjoy reading Mourning Under Glass. And that is exactly why you should read it. It is not…
A religious kibbutz that is a world leader in the technology of organic farming “God took the man and placed…
A well-preserved and partially reconstructed synagogue in Katzrin Archeological Park, one of the many batei knesset in use when Jewish…
In a corridor in Me’arat HaMachpelah this past March, a few soldiers, their heads bare and hair closely cropped, step…
The Knesset Menorah stands about fifteen feet high across from the main entrance to the Knesset. Photo: www.sasson-photos.com Upon…
