Israeli Sovereignty Trumps Trump
…if we want the respect and support of American President Trump, then we must act like a strong, independent sovereign state, not a weak fawning nebbich.
…if we want the respect and support of American President Trump, then we must act like a strong, independent sovereign state, not a weak fawning nebbich.
Outward behaviors and appearances have eclipsed the essence of modesty in the Orthodox community and have trampled on some other middos which are equally important.
You see, in being here in the Land of Israel, we of the Nation of Israel are actually fulfilling, not only the prophesies of our holy Torah, but also of your Quran.
As I said in an earlier post, it was only a matter of time before there would be blood shed by someone, somewhere in the name of Judaism. Whether it would be as a result of (violent) protests against the army or perhaps the “Tzniut Police”–it was only to be …
Matti Friedman and Haim Watzman spoke about their books and their IDF experience at an author event at the Tower of David.
Israeli bus drivers are notorious for being…well…Israeli. Their personalities come shining through in many ways. They have saved lives – one bus driver “hijacked” a bus and its passengers to become an ambulance to take a passenger to the hospital when she suddenly became ill. He saved her life and …
I’ve been following news in Israel since before the 1967 Six Days War, and I’ve lived here since 1970, so I do have quite a long perspective. I remember when Israel’s political Center and even Left mocked the idea of a Palestinian State and People. That was the consensus here. …
Because she wasn’t really innocent, was she? She is a victim, without question. But a victim of whom?
During “the season” we moved to Shiloh in the summer of 1981, Shiloh doubled in population from over thirty families to sixty plus. And the yishuv (town) also got much, much larger, because Arik Sharon who had then been Minister of Construction had decided on insisted on making a whole …
The more you experience the vocabulary, the spelling and the sound of the words you need to know, the more likely you’ll recall them at will. Think about it. How did you learn the songs you heard on radio, albums or other recordings? Your repeated exposure to the lyrics made memories!
The prayer was very carefully worded. It does not endorse the policies of the politicians leading the State of Israel. It has us asking Gd to bless those people with wisdom and the ability to follow Gd’s instructions.
Tuvia found an America that was very patriotic, without much knowledge of what that patriotism means.