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Israel is about hope
Back to “Hatikvah.” It is not just the national anthem of both the state of Israel, and the entire Jewish people. That is ...
As we set out to celebrate seventy-seven years of the State of Israel, we must ponder and observe with our own eyes the ...
In a panic the Arameans fled, as we read in this Shabbat's haftarah - and the Arabs did the same in the War of Independence, ...
On the heels of Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we are reminded that redemption is forged not only in the batei midrash ...
Became an Israelite in all respects. This is the same reason why these ancient prophets also got away with it, while Ezra’s audience did not. The distinction is obvious: Ezra was speaking of ...
Of course, the prophecies of consolation have not yet been fully actualized. Amos speaks of our people being firmly planted on the land – yet entire communities in Israel’s North and South remain ...
Rabbi Mukhayriq’s view was unorthodox. He, like many of the Jews in Medina, must have seen Muhammad as a Prophet of the One God. He, like all the Jews in Medina, also knew that when Prophet Muhammad ...
In this context, it offers an explanation for Israel's poor condition and implicitly a reason to hope for the future. Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets (Isaiah ...
JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS - Israel said it carried out a warning strike against an extremist group that was preparing to attack ...