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Israel & Zionism

  • Sderot and Human Indifference

    In Contemporary Issues and Israel & Zionism

    Sderot, which, for years has been plagued by missiles fired on its population has lately been bombarded by no less than 50 deadly Kassam rockets a day. This means that its citizens are living under severe war conditions in which there is no day without ongoing attacks. Every few minutes they are forced to run from their homes and classrooms to (often non-existent) places of proper shelter. Its thousands of children live under constant fear, with severe traumatic consequences and some younger ones have not experienced a normal day since the moment they were born. The tragic failure of Israel's political leadership to properly deal with this, whether by not harshly tackling Hamas or by not providing the Sderot population with sufficient and effective shelters, only increases the overall anxiety of this city's heroic population.

  • The Handwriting is on the Wall – Part 2

    In Contemporary Issues and Israel & Zionism

    Whilst contemplating the increasing likelihood that, in the not too distant future, the State of Israel will be governed by a chareidi led government, we need to realize that several developments could possibly take place which would confront the State with a most dangerous situation and an inherent paradox.  Strangely enough, yet fully comprehensible, it will get a stronger Jewish identity but, simultaneously, discover that it no longer has the power to defend itself. At the same time, the State will be confronted with a crisis in its universities, especially in the departments of humanities, with far reaching consequences. This will be followed by a backlash which will cause the dwindling secular community to turn its back on Judaism. While Israel will be more Jewish in its approach towards all matters of State, a good part of its citizens will become even less Jewish.

  • The Handwriting is on the Wall – Part 1

    In Contemporary Issues and Israel & Zionism

    A Chareidi Jewish State!

    The hand writing is on the wall. In a matter of years, the State of Israel will be led by chareidi (2) political parties. There will be a chareidi Prime Minister and the majority of the members of the Government will be of chareidi affiliation. This will have enormous consequences for the Jewish People at large. Either it will become one of the greatest success stories in modern Jewish history, or it will ruin the Jewish State entirely. It will either pull the Jewish people out of its severe and far-reaching quandaries, enabling a much brighter Jewish future, or it will cause a disaster which will actually destroy the Jewish State and create unprecedented havoc for all Jews throughout the world.

  • Wanted: Rabbis with Knives between their Teeth

    In Israel & Zionism

    Two events have lately pre-occupied Israeli society: The publication of Avrum Burgs disturbing book, Defeating Hitler and the JPPPI conference, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute conference, recently held in Jerusalem. The former is a frontal attack on the State of Israel and the latter was an attempt to solve the problems of the Jewish People. Nothing more and nothing less.

  • An open letter to President Shimon Peres

    In Israel & Zionism

    An Open Letter to Shimon Peres upon his election as Israel's President: Return to your people what they have lost. This nation is thirsty for identity and spirituality and it is your task to show them the road back. You have done great things for the State of Israel but, like all of us, you also made mistakes. However, you can now remedy many of them.

  • Toward a Solution

    Israel's dilemma in the wake of the withdrawal from Gaza

    In Contemporary Issues, Israel & Zionism and Parashat Ha'azinu

    In Parashat Ha’azinu, the Torah warns of the severe consequences that the people of Israel will suffer if they do not live up to their religious and moral mission. However, it's possible that these verses also prove that what is now happening to the Jewish people and to the State of Israel is not the result of random forces or political turmoil. They prove as clearly as can be that God is in charge and that His providence is at work through its very apparent absence.