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Not Herzl, nor the Biluim, and not the brave pioneers of the First and Second Aliya can be credited with being the sole precursors of the return to Zion, which led...

Parashat Tazria – Metzora 5767 Part One: This Dvar Torah is dedicated to a prominent rabbi in “yeshivish” circles in the United States, whom I met last Leil Shabbat (Friday night)....

A Lesson For the Children: Our story begins in 5708 (1948), in the days before the State of Israel was established. Shots were heard on the quiet Tel Aviv street. Two...

Land of My Birth: David Ben-Gurion, who was not only Prime Minister but also Defense Minister, felt that it was important to show Israel’s strength in military parades. Even in the...

Land of My Birth – The bloody War of Independence had ended (in Adar 5709, 1949), one month before the events to be described below. And for the first time, Pesach,...

Not too long ago I found myself in Zichron Yaakov on business with a few coworkers. I hadn’t been there since the summer of 2002 when Zahava and I visited this...

Shalom, Always in our thoughts, as the anniversary of our son’s death approaches I feel the need to write, as we experience the turmoil in Israel in these very difficult times....

Isru Chag HaPesach and Parshat Shemini 5767 “The Haggadah speaks of four sons: the wise, the evil, the naive and the ignoramus,” and parashat Shemini prohibits eating the four species which...

The sun is bright, the water calm. At the end of my fingertips, a dolphin floats by waiting to be petted. It’s been weeks since my last visit to Dolphin Reef...

The cycle of violence between the Jews and the Egyptians continues with no end in sight in Egypt . After eight previous plagues have destroyed the Egyptian infrastructure and disrupted the...