Levi Brackman’s Website

The fact that Jews are disproportionally successful in many fields of endeavor is undeniable. The statistics simply speak for themselves. Jews make up less than half of one percent of the world’s population but they consistently have made up mo...

Some think that moral relativism is synonymous with progress. A moral relativist thinks that there are no moral absolutes. Rather, according to them, morality is a subjective choice that varies from one society to another. I would argue however, th...

As I was writing this article something happened to me that has never occurred to me before. I got what is known as writers block. I just could not continue writing. I found myself painfully extracting one word at a time. So I decided to take a walk,...

Following the VA Tech massacre, Americans grieve not only the tragic loss of human life, but also the injury done to their most cherished values - the equal respect and worth for each human life America suffered a major blow this week when a gunman ...

A candidate's religion or lack thereof is an important indicator of who the person is and what their real views are and honesty with the electorate in this respect is vital   The Republican Party in the United States has a very serious potential...

Hi and welcome to my home on the internet. I am so pleased that you stopped by. This site was designed to be a web-based archive of my writing. However there are many more features as well. On my blog I post pieces that I come across ...

Most Chabad followers do not take much notice of the messianic element which self defines as Chabad.   We believed that with time the messianics would see the errors of their way and the problem would go away on its own. In fact this is happeni...

Denying Israel's religious authorities the right to decide who is and who is not considered a Jew undermines the Jewish status of Israel and causes the entire character of the Israeli state to fall even further into question The current “Who i...

The desire on behalf of Jews living outside the land to support Israel is strong. However, it is disheartening when the country has seemingly lost the will to support itself Although it is very difficult for those living in the United States to gaug...

...agic loss of innocent lives in both Israel and Lebanon the Hizbullah rocket attacks have caused considerable other damage below the surface. Families living in central Israel are housing refugees who have fled the rocket attacks on their hometowns in......

Jewish spirituality was the topic for debate at a recent rabbinic conference. Some claimed that Judaism does not believe in the individual quest for spirituality and that communal holiness as opposed to individual spirituality is what distinguishes J...

The recent terror attack in London was unique--it was carried out by British-born fundamentalists, not foreigners. After suffering years of IRA-sponsored terrorism, the question people here in Britain are asking is why people would want to blow their...

...in the 1930s. Upon setting up home they made a conscious decision that their children should be British first – being Jewish came a distant second. Thus, my mother and her siblings were brought up celebrating Xmas with all its trimmings. I assu......

While waiting to board the plane in Ben Gurion Airport about twelve years ago I got talking to a businessman who was standing in line in front of me. During the course of our conversation he said to me, “I want to tell you something very strang...

The recent terror attack in London was unique--it was carried out by British-born fundamentalists, not foreigners. After suffering years of IRA-sponsored terrorism, the question people here in Britain are asking is why people would want to blow their...

The prophet Malachi (3:24) prophesised about the day when “he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children,” a recent experience in a London state primary school made me yearn for the fulfilment of this prophecy. I was invited to t...

The recent terror attack in London was unique--it was carried out by British-born fundamentalists, not foreigners. After suffering years of IRA-sponsored terrorism, the question people here in Britain are asking is why people would want to blow their...

The prophet Malachi (3:24) prophesised about the day when “he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children,” a recent experience in a London state primary school made me yearn for the fulfilment of this prophecy. I was invited to t...

My three-year old son Dovi and I were waiting for my wife Sheindy and my 22-month-old son Benny to walk through the arrivals gate at Gatwick Airport. Sheindy had been on a visit to her parents in Israel for five days while I spent some quality time D...

Should we clone people? Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? When is it correct to go to war?  Is terrorism always wrong? Is there anything wrong with same sex marriages? Can abortion ever be legitimised? The list of 21st century et...