To me as a child growing up in a Hasidic family and school, the centrality of Israel to Judaism was not overly stressed. However, as I grew older and started to learn Hasidic philosophy, I soon realised that love for and support of the Land of Israel have a central…
Category: Israel
The Expulsion Of The Jews: To Whom Can We Turn Now?
Over the last few days together with people all over the world I have been watching the heart-rending scenes that have come out of the Gaza strip. Beyond the immense sympathy I have for the Jewish residents of Gaza and their cause, I am deeply bothered and troubled by the…
Violence in Israel
Which Jew doesn’t cringe in horror at the scene from Fiddler on the Roof where in the middle of a wedding Cossacks appear on horseback to beat innocent Jews? Who would have believed that today, in the modern State of Israel, Jews would act this way towards other Jews? Shockingly,…