As Passover, the Festival of Freedom, approaches, we would do well to focus upon the fact that the reborn Jewish State is but a continuation of Jewish Destiny. How can it be otherwise? What other people in the history of nations was rescued from slavery from the most powerful nation in the world via incredible [...]
About thirty years ago my wife and I decided to move to Israel with our three young daughters. The move was not based upon dissatisfaction with our lives in the USA, rather upon a yearning to come home to the Land G-d promised to our ancestors. There were no “guarantees” and [...]
Dear Friends, As I am sure you noticed, I had some trouble trying to post my video address in Washington on my recent email program. It seems that the program doesn’t like to embed videos, nor does it like to allow clicking. [...]
In the wake of the recent elections people are frantically trying to figure out how the results will effect the political direction of the USA. While clearly the big win for the republicans in the House indicates dissatisfaction with Obama’s leadership, the likelihood of affecting much of a change is minimal.
The pressure on Israel has [...]
Once again I am about to leave Israel for a whirlwind speaking tour in the USA. As always I find myself asking myself, “Why am I doing this?” I am but one lone person making an annual trip for about ten days as a kind of self appointed ambassador for Israel. Am I crazy? I [...]
On November 5, 1990, in a banquet hall of a New York hotel, Rabbi Meir Kahane was delivering a speech to initiate a new organization to encourage aliyah… Jewish homecoming. When he finished speaking a young man walked up to him, pulled out a revolver and murdered the rabbi in front of the entire crowd.
Rabbi [...]
When a fellow Jew visiting from the states tells me how much he admires my courage and sacrifice for living in the Land of Israel, what he really is doing is trying to assure himself that he is normal. Deep in his heart he knows that he should be [...]
With all the worrisome talk about Iran, President Obama, the PLO and various assorted “friends” and enemies, it is easy to understand how people can become discouraged about the future of the Jewish State. The fact is that most of us have got the whole thing backwards. Israel is the only country in the world [...]
The German Jew back in the early thirties was a loyal German citizen. He was the last person in the world to dream that Germany could ever become the hellish nightmare that it became. He may even have voted for Hitler, believing that he was good for Germany. He deliberately refused to believe his own [...]
Jewish holidays are far more than festive meals and celebrations. They are living reminders to us of what it means to be Jewish. We remember miracles that happened to our ancestors, and we are reminded that there are miracles yet to come. And, if we are really aware, we should also notice the miracles we [...]
