Countless posts expressing hatred toward Syrian refugees in particular and Muslims in general have been finding their way onto the social media. There is also a growing number of posts rejecting the expression of that hate and talking of unfriending and blocking people who post publicly about hating Muslims. Those who abhor the hatred seem…
High school history lesson in some far-away future Today, class, we are going to be discussing the thorny issues of indigenous versus colonialist rights, based on the case of England and France. Let us start with the background. The year the world changed (again) was 2025. The United Nations had finally succumbed to fatal illness,…
The discussion has died down by now, but it is likely to pop up again in the future – the question regarding whether non-Jews can legitimately refer to themselves as Zionists or if they need to leave that title for the Jews and, instead, call themselves pro-Zionists. Frankly, in my opinion, both terms are exactly…
In last week’s blog, I discussed interpersonal aspects of having refuge cities to which unintentional perpetrators of manslaughter could run for protection. In this post I will reflect on the intrapersonal, inspired by a piece written by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, called The Torah is Our Life. He wrote: . ….
About four days before the first bombs fell, I had the impulse to write down how I was feeling. Writing was always a tool I used for dealing with my emotions and for understanding myself. I kept writing until Desert Storm was over, and then, without even reading over what I had written, I sent…
About four days before the first bombs fell, I had the impulse to write down how I was feeling. Writing was always a tool I used for dealing with my emotions and for understanding myself. I kept writing until Desert Storm was over, and then, without even reading over what I had written, I sent…
Torah Judaism is not far from Judaism’s tribal roots and Deuteronomy 4:41-49 shows this up quite clearly. This verse talks about three refuge towns on the east side of the Jordan River, Bezer (for the Reuven tribe), Ramot (for Gad) and Golan (for Menashe), to which someone who accidentally takes the life of another can…
Torah Judaism is not far from Judaism’s tribal roots and Deuteronomy 4:41-49 shows this up quite clearly. This verse talks about three refuge towns on the east side of the Jordan River, Bezer (for the Reuven tribe), Ramot (for Gad) and Golan (for Menashe), to which someone who accidentally takes the life of another can…
After having proven, in an earlier study, that Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews share Middle Eastern origins, a group of 7 Spanish researchers exchanged the Israeli scientist in the previous study team for 2 Palestinian Arabs to work on a paper about the origin of the Palestinians, aiming to prove that they have been living in…
After having proven, in an earlier study, that Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews share Middle Eastern origins, a group of 7 Spanish researchers exchanged the Israeli scientist in the previous study team for 2 Palestinian Arabs to work on a paper about the origin of the Palestinians, aiming to prove that they have been living in…
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