Commentary

The flute plays before them

The flute plays before them

Shavuot and the occasion of bringing the first fruits in the Bible is also the holiday of the giving of the Torah, the moral revelation that changed the world. How did our sages describe the bringing of the first fruits in their time?

Where is the Israeli 'blood, sweat and tears' speech?
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Where is the Israeli 'blood, sweat and tears' speech?

Eight months had passed since between the outbreak of World War II and when Winston Churchill delivered his historic "blood, sweat and tears" speech. It took the British several months to understand that the world they knew would never return. It seems that a similar message needs to be heard by the people of Israel today.

Permission to publish

Permission to publish

These are just four people out of dozens from Nir Oz that are gone. There were so many others, but I won’t write about them now; they’ve already disappeared from our feeds. At some point, when it’s all over I will grieve them to the depth they deserve.

Those who burn the land are not worthy of it

Those who burn the land are not worthy of it

Everything suggests this arson wave – like those of 2021, 2019, and 2016 – represents another mutation of Palestinian terror. Do not be overly impressed by the Palestinians' offer to send firetrucks to help us. The poison and hateful bonfires the PA stokes in students' hearts, textbooks, and official television prove far more inflammatory.