This Week 82 Years Ago
Some of us recall the human tragedy behind the relatively recent expulsion of 10,000 residents from Gush Katif. The trauma,…
Read MoreSome of us recall the human tragedy behind the relatively recent expulsion of 10,000 residents from Gush Katif. The trauma,…
Read MoreOur parsha stirringly describes the beauty and resources of the Land of Israel, emphasizing that the Jewish people must properly…
Read MoreAteret Cohanim is at the forefront of this revival of Jewish life in and around the Old City with Jewish life returned to the Old City, the City of David, the Shiloach, the Mount of Olives and to Kidmat Zion.
So Jews once rejected G-d and His Torah – please don’t reject Him any longer and if we perform Miztvot – let’s do it with true intention(Kavana)
So Jews were once ashamed of being proud Jews and they tried to “fit-in” and act like the non Jews, in order to be liked by the non jew. It didn’t help, so please – lets be proud of who we are, and let’s be different . We will be respected.
Every time I take groups on tour to the Old Jewish Quarter, there is one street that people connect to…
Read MoreA powerful midrash describes that when Yirmiyahu returned to Yerushalayim after the destruction, he met a woman who was crying…
Read MoreThis week’s haftorah, the second of the special haftorot for the three weeks, is Yirmiyahu’s first prophecy of rebuke. The…
Read MoreWith all of the talk these days invoking social justice, we have seen an ever increasing attack on Zionism. Although…
Read MoreWhen Moshe asks God to appoint his sucessor he describes the ideal Jewish leader: “Let the Lord, the God of…
Read MoreWith all of the discussion surrounding the extension of Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria as well as the storm…
Read MoreWhile most of Israel and the Jewish world focuses on whether Prime Minister Netanyahu will or will not extend Israel’s…
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