Matir Asurim

Amid all the scary news from Israel, I found this featured on the Jewish outreach site, aish.com: A testament not only to the spirit of...

The haftorah reading for this parsha is not as problematic as the Torah reading which I discussed last year , and echoes the theme of pries...

We were visiting a friend in Pardes Hanna yesterday, and talked about our tentative plans to one day move back to Israel.  He said, "Li...

After Shabbat dinner with my Israeli aunts, uncles and cousins (and assorted children), we had a lively conversation on a variety of topics,...

Between being away, and the Marathon Bombing taking over our consciousness, I missed recognizing Yom HaAtzmaut.  Of course, with the bombing...

Thank you to my online friend Hevel for this link today. Only in Israel are there programs in place to specifically enable people with...

Here we pray for the glory of Jerusalem, for the kingship of David's descendants, and for resulting salvation. Return in mercy to Jeru...

Many people follow the Olympics to see feats of physical greatness.  It is not often you get to see acts of moral greatness, as well.  On ra...

Last week I posted a video about a wonderful private Israeli charity that takes care of abandoned babies in hospitals so they are able to be...

Yesterday I was getting depressed watching video after video of abandoned orphans wasting away in understaffed, unsanitary orphanages and in...