Faith Under Fire Israel’s October 7 War Through the Prism of Torah by Rabbi Shmuel Veffer Discover a powerful, soul-stirring journey through one of the darkest chapters in modern Jewish history with *Faith Under Fire*. This compelling war diary, penned by renowned Torah scholar and author Rabbi Shmuel Veffer, chronicles Read more
The First Gulf War Back in January of 1991, President George H.W. Bush threatened to attack Saddam Hussein’s Iraq if he didn’t withdraw from Kuwait. Saddam let Bush know that if the USA attacked, he would respond by “burning half of Israel.” Even though Hussein’s war was with the USA, Read more
A few quiet days this week…. We had a relatively calm four-day break this week from Hezbollah firing missiles and suicide drones into northern Israel. Why? The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. It is the holiest festival in the Muslim calendar and it culminates in the Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Mecca Read more
“Who REALLY Stood at Mount Sinai to Receive the “10 Commandments?” Was it the Jewish People? The Nation of Israel? Is there a difference between the two? How does that affect the rest of the world? Source Sheet Exodus 19 – Arriving at Mount Sinai. The “Bnei Yisrael” – Read more
Ham, Salami and Baloney! First the Baloney This past Friday, long after Shabbat had started in Israel, President Biden decided to give a speech. He announced that Israel had offered a ceasefire agreement to Hamas. Biden then began to list the details of the offer! If you read the transcript Read more
Passover is over, and the Festival was a quiet one for us. Because of the war, we stayed close to home. A rocket barrage could come from Lebanon (and now I guess Iran) at any time. But it gave me time to read and study, which helped provide insights into Read more
The US and the rest of the world are pressuring Israel for a pause in the war before Ramadan For Moslems, March 10, 2024 will be the beginning of the Islamic festival of Ramadan. They spend the entire month fasting from Dawn to Dusk. There is tremendous pressure, particularly from Read more
Palestinian Terrorists “Children” Released from Jail As wonderful as it is to have had 66 out of 240 hostages released to date, I refuse to fall into the trap of posting heartwarming photos of cute curly-haired Israeli 4-year-old orphans reunited with family members. Those photos distract us from the reality Read more
The photo and caption above was sent to me by a close personal friend. The medic is his work colleague. This is not Shalom Avitan’s job, he is a volunteer.Our enemies target our little ones – shooting them in the head, burning them alive and even decapitating them. We rescue Read more
Who is the Supreme Authority in Israel? This cartoon by my friend Yaakov Kirschen points out the absurdity in what is going on in the State of Israel this week. Days before Rosh HaShana (which we also call Yom HaDin – the Day of Judgment) Israel’s Supreme court was hearing Read more