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Israel was never meant to be a safe haven. It was meant to be a light unto the nations.

Rabbi Lavie believes that the current war has created a shift in Israel’s essential role, changing it from a post-Holocaust safe-haven and moving it towards its sacred purpose as a moral and spiritual leader of the nations.

A national Shabbat: Why all Americans should mark the 250th

However, if we are to truly honor the essence of the Sabbath and the spirit of this milestone, that celebration must extend its reach. This Sabbath should not just be a Jewish event; it should be a clarion call to non-Jews across the nation.

Call them what they are: blasphemers

On September 11, 2001, nineteen men boarded four commercial planes and murdered nearly three thousand people, believing men who claimed to speak for God, that they would be rewarded with paradise. That promise was not religion. It was blasphemy.

Living Between the Ceasefires

In Israel these days, there’s a shorthand in our speech and mannerisms that are just understood and can be discerned quickly, in under five seconds.

The message of Nachshon: the hero of the Splitting of the Sea

The lessons are clear. Those who are blessed with the necessary talent and fortitude to do what is necessary to help a fellow Jew, whether many people or an individual, must heed the call.

When a pastor speaks truth to power

When President Trump shared an image portraying himself in the likeness of the Messiah, most people either defended it or attacked it along predictable partisan lines. Pastor Scott did neither.

Why Tucker Carlson denies the Holocaust

While Tucker hasn’t said it himself (yet), one could see him platforming Adolph Hitler today, defending doing so as his “duty” as a “journalist,” to preserve Americans’ “constitutional right and the God-given right to all the information about matters that affect them.”