Category: Festivals

EVERY VOTE COUNTS IN A REFERENDUM

By the time you read this piece the future of Scotland will have been decided.... Read More

THE INCREDIBLE ENDURANCE OF CAUSELESS HATRED

With a ceasefire abruptly agreed to earlier this week, the world has finally turned its... Read More

GILAD, EYAL & NAFTALI AND THE LEGACY OF ZION AND JERUSALEM

On July 30, 2014, I addressed a packed event at the Saban Theater, to mark... Read More

THE MEANING OF TISHA BE’AV (video)

Rabbi Dunner presents thoughts on the meaning of Tisha B'Av at the Orthodox Union West... Read More

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“IF YOU WILL IT, IT IS NO DREAM”

It was Friday afternoon, May 14, 1948, when David Ben Gurion, leader of the Jewish... Read More

THE HERO WHO FOUGHT FOR SOVIET JEWRY

Yesterday, we lost a genuine Jewish hero. Jacob Birnbaum, who passed away at the age... Read More

PASSOVER AND JONATHAN POLLARD

He is surely the most infamous spy of modern times. Jonathan Pollard, who spied for... Read More

FAITH IS CONTINGENT ON DOUBT

The very intriguing aspect of the Purim story, and the principle feature that differentiates it... Read More