Category: Tamuz, Av & Tisha B’Av
NOTHING PERMANENT EXCEPT CHANGE
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) One of ancient Greece’s earliest philosophers, Heraclitus, is recorded... Read More
THE LIE THAT NEVER DIES
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In late March 1144, in the English town of... Read More
A POWERFUL LESSON FROM HISTORY (PODCAST)
The story of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai's incredible meeting with Vespasian, and how it happened,... Read More
A POWERFUL LESSON FROM HISTORY
One of the most startling narratives of the Talmud concerns Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, the... Read More
JEWISH SURVIVAL 101
One of the great mysteries of Jewish history has been the incredible endurance of the... Read More
THE UGLY SCOURGE OF HATRED
At 3am this morning, Dvir Sorek, a yeshiva student from Ofra, was found stabbed to... Read More
THE JEWISH STATE MUST REMAIN JEWISH
The world has reacted with outrage to the legislation passed this week in Israel that... Read More
EVIL IS NEVER BANAL
The annual mandated period of mourning for the destruction of two Jerusalem temples thousands of... Read More