Category: Articles

VIGNETTES FROM THE MARGINS

Rivalries, controversies, charlatans and skullduggery come to life, as Rabbi Dunner reveals the backdrop for... Read More

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST SHABBAT

Sometime in the eighteenth century, a group of Russian-Orthodox Christians revolted against the strict hierarchical... Read More

PHARAOH’S ROLE IN THE EXODUS

The portion of Beshalach begins with a negative introductory word — “vayehi” — and then... Read More

RAV KOOK & THE WARSHAWSKI HOTEL AFFAIR

In 1912, Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook, the revered rabbi of Jaffa and later chief... Read More

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RAV KOOK – MYSTICAL DREAMER & LOVER OF ZION (VIDEO)

Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook was one of the superstars of the rabbinate during the... Read More

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TURNING PHYSICAL REDEMPTION INTO SPIRITUAL REDEMPTION

Earlier this week, in the final lecture of this season’s Jewish History series at my... Read More

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE PROPERLY

The Midrash is adamant that the final act of the Exodus from Egypt was executed... Read More

RAV KOOK – MYSTICAL DREAMER & LOVER OF ZION

Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook was one of the superstars of the rabbinate during the... Read More