After the ghettoization, which took place with unprecedented speed, in just a few weeks, between mid-May and early July, the entire rural Jewry Auschwitz-Birkenauba deported. The Jews of the Hungarian countryside faced immediate destruction in the Birkenau camp. Even among the small number of people deemed able to work, only a few survived the ordeal: … Read more
Throughout history, faith in G-d has emerged as a beacon of hope in tense or turbulent times. Israel has always faced relentless persecution, and not only by the Iranians. What, after all, kept us strong with each other, within each other in light of the persecutions? Faith. This power of faith continues for a time … Read more
NFollowing a decision by Israel’s Supreme Court on conscription of ultra-Orthodox religious students, a heated argument has broken out in the government. The court had provisionally ordered on Thursday that from April 1st the state may no longer pay Jewish religious academies (yeshivas) subsidies for students who do not do military service. Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
The Jewish director Steven Spielberg commented on the war in Gaza, supported Israel and stated that he fears that history will repeat itself. Spielberg, who has been in the film industry for 50 years and directed the film “Schindler’s List”, said that “those who do not remember the past – we are condemned to repeat … Read more
The IDF spokesman allowed publication this morning (Sunday) that Sergeant Lior Raviv, 21 years old from Rishon Lezion, was killed in a battle with terrorists at Shifa Hospital in Gaza. This brought the number of IDF martyrs from the outbreak of the war to 595. The 14th. His funeral will take place today at 1:00 … Read more
This Monday marks 150 days of war between Israel and Hamas and the end of the most costly and deadly conflict that Israel has faced since independence in 1948 is not in sight. The country has mobilized more than 300,000 reservists, but the army, with some 170,000 permanent members, needs more troops. No less than … Read more
When we walk down the street or in a central station, and we see a beggar playing the violin, if we think that he is playing out of joy – we do not understand anything about what is happening here. In this case, the sound of the violin itself “makes” a completely different sound – … Read more
“And you made a table of sycamore wood, its length and width and its height. And you coated it with pure gold and made a gold ring around it… And you put bread on the table before me always.” (Exodus 25:23-33) On the table, which stood in the tabernacle and the temple, there was always … Read more