Oh noes! "Talmudic dances" in Hebron!

The official Palestinian Wafa news agency is incensed:The Minister of National Security in the extremist occupation government, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed today, Wednesday, the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the city of Hebron.And local sources reported that the storming of Ben Gvir comes as part of a series of continuous incursions by the occupation and its settlers into the Haram since...

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R' Soloveitchik on Yom HaAtzmaut, 1968

Here is audio of  Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, one of the most prominent rabbinical figures of the twentieth century, discussing the theological significance of Israel, in a 1968 lecture.  Text is below.________________________I always enjoy  when I read in the general press - I don't know why I enjoy it, perhaps its vanity on my part,  but I believe it is...

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Proud to be a Zionist - 75th Anniversary Edition

Every year for the past 22 years, even before I started this blog, I've written an essay for Yom HaAtzmaut entitled "Proud to Be a Zionist."  Here is the latest edition for 5783.____________________There are two Israels. No, I'm not talking about the religious vs. secular, or the right vs. left, or those who hate Bibi and those who love him. I am talking about...

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