When I first wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden, I did not really think that he would read it. But I was surprised to read a news article stating that he responded to a similar question raised by an Israeli cabinet minister, who noted that the Allied Forces bombed Nazi Germany indiscriminately. President Biden explained that the United Nations charter, established after the second World War, put an end to such things. If these reports are true, we still need to press the American President on a number of other issues.
The Day After – An Open Letter to President Biden
What must happen for a “New Middle East” is to emerge from the current war?
Israel Among the Nations: UN and Anti-Semitism
The attitude towards the State of Israel in the United Nations is fundamentally different from its attitude towards any other country. This can only be explained by structural anti-Semitism!
A Matzevah Temple from the Period of the Patriarchs in the City of Salem, Later the City of David
An ancient matzevah temple, together with an oil press producing oil for libation on the matzevah has been discovered in the City of David, providing a glimpse into a thousand years of monotheistic worship, from the days of Melchizedek and Abram the Hebrew, until its interment in the days of King Hezekiah.
‘Zakhor’ And ‘Shamor’ Were Uttered As One Word
In comparing the language of the Ten Commandments as they appear in Sefer Shemot and as they appear in Sefer Devarim, we find only a few slight differences, except for the mitzvah of Shabbat where the differences are very clear. The principal difference is not the introductory word – ‘shamor’ or ‘zakhor’ – (despite the fact that we interpret ‘zakhor’ as referring to the positive mitzvot of Shabbat, and ‘shamor’ as indicating that we should be careful not to transgress the negative mitzvot), since the clause ‘to keep it holy’ is the same in both cases, as is the prohibition to perform ‘any melakha’. The main difference lies rather in the reasons presented for the mitzvah of Shabbat. In each case the reason is stated absolutely, as though it represents the sole basis for the holiness of Shabbat and its prohibitions