July 4th is an annual celebration of democracy. In the modern era, democracies have supplanted oppressive forms of government, protected individual rights and liberated the
Things in Shushan appeared to be humming along. Seventy years earlier, Yerushalayim fell to the invading Babylonian armies, and we scattered across the Middle East.
The mishkan was an ambitious project designed to craft a house of Hashem on Earth. The mishkan hosted daily korbanot, was the scene of national
No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. -John Donne The epic
Four years ago, the world shifted. Beginning in March 2020, humanity suffered a worldwide pandemic which took close to 7 million lives. The Covid-19 outbreak
Hashem had humbled the mighty Egyptian empire, quieted the riotous ocean, and delivered His word atop a blazing mountain. He could have easily constructed a
When people leave this world, we mourn their passing and grieve for the loss. When people die tragically and suddenly, we are left wondering how
We had been enslaved for the better part of two centuries by an oppressive nation ruled by an arrogant tyrant. To humble the Egyptians and
Fearing entombment in Egypt, Ya’akov begs his son Yosef to bury him in Israel. He is so worried that he will become an Egyptian shrine
Jewish history isn’t random. Selected to represent Hashem and inspire moral and religious spirit, our battles aren’t local and aren’t purely geopolitical. We stand against
Legend has it that, 400 years ago, local native Americans relinquished ownership over the Island of “Manhattes” for the modern equivalent of about $1000. In
We incorrectly assumed that a barbaric massacre, rape, torture and kidnapping of innocents would provoke worldwide sympathy and awaken moral clarity. Some situations are so
