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Alex Israel

Author, Podcaster and International Lecturer

Oct 5, 2025, 8:02 PM

Some thoughts on my mind for Sukkot: Control and Faith: Sukkot is being in God’s protection. That is the memory of the Sukkot of the Midbar. That is the verse כי יצפננו בסוכו ביום רעה (Psalm 27). We live...

Nov 17, 2023, 2:52 PM

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Finding the good points: The leadership of Yossi Hershkovitz z”l

In his absence, his legacy of always striving to be a better person, and helping others do the same, continues to inspire

Oct 23, 2023, 6:55 PM

Strength and Humility – Understanding This Moment. Moving Ahead

The war here in Israel is only beginning to unfold. As I write these lines, we are deeply grieving, and we are still reeling from the shock of 1,400 brutally murdered and over 200 of our brothers and sisters...

Oct 19, 2021, 12:31 AM

‎’Rabin Day’ could become a day of healing

I will never forget the night of Rabin’s assassination. For days afterwards, I could viscerally feel the terror and shame, the fear and the foreboding, in my stomach, in my bones. And here we are again marking 26 years...

Dec 8, 2020, 5:54 PM

On Rabbi Sacks’ Shloshim: We believed in ourselves because he believed in us

At the end of the shloshim (30 days of mourning) for Rabbi Sacks zt"l, an international siyum was held to mark the completion of learning of two cycles of the entire Mishna (Shas Mishna), one in the UK and...

Nov 26, 2020, 10:47 AM

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday: A dreadful combination!

It almost goes without saying: the first day makes us appreciate what we have, and the next inflames our discontent by pushing us to want what we do not yet have

Oct 29, 2020, 11:16 PM

Do you have Doubts? So did Abraham! (Lech-Lecha)

What happens when we have religious doubts? Does it indicate a flaw in our religious worldview? A student asked me this week: If Abraham is instructed to “Go forth from your country, your people and your father’s household to the...

About Me

Alex Israel is an author, podcaster and international lecturer teaching Tanakh (Bible) at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and Midreshet Lindenbaum, and on the faculty of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy. See his Torah at www.alexisrael.org or listen to The Tanakh Podcast on Spotify

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