Alex Israel, at The Blogs

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...

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Alex Israel is an author, an international lecturer and a beloved teacher of Tanakh and Jewish Thought at Pardes, Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and Midreshet Lindenbaum. He loves thinking about Torah, Israel and the Jewish world. Passions include Israel, its scenery, society, poetry, music, film and wine; running, photography, gardening, and life itself. See his Torah at www.alexisrael.org

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