Benjamin Ish-Shalom, at The Blogs

Benjamin Ish-Shalom

Feb 20, 2023, 9:32 PM

Our Shabbat guest: The ‘Grandchild Amendment’

IDF soldiers studying via the Nativ Military Program. (courtesy, nativhagiur.org.il)

Israeli society boosts immigrants' Jewish identity by its very nature - which means we need the Law of Return as it is

Mar 16, 2022, 3:23 PM

A time to act! Israel’s great moral challenge

War is always a terrible thing. Men, women, and children die. Babes in arms shriek in horror. Misery, death, ruin, and devastation reign everywhere. Dreams and hopes are shattered, world orders undone and overturned. People are banished from everything...

Jun 12, 2021, 11:43 PM

Let the Wise Speak with Caution

What is incitement? The legal and dictionary definitions narrow it down to an explicit call for illegal action or violence against a specific group or individual. The judicial approach even requires a high probability of violent outcomes. Such overt...

About Me

Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom is the founder and president of Beit Morasha of Jerusalem, and the founding Chairman of “NATIV – the National Center for Jewish Studies, Identity and Conversion” – a joint Israeli government and Jewish Agency project that combines Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform perspectives while meeting the requirements of Jewish law. In 2004 Ish-Shalom was awarded the AVI CHAI Prize for Leadership in Promoting Jewish Unity.