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Oct 8, 2024, 6:29 PM

Women’s Role in Jewish Law

Under current Jewish Law, as understood by most Orthodox Jews, women have different obligations than men. With just a few exceptions, they do not have to observe positive commands limited to specific times. Wearing tefillin exemplifies this leniency because...

Oct 6, 2024, 6:18 PM

The origin of Hasidim

Before the birth of Israel Baal Shem Tov in 1700, different groups of Jews were called Hasidim, meaning “pious ones. " For example, in the 1st century BCE, there were Hasidim, men and women who were uncompromising observers of Jewish law....

Oct 2, 2024, 9:49 PM

Reactions to October 7, 2023

The Hamas brutal war started on October 7, 2023. The attack was on the Jewish Shabbat. It was one of the most tragic days in Israel’s history. Many hundreds of Hamas terrorist fighters attacked Israel's homes along the Gaza...

Sep 30, 2024, 11:09 PM

A brilliant eye-opening and thought-provoking book

Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel’s books are superb. He reveals much that many people do not know and does so in a clear, easy-to-read fashion. He gives us deep and broad insights. He examines the Torah text from Jewish...

Sep 25, 2024, 9:25 PM

Machiavelli’s immoral ideas live on

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. Some scholars say he was the first philosopher to divorce politics from ethics. He believed that violence and deceit were sometimes necessary...

Sep 19, 2024, 6:33 PM

Prejudice is more than we think it is

Prejudice is defined as a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience. It is favoring or disliking something without good reason. It is irrational. It destroys people, both the person feeling and doing it and the...

Sep 18, 2024, 4:45 PM

Excellent dating advice

Marry a Mensch As far as I can find out, my dad, the famous Talmud scholar Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin, was the first Orthodox rabbi to write a book giving explicit advice about marriage and sex. His book was called...

Sep 17, 2024, 12:21 AM

Rabbi Shagar’s view of Judaism

Maggid Books, an imprint of Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd, published the Hebrew edition of Rabbi Shagar, Living Time: Festival Discourses for the Present Age, in English in 2024. Maggid Books considers it an important book. It is part of...

Sep 13, 2024, 6:41 PM

Were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt?

Some scholars think that the ancient Israelites were Hyksos. Others say Israelites were slaves to them. They claim the Israelite enslavement in Egypt and their exodus under Moses’ leadership never happened. Israelites The Hebrew Bible called the Torah, states that the...

Sep 3, 2024, 5:35 PM

The Romanian-American writer and professor Eli Wiesel (1928-2016), who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, where his parents and a younger sister died, was an excellent writer who authored 57 books. His first book, Night, is a memoir of these experiences....

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About Me

Dr. Israel Drazin served for 31 years in the US military and attained the rank of brigadier general. He is an attorney and a rabbi, with master’s degrees in both psychology and Hebrew literature and a PhD in Judaic studies. As a lawyer, he developed the legal strategy that saved the military chaplaincy when its constitutionality was attacked in court, and he received the Legion of Merit for his service. Dr. Drazin is the author of more than 50 books on the Bible, philosophy, and other subjects.