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May 25, 2026, 12:00 AM

Historical Amnesia

This morning we awoke to the news that a deal was about to be announced. Details were lacking, but it suggested a coming memorandum of understanding lasting a minimum of sixty days - not a signed agreement. As a...

Sep 3, 2024, 6:50 AM

Negotiating with Evil

As morning dawned upon the world, the leading news images came from the thousands of protesters in Tel Aviv clashing with police and demanding an immediate ceasefire so that the remaining hostages (or their bodies) could be released. Hamas...

Jun 17, 2024, 9:42 PM

The only solution

Why are we spinning our wheels? Proposal after proposal for a ceasefire and return of hostages comes up empty-handed. The latest announced by President Biden and dubbed an Israeli three-step plan has received nothing but outrageous counter-terms and stonewalling....

Oct 13, 2023, 6:59 PM

Is War the Second Front?

It is Erev Shabbos and soon we will pass through the potential of transitioning from the mundane to the holy, but will it work for most of us as we open our Torah to begin anew the annual cycle...

May 16, 2023, 7:55 PM

Open borders, but not for Jews!

The Dark Legacy of Anti-Semitism and Closed Borders: A Tragic Chapter in Jewish History We in the United States are living through tumultuous times! Drone videos and border patrol representatives have proven to anyone who wants to see that our...

Dec 2, 2021, 11:39 PM

Sinas Chinam in Chanukah 2021

The Second Bais HaMikdash was destroyed because of Sinas Chinam ("baseless hatred"). This aveirah was considered so severe that it appears to have been of sufficient cause to destroy the Temple after the First, which had been due to...

Aug 4, 2021, 2:54 AM

Devarim and COVID-19

Just when we thought the availability of vaccines would arrest the spread of COVID-19, it's back again -- today CDC warned that the Delta variant may be "more dangerous" than the original strain. For those of us who have...

Jun 8, 2021, 2:02 AM

Ceasefires and treaties: Military strategy tools

After more than 4,000 rockets (including aimed at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv), a ceasefire was declared. Negotiators from various countries seek to convert the short hiatus into a long-term, indefinite status. Why did each side agree to stop and what...

Jun 5, 2021, 5:26 PM

Metastatic cancer of cognitive dissonance

Worldwide rallies and protests, involving thousands and even millions of voices, fill our eyes and ears on a variety of issues — climate, guns, LBGT, BLM, just to name a few. On the pretext of civil activism, they are...

May 25, 2021, 7:16 PM

Antisemitism: The new woke

It has been more than 70 years since my refugee ship entered New York harbor passing the Statue of Liberty. Then, the displaced Jews of Europe sailed into a country that promised religious freedom, tolerance and opportunity — all...

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About Me

Naphtali Perlberger is a senior lecturer for AISH HaTorah and gives weekly shiurim at Chabad of Golden Beach and Aish Chaim of the Main Line. He is one of the founders and a past president of the Philadelphia Community Kollel. He is Founder & President of Philadelphia Chapter of Children of the Holocaust, and past FJA Chairman of Men's Organizations; past President of Kosloff Torah Academy; and, talk show host for a radio show, "G-d is Listening".