Natan Huberman, at The Blogs

May 5, 2022, 2:26 PM

Seeing the throngs in Gan Sacher and all around the country coming together for festive meals on Yom Ha'atzmaut is incredible! The joy, the unity, the stories, the everything has always stimulated feelings of connection to the vision behind...

Apr 12, 2022, 4:31 PM

People Do Not Understand The Passover Offering

A picture of the 'practice-run' for Korban Pesach from 2019 I attended.

"Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning!" As we approach Passover we simultaneously approach the concept of the Paschal sacrifice. And as someone who has reviewed what exactly this Korban Pesach entails and have even attended the Tirgul - the 'practice' run...

Feb 17, 2022, 10:32 PM

Repatriating the State of Our Heritage

Rabbi Yitzchak Chai Bokovaza with the King of Italy visiting Lybia.

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It's called repatriation. And it's becoming a trend. Returning stolen cultural artefacts has become more and more widespread over recent years. A renewed focus on racism and colonialism in the West has brought some serious issues to light. For example,...

Feb 9, 2022, 12:11 AM

Patient-Centered Healthcare and the Temple

Listening intently to a lecture Shiur on the Temple Mount from the Rosh Yeshiva of Kollel Drishat Tzion and author of Har HaBayit Ka'Halacha Rabbi Elisha Wolfson.

Nowadays in medical school we are taught that the most effective form of patient-physician dynamic is one that sees the patient at its core. This type of medical care is associated with many markedly improved outcomes in a number...

Dec 23, 2021, 10:38 PM

Nahmanidean Historical Determinism and Medicine

Recently my Greek psychiatry professor asked us about the Hanukkah story. "Are you guys from Israel?" he started. After some discussion pertaining to Corona statistics he went for it: "And that holiday you just celebrated, what is the story?"...

Jun 4, 2021, 12:35 PM

I Finally Understand the Meraglim

The past number of weeks in Israel has produced a whirlwind of news. From declaring the end of Corona in Israel to social upheaval and war to forming new governments. And as a religious Jew I tend to look...

May 16, 2021, 6:53 PM

Tel Aviv On One Leg

The current wave of conflict has in many ways unfurled some of the most basic cultural instincts within Israeli society. There is great anger and antisemitism from some of the Arab citizens of Israel. And this has led to...

Oct 9, 2020, 9:17 AM

Happy to help

Wandering 40 years through the hot desert Sinai and up the mountainous regions of the Jordan’s eastern bank must have been harrowing. The thirst. The hot sun. Plagues. War and more. We saw it all. Yet every year we...

Aug 7, 2020, 10:49 AM

An Abrahamic Response to Beirut

Even if it is divine punishment we must stand with Lebanon. Many people are calling the blast a knockout to Lebanon’s slow spiral into a “failed state,” as the outgoing Lebanese foreign minister Nassif Hitti framed it. The entire country...

Jul 27, 2020, 3:17 PM

Mourning For Change

The soft summer sun was oh so gentle. It was early morning and our group of about 20 had ascended the Temple Mount for Shacharit. This prayer sequence had originally been designed to parallel the daily service of the...

About Me

Natan is a medical school student and a social and Temple Mount activist. He hails from Toronto, Canada and made full Aliyah in 2014, although he has been making Aliyah to the Temple Mount since 2011. His passion for the Temple Mount began in Yeshivat Har Etzion and continued through his Bachelor's degree, his military service and work in the Israeli defense industry. Previously he was the project manager at Students for the Temple Mount and still guides on the Temple Mount at the Open Gate organization.

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