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Jan 17, 2021, 4:33 PM
On Masks, Prayer, and the Human Soul
On Friday night, January 8, 2021, for the first time in my life, I prayed to my Creator. In a vacuum it’s a strange statement to make for me because I’m an Orthodox Jew who “prays” three times a...
Mar 8, 2020, 2:42 PM
On Political Defectors, The Magic Number 61 And The Oslo/Iran Connection
I do not have all that much respect for the Israeli government sadly, or any other government for that matter. Fear of government I have aplenty. I always obey. But respect, I’m already as asymptotically close to absolute zero...
Jul 27, 2017, 1:02 AM
Don’t Improve the Israeli Government — Just Shrink It
Besides war, political campaigns are perhaps the worst thing man inflicts on man. War brings death. Political campaigns…they bring taxes. Never in my wildest nightmares did I ever guess I would be running in a political campaign. Then again I...
Nov 17, 2014, 5:51 PM
The Israel Hayom Law has nothing to do with freedom of the press
The Knesset just passed a preliminary reading of חוק ישראל היום or the Israel Hayom Law, which puts an arbitrary minimum price on all newspapers. It is now illegal to hand out free newspapers in Israel. The reason? 45...
May 16, 2014, 6:49 PM
The Origins of Lag BaOmer, the Original Israelite Tax Riot
The following is my translation from Hebrew of an article written by my friend and teacher Rabbi Elizur Segel, republished with his permission. Rabbi Segel is also a Feiglin supporter and libertarian activist like myself, and introduced me to the...
May 13, 2014, 11:50 PM
Politics is a Dirty Word
Several years ago soon after I made Aliyah, I attended a shiur at Bar Ilan University. It was the day before election day. After the shiur was over, the Rabbi said “Everyone remember to vote, because it is a...
May 6, 2014, 1:22 PM
Why I do not Celebrate the Birth of the State of Israel
Like most Zionist Jews, I will barbecue on Yom HaAtzmaut with my family. Like many Zionist Jews I will be saying a full Hallel. Like some Zionist Jews I will even be saying it with a bracha. But unlike...
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Rafi Farber is the publisher of The End Game Investor, a daily market commentary focusing on precious metals and monetary analysis in a post-Covid world.
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