Yehuda Leibler

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Apr 1, 2018, 6:55 PM

What Gen’ Z Can Learn from Bob Dylan and Rabbi Elazar

One of the most interesting stories in the Haggadah is one from Gemara Brachot. It tells us of Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria who was an 18-year-old Talmudic genius. He had been chosen to become the Nassi (President of the...

Mar 30, 2018, 1:18 PM

This Passover, hear the outcry of Generation Z

Generation Z” is a term that refers to the generation that was born between the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. But more importantly, the term refers to a set of characteristics. Among them are having used the Internet...

Feb 21, 2018, 3:36 PM

Lying to ourselves about Netanyahu is not the answer

The police's recent recommendations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand trial on two counts of bribery have thrown Israeli society into a whirlpool. Netanyahu supporters have responded in a number of ways. A small group has condemned him, a large...

Jul 16, 2017, 3:57 PM

Labor’s Road to Rehabilitation

Last week, the long, drawn out and rough Labor primary came to an end. Emerging victorious at the end of this saga was Avi Gabbay, the ex-Kulanu minister who just recently dropped out of Netanyahu's government because “They simply...

Mar 11, 2017, 7:26 PM

Chauvinism and Hate at the Expense of the State

Last week, Rabbi Yigal Levenstein the head of the “Bnei David” pre-army program (also know as “Eli”), gave a lesson in which he ridiculed the idea of drafting religious women into the IDF, and all women who serve in...

Jul 3, 2016, 6:54 AM

Hero of humanity

There is a well known slogan that many in Israel and throughout the world use with regard to the Holocaust. We all say it, but Elie Wiesel, having experienced unthinkable hardship, lived it and dedicated is life to it: "Never...

Apr 7, 2016, 12:28 AM

For most of Israel, hate is too great a burden to bear

On Tuesday (April 6th), MK Bezalel Smotrich (A member of Tkuma, who serves as an MK for the Jewish Home) tweeted a number of controversial tweets where he advocated separation of Jewish and Arab women in Maternity Wards. Smotrich later said that...

Apr 4, 2016, 11:00 PM

Danger From Within

On Thursday evening (March 31st) I was on Yafo street (Jerusalem). There, I had the pleasure of witnessing first hand a Lehava organized protest. The experience was both horrific and thought provoking. Photo By: Yehuda Leibler. Taken on Thursday 31/3/2016 The banners...

Jul 19, 2015, 2:42 PM

To join or not to join

With the Iran Deal hanging over Netanyahu’s reputation like a guillotine, now seems like the ideal time for Netanyahu and Herzog to put their differences aside and join forces in a unity government. Photo Credit: Amos Ben Gershon / GPO/Flash90 After...

Jul 15, 2015, 5:59 PM

Embracing Firgun Day

Firgun (pronounced FEER-GOON) is a Hebrew word that doesn’t directly translate into English. Firgun is a compliment or act of kindness performed solely to make another person feel good and without any intention to get something in return. This Friday,...

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