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Sep 15, 2025, 1:39 PM

Flipping the Uman pilgrimage script

The battle-hardened IDF soldiers in this new Ayin Tova cartoon, along with devout Hasidim, have swapped realities for the New Jewish Year. The pious in full rabbinic garb are here engaged in a demanding war around Gaza City. Perhaps...

Aug 28, 2025, 11:19 AM

Ten million for Uman, but what about the rest of us?

Orthodox Jews pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, in the town of Uman, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

This is not about religion, it’s about priorities, integrity, and the principles that underpin national solidarity

Sep 14, 2023, 8:42 PM

Should Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar Do Teshuva?

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a topic that is surfacing now in Israel with the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Just last night we listened to the story of an Israeli POW, who was...

Sep 11, 2023, 12:30 PM

Dangerous misinterpretations of Torah, no matter how black the hat

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire, after a Russian attack on apartment buildings in the town of Uman, Ukraine, April 28, 2023. (National Police of Ukraine via AP)

Not only have there been times when God did not protect the Jews, but the Bible promised that there would be

Lenny Ben-David

Feb 25, 2022, 11:23 AM

Israel’s strategic vs. humane choice in Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers take position on a bridge inside the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Why hasn't the Israeli government condemned Russia and armed Ukraine with weapons such as the Iron Dome?

Sep 21, 2020, 8:53 AM

Failed political solutions to healthcare problems

During the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic, physician named Dr. Craig Spencer, who had recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in Guinea, came down with the disease and was quarantined at Bellvue Hospital. A news briefing by various...

Richard Shavei-Tzion

Sep 8, 2020, 1:25 PM

To my Breslov and Balfour Brothers and Sisters*

(*And to all brethren who prioritize acting upon their beliefs and desires at the risk of spreading COVID-19 by flouting the regulations) I feel your pain. Having to desist from the sacred acts which you have been performing zealously for...

Donniel Hartman

Aug 25, 2020, 4:00 PM

Netanyahu’s identity crisis

Illustration by Avi Katz

Israel needs the great leader who takes risks for peace and forgoes military excess, not the petty politician who puts his own interests first

Aug 24, 2020, 4:41 PM

In Judaism, idolatry is prohibited. Today, however, we are witness to the worship of two idols – one a long-dead mortal, the other a more insidious idol – Mammon. Every year, thousands of idol worshippers flock to the tomb of Rebbe...

Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Aug 24, 2020, 1:38 PM

Going to pray in Uman during a pandemic is not a right

As a frequent pilgrim to the site, I say the religious question is not whether you will get sick. It is whether you will make others sick. And you will.

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