As we all learned in high school history class, there are eras of stability and relative quiet, and eras of revolution. 1776, 1914, 1939 - if you paid any attention in school, you’ll never forget...
Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution
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A Prayer for the World
By Rabbi David Debow The October 7th massacre showed the world a face of evil from which it must not look away. It was terrifying, revolting and heinous, and withal enlightening. The black light of...
When God Confuses Us
Has God ever thrown you a curveball? Of course, He has. There’s an old Yiddish expression, “Man plans, and God laughs.” We wake up every morning with an idea of what the future looks like. We make...
The Answer to our Prayers
These are trying times. As we await our soldiers’ inevitable invasion of Gaza, we are all on edge. We know that the current lull in rocket attacks is merely the calm before the storm. The soldiers...
Stand for Truth or Perpetuate Lies
On October 24, 2023, a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent ripples of disbelief and shock throughout Israel and its global community of supporters. Commenting on the...
Genesis 12:3 and the Moral Imperative to Speak Out
The Holocaust stands as one of the darkest chapters in human history, when the world's silence allowed the genocide of millions to persist. After the horrors of World War II, the phrase "Never...
Three Things You Must Know About Genesis 12:3 in Light of the War in Israel
This week’s Torah portion, known as Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) contains Genesis 12:3, the foundational Scripture for Christian Zionism. So many non-Jews read this wonderful verse and conclude...
Fight Like David: Thoughts on War
Terror attacks are, unfortunately, not something new to Israel. We experienced way too many just this year alone, even before the heinous attack by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Every time an...
Lighting the Path to Peace in Troubled Times
On January 1, 2000, the New York Times published a special Millennium Edition. This unique issue featured three distinctive front pages, each offering a fascinating glimpse into a different...
The Flood, the Tower, and the Battle for Western Civilization
This week’s Torah portion, the portion of Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32), tells the stories of two failed societies. In each of these two stories, we encounter a breakdown in values that leads to...
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The Israel Bible will succeed in helping readers of Tanakh better understand its geographical context and better perceive some of its contemporary resonances.
Rabbi Dr. Shalom Carmy
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When you open The Israel Bible and see… lessons about Israel, you see that Israel is the Torah’s main theme and begin to understand the major role that it plays.
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Jews and Christians share a biblical heritage, and The Israel Bible shows even more clearly that this is the land God chose for the Jewish people.
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