by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 2, 2017 | Terumah
Just a few months after leaving the White House in 1953, President Harry Truman spoke to a Jewish group in New York. The president was introduced by Eddie Jacobson, his old friend and business partner, as “the man who helped create the State of Israel.” “What do you...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 21, 2017 | Bible Study
Dear Supporter: I wanted to update you on the progress of our one volume, hardcover “The Israel Bible” which you contributed to and share a bit of a hiccup that we recently ran into. The good news is that the professional editors at Koren Publishing are finished...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 8, 2017 | Beshalach, Judges
There is no stronger symbol of Israel’s remarkable sense of communal responsibility than the kibbutz movement. Nevertheless, one of the most important kibbutzim that played a pivotal role in the formation of the state wasn’t even a real kibbutz, but rather a fake one!...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 28, 2016 | Chanukah, Light Unto the Nations, Mikeitz, Responsibility, Zechariah
In 1949, the Provisional Council of Israel, the temporary cabinet that governed the Jewish state until the formation of its first government, selected an official emblem for the fledgling Jewish state to display its sovereignty in the community of nations. Graphic...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 24, 2016 | Bible Study
Every American schoolchild knows the story of how the Pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 and gave thanks to God for their survival and successes. What most people don’t know, however, was that the Pilgrims looked deeply into the Bible for...
