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Israel Is Repeating The Mistakes That Led To The Temple’s Destruction

Generations of rabbis and scholars have endeavored to understand the reason for the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. The Talmud and Midrash propose a wide range of solutions, all of which assign the blame to the behavior of the generation that experienced tragedy. One of the most fascinating of these interpretations is found in the Babylonian Talmud (Bava Metzia…
17/07/2018

Is it time to do away with Tisha B’Av?

So here I am, sitting in my car, crawling at a snail’s pace in the midst of a traffic jam on Begin Boulevard, the cross-Jerusalem highway. Around me are hundreds of frustrated drivers. The mountains around me are covered with densely built-up neighborhoods. Jerusalem of 2018 is a vibrant and thriving city in Israel. These are the days of mourning…
16/07/2018
70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: The Next Generation
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Israel-Diaspora Relations

70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: The Next Generation

JPPI's 2018 Structured Jewish World Dialogue   70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: The Next Generation   Project Heads: Shmuel Rosner and John Ruskay Contributors: Noah Slepkov, Dov Maimon, Dan Feferman, Uzi Rebhun, Adar Schieber Editors: Barry Geltman and Rami Tal  
11/07/2018
By: Shmuel Rosner, Dr. John Ruskay
Israel-Diaspora Relations

The Attack on Legal Oversight Threatens Us All

It is important to distinguish the job of a private attorney from that of an attorney in the public service. The former is beholden to a single client, who has hired his services; the latter has two clients — the government ministry to which he is appointed, and the public. In addition to legal advice, an attorney in the public…
02/07/2018
70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: the Next Generation
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70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: the Next Generation

Project heads: Shmuel Rosner, John Ruskay
10/04/2018
By: Shmuel Rosner, Dr. John Ruskay
The International De-Legitimization Campaign Against Israel
Antisemitism

The International De-Legitimization Campaign Against Israel

  THE INTERNATIONAL DE-LEGITIMIZATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL ANALYSIS AND COUNTER-STRATEGY   MICHAEL HERZOG   WITH AN OVERVIEW BY DENNIS ROSS   Editors: Barry Geltman & Rami Tal
29/03/2018
By: Brig. General (Ret.) Michael Herzog
Antisemitism

The Assault on the Rule of Law

The locomotive of the “rule of law,” which is supposed to lead to a verdict in the Netanyahu cases, screeched to a brief and dramatic halt this week, at “Police Recommendations” station. From there it is supposed to continue to the next junctions down the line—the “State Prosecutor,” the “Attorney General,” and perhaps even its final destination, “the Courts.” The…
20/02/2018

How Much Should Jewish Law Control the Jewish State?

Since pre-state times, the founders and leaders of the State of Israel have been secular. As a result, the state is not run according to halacha or to a religious vision, but according to principles of modern Western law. This being the case, those who have a religious vision for the state have had to resort to religious politics. Judaism…
05/02/2018
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s landmark visit to India
Asia

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s landmark visit to India

This article was originally published in the Sunday Guardian, India   On January 14th, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in India, for a four-day state visit that will take him to Delhi, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi’s home state and Mumbai. At the airport Modi gave him a royal welcome. No living Israel leader has done more to forge a…
23/01/2018
Asia
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