Shmuel Rosner and Natan Slifkin discuss his latest book, “Rationalism vs. Mysticism: Schisms in Traditional Jewish Thought.”
Natan Slifkin, popularly known as the “Zoo Rabbi”, is a British-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel. He is best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial to a small number of Haredi Jews.
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Benichou hopes to see more people speaking up.
There is a benefit of roasting food on skewers, à la shish kebab. By cutting meat and vegetables into smaller uniform pieces, the marinade coats more and the food cooks evenly.
The life of Sara ends with death.
Is attraction based solely on the physical? Or is chemistry based on something deeper?
The tight relationship between Trump and Netanyahu masks the real debate over Israel churning in the Republican Party, and Israel’s standing among Democrats has never been lower.
Some emphasized the importance of combating antisemitism and protecting Jewish safety, while others called for political engagement and cooperation across party lines.
So here we are, stuck with just a few bad options to consider. And that’s just the political superposition of undetermined future – alongside it there’s also the possible – probable? – war with Iran.
That is my hope: that by finding things we can do together, by recognizing each other’s humanity, we might come to see each other more fully.
At a time when Jewish education is competing for attention in a world dominated by screens, sports, short-form videos and endless streams of content, these easily collectable cards offer a different kind of engagement.
There is little chance that the combination of a weakened Trump and an emboldened Democratic Congress produces similar levels of support for aggressive action against Iran and its proxies, and other policies that a wide spectrum of Israelis see as crucial to their security.
In the diaspora and in Israel, we cannot turn back the clock and undo the harm that was done to us. But we can shape our own future. Israel is strong and resolute. So must we be.
Democrats who were long considered “moderates” or even pro-Israel have been signaling over the course of the last year that they can no longer be relied upon to back a Jewish state under assault by Iran and its terrorist proxies.
When each dispute seems existential, an error is a catastrophe and disagreement seems like betrayal.
The Torah offers a comforting view of a life beyond this life. We aren’t told what it will be exactly — yes, it’s abstract and vague — but we are told it’s waiting for us as it was for Abraham.
History teaches that you can always trust the fanatics to overplay their hand, allowing muscular moderates to reassert power.
How do voters reconcile longstanding party loyalties with changing views of Israel, communal security and American political leadership?
