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The White spiritual majority in US and Israel – does it exist, and if it does, what for?

In a recent column in The Washington Post, “Stop laughing at Donald Trump,” a liberal analyst from the Brookings Institution tries to warn the Washington, D.C. beltway elites that they should take the businessman seriously because he has figured out how to win a national election—by taking the white vote. Trump has realized the WhiteContinue reading “The White spiritual majority in US and Israel – does it exist, and if it does, what for?”

Why the Jews support anti-Jewish social movements?

That is true – many Jews are supporting various social movements, which are not only anti-Israel but anti-Jewish (in the true sense of Torah guidance) as well. Many Jews support same-sex marriage over children oriented family, supremacy of all-mighty human government over supremacy of the All Mighty, forced wealth redistribution over free-market forces, pro-Palestinian anti-IsraeliContinue reading “Why the Jews support anti-Jewish social movements?”

Are the Jews, when parting with a synagogue, abandoning God or just their congregation and rabbi?

Only about 20% of Jews are attending Shabbat services at a synagogue – the rest do not participate in the spiritual life of a Jewish congregation. The Jewish majority have parted with Jewish congregations. Have they parted with God and Judaism, or they just parted with their congregations and rabbis? The answer is they haveContinue reading “Are the Jews, when parting with a synagogue, abandoning God or just their congregation and rabbi?”

A Judaism that has been molded in my soul after years of deliberations

I am practicing my Jewish faith with my fellow-congregants at a small non-denominational Jewish congregation. I have joined this small non-denominational congregation instead of any one in the existing formal denominations – Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or Reconstructionist – because I found in many denominational synagogues that the fear of deviating from the established denominational practiceContinue reading “A Judaism that has been molded in my soul after years of deliberations”

Is there anything that may unite all hostile political parties in Israel?

One of the latest rounds of negotiations to establish a functioning Israeli government has been dealing with the following issues: Should the government impose or not impose sanctions on the haredi yeshiva students who do not perform military service? Should the government provide full financing of the ultra-Orthodox schools without any requirements? Should the governmentContinue reading “Is there anything that may unite all hostile political parties in Israel?”

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