Starting The Year In Challenging Times
The start of the school year is a stressful time. New classes, friends, teachers, and most of all, a new beginning. A new school year is daunting, but for...
New Beginnings Aren’t Easy
Starting anything new is challenging. Whether it’s a new job, a new school, a new career, or even a new haircut, transitions aren’t always smooth. For this year’s current...
A Joyous Lag B’Omer In A Nation At War
The focal point of Lag B’Omer celebrations in Israel occur on Har Meron, which houses the kevarim of Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai and his son Rebbe Elazar. For many...
The Rafah Invasion: Israel’s Dresden Moment
By Moshe Gerstley
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated before a crowd of attendees at a Yad Vashem event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that “No amount of pressure, no...
The End Of Choref Zman And A Spring Of Hope
Choref zman ended with Rosh Chodesh Nissan, and Pesach break has begun. Although choref zman has been a personally transformative period, I would be dishonest if I did not...
Shabbat In Tzfat
Each year on Parashat Lech Lecha, which coincides with the second Shabbat of Choref Zman, Yeshivat Hakotel has a shabbaton in Tzfat. Unfortunately, due to the war, and Hezbollah’s...
The Yeshivat Hakotel Alumni Mission To The Gaza Border
By Reuben M. Gampel
As college’s winter break approached, I arranged for a three-week stay at Yeshivat Hakotel, now as an alumnus. I recognized that the Israel of January 2024...
A Day Of Chizuk
Like most gap-year talmidim, I am regularly asked by family and friends how I am holding up during the war. I am physically safe in the Old City of...
A New Reality
Hi, it’s been a while. Like many of you, my world has shifted since my last article. On October 7 I was standing in the sukkah on a balcony...
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Assemblyman Ari Brown Calls Out Dangerous Illusion of “Ceasefire” Between Israel and Hamas
Albany, NY — In light of the ongoing negotiations for a so-called ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, New York State Assemblyman...
I Like Mike
It was a great event. That is, the Israel Heritage Foundation recognizing former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
The...