Posts Tagged: Israelites
Holy Smoke, Researchers Say Cannabis Used in Ancient Israelite Shrine
The ancient Israelites may have used cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual, according to Israeli researchers who found residue of the drug at...
London School of Economics Removes Blog Equating Zionism With ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
The London School of Economics reportedly removed a blog post from its website by an Australian academic claiming Zionism to be an ideology based on concepts of racial...
Redemptive Reckonings: Purim’s Cautionary Lessons Against Disobedience, Ingratitude, and Dissatisfaction
In some ways, the Scroll of Esther is an epilogue to the episode in Samuel I concerning King Saul of Israel and King Agag of...
Kuwaiti MPs: ‘It is Permitted’ to Deal With Israel (VIDEO)
In candid interviews published with English subtitles by the Middle East Media Research Institute, two Kuwaiti Members of Parliament gave their approval for the kingdom to...
Faith as a Journey
In its account of the festivals of the Jewish year, this week's parshah contains the following statement: You shall dwell in thatched huts for seven...
Children of Israel Flee Egyptians as Crisis Creates a New People (SPOOF)
Approximately two million Children of Israel are now encamped in the Sinai following their extraordinary exodus from Egypt yesterday. Just days ago, they were slaves...
The Weight of Leadership
With the recent inauguration of an American president, another Israeli election, and heated issues about gun control against the background of another...
Encountering G-d
It is one of the great visions of the Torah. Jacob, alone at night, fleeing from the wrath of Esau, lies down to rest,...
Israel’s Right to Exist Not Based Upon UN Resolution
Regrettably, it is well-known and often lamented that public relations does not count among the Israelis' many talents. This is primarily the result of...
Letting Go of Hate
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies...
Exposing the Deep-Seated Roots of Anti-Semitism
Contrary to Popular Beliefs, the Ancient Hatred of Jews Transcends All Issues of Politics, Economics, History, and Geography It isn't resentment over a perceived elitism or...
Why is the Jewish People So Small
Near the end of Va'etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it, is a statement with such far reaching implications that it...
Why Are We Afraid to Speak the Real Truth About Israel?
On a Hike Four Europeans go hiking together, and get frightfully lost. First they run out of food, and then they run...
The Fear of Freedom
The episode of the spies has rightly puzzled commentators throughout the centuries. How could they have got it so wrong? The land, they...
