What a brilliant piece from this Rabbi. I’ll buy her a drink for this.
I will start this piece with a confession, an admission that I got something wrong l’hitvadot (לְהִתְוַדּוֹת), I was under the mistaken impression that…
Judaism
Succot. What’s most important in your home? What makes home ‘home’ for you?
We are currently in the middle of the Jewish festival of Succot. At this time we are commanded to dwell in temporary roofless tents…
On the subject of differences in religious observances among Jews.
During the Chol Hamoed period of Passover, the in-between days that lie sandwiched by the Yom Tovim or real holy days of the eight…
From Elsewhere: The UAE knows what’s up.
I caught a short video interview originally from GB News with Nigel Farage the leader of the Reform Party in the UK and…
Islamic savagery at Bondi
It is now almost certain that the perpetrators of the horrific attack on a Jewish Chanukah celebration on Australia’s Bondi Beach that killed 16…
You know things are bad when you assume at first that the ‘failing state’ in this scenario might be Britain.
Israel is a ‘haven for the oppressed’ among the world’s Jews and it is referred to as such in the prayer for Israel in…
Remember and avenge
It’s the second anniversary of the invasion of Israel by the savage Islamic jihadists of Hamas and there will be many other writers, many…
Chag Sameach Succot – Festival of Tabernacles
Tonight marks the start of the Jewish festival of Succot where Jews throughout the world gather with friends, family and guests in temporary booths…
Aftermath
In the days following a terror attack, especially an Islam inspired terror attack, there is often a period of what could be called…
Yom Kippur 2025
It’s that time of year again. It’s Yom Kippur. At sunset today starts the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar and a time…
