Articles & Essays about Israel

"Ohev Shalom V'rodef Shalom" Reflections on Current Events

By Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb
Sometimes the only path to peace is through war.

There's No Place Like Home: Religious Zionism in a Post-Disengagement World

By Rabbi Joel Finkelstein
The disengagement from Gaza and other policies of the current government are fostering a full-fledged crisis in the Religious Zionist camp.

Searching for a New Balance Between the Individual and the Collective

By Rabbi Meshulam Gotlieb
Understanding the other, and changing ourselves: For the love of the land, and of the people, of Israel.

Israel's Predicament and the Need to Be a Stranger

By Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
What if feeling uncomfortable, not fully at home, is an essential part of being Jewish? Why would that be?

The Disengagement of Religious Zionism from the State of Israel

By Rabbi Zvi Grumet
The withering of the noble ideals of Religious Zionism, and its terrifying consequences for Israel.

Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Yohanan, and the Gaza Disengagement

By Eli Kavon
How should we apply Talmudic political strategies in modern times?