Tag Archives: Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo

voting for the divine spark

Bending spoons in Judea and Samaria. Strange things happen when you mix politics and religion. The two keep colliding into each other even if pried apart with a crowbar. As to borrow the American phrase, Israel is not a Jewish … Continue reading

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clash of civilizations: school’s out

Eyeless in Gaza; it came from John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” and the key line is ” Eyeless in Gaza the mill with slaves.” And who are we or they exactly slaving for and the Samson complex to bear pressure on … Continue reading

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letting them go: the i’s and thou’s of separation

There is a story of the police commissioner under mayor David Dinkins in the early 1990′s , Lee Brown who visited the famous Chabad Rabbi in Crown Heights. In meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Commissioner Lee Brown asked for a blessing; … Continue reading

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cha cha cha: hora from them hilltops

…Livni said she didn’t regret the decisions that may have brought on her political downfall, saying she wasn’t “sorry for not backing down in the face of political blackmail, even when the price was staying outside the government, and for … Continue reading

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