by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Feb 22, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News Life in Israel is an emotional roller coaster. Not long ago I wrote that, aside from the hostages and their immediate families, we should feel not joy but relief at their liberation, and be mindful of the price paid in the...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Feb 19, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published by Jewish News Syndicate The Knesset overwhelmingly passed legislation last year prohibiting the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating on Israeli territory. It also banned every Israeli from cooperating with...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Jan 27, 2025 | Op-Eds
originally published in Israel National News One of the negotiators of the catastrophic Gilad Shalit deal (one kidnapped soldier exchanged for 1027 Arab terrorists, including Yahye Sinwar) said something mindboggling on the radio recently. He opined that the Shalit...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Jan 21, 2025 | Op-Eds
originally published in Arutz Sheva: Israel National News Donald Trump’s return to power and the world stage should presumably benefit the United States, Israel, and the free world while vexing the world’s enemies of virtue and justice, even as we do not put our faith...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Sep 8, 2024 | Op-Eds
By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News When will we Jews learn to take the Torah seriously? There are Jews who perceive the Torah as all rituals, filled with virtuous deeds that make us better people, but who derive their values from alien sources. Others...