by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Aug 25, 2025 | Op-Eds, Headlines
Originally published in Israel National News Just days after we read in the weekly haftarah, “your demolishers and destroyers shall go forth from you” (Yeshayahu 49:17), as if on cue, a group of rabbis – many of whose leftist credentials are more solid than...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Aug 20, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News The Jewish people are unfortunately no strangers to blood libels. From the Middle Ages until quite recently, Jews were routinely and falsely accused of murdering Christian children for their blood. To say that there was...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Aug 6, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News It is a question for the ages. The most superficial and disingenuous of our detractors claim that today it is because of the war in Gaza, the (outrageously false) allegations of genocide, starvation, and torture, all of...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | May 2, 2025 | Op-Eds
originally published in Israel National News Opposition leader Yair Lapid warned last month that “the crazy incitement” he alleges emanates from the government will lead to “political murder,” especially against failed Shin Bet head Ronen Bar. “We are on the way to...
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...