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Yoseph JanowskiThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
Attitude is paramount. Deed is crucial. With events moving so quickly and powerfully, sitting back and reflecting allows us to gain perspective. ...
On 7 October the world became obligated to bring Hamas, the new Nazis, to justice. The U.S., Britain, Germany and others have been sending armaments...
All of us. The entire family. The entire nation. Peace in the entire world. Eradicate evil. Erase it. Gone. Forever. Let Israel be whole. The nation...
“Make a permanent ceasefire. Who cares if there was a massacre. You are not allowed to harm innocent civilians in Gaza. You just want revenge.” ...
Sometimes, the living are dead, and the dead are living. When we say in Psalms (115; 17): “The dead will not praise You,” we are not, G-d forbid,...
There are many thoughts. Sadness for the tragic, horrific, barbaric, evil actions on Simchat Torah. And there are thoughts of simcha — happiness....
In past decades, amid wars and skirmishes, debate raged whether Israel should give away land. Some said, it would allow the Palestinians to be happy,...
The following words from Psalm 55, written by King David, the “Sweet Singer of Israel,” are sung on the 19th day of Kislev, to commemorate the...
The Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged and strengthened optimism during the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the First Gulf War. But what would he have...
Sometimes, something happens, and we sit back and contemplate it. We think about it, internalize it. And we say to ourselves, this is a special...
Even as many protest against the Jewish people, Israel is determined to carry on and wipe out Hamas. When Abraham was commanded to circumcise himself...
The Tzemach Tzedek, the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, wrote a book called Derech Mitzvoisecho, which means the way of Your commandments. In it, he explores...
On Wednesday Biden promoted a two-state solution. This sounds a lot like what the UN head said, that the Hamas attack didn’t happen in a vacuum. In...
This article is not about the tragedies that Jews have experienced throughout history. We don’t understand why tragedies happen, but we believe that...
Gaza is booby trapped, has tunnels. Maybe Israel’s government wants to avoid a ground invasion, to protect their soldiers’ lives. Maybe they...
I was a yeshiva student. It was many years ago, so my memory of it is not exactly what the Rebbe said. But the ideas are etched in my mind, and they...
He said don’t give away land. It’s dangerous. It will open up the land to the enemy. Sadly, he has been proven right. Israel seems determined...
Some say that insanity means, that someone does something, it doesn’t work, and then they do it again. Israel gave up Gaza, and we saw what...
One day, when things were tough, a nation left Egypt, thousands of years ago. The Jewish people. G-d split the sea. We walked through to dry land,...
People are bashing Netanyahu, the IDF, and the intelligence services, that they should have known that Hamas would attack. They’re bashing Ben Gvir...
The words of Psalm 79 capture sadness, while offering strength and blessing: “Asaph sang: G-d, nations came to Your place, defiled Your holy...
Thousands stood around, standing in bleachers reaching close to the ceiling. The Rebbe said loudly the first verse: (Deuteronomy 4; 35) “Ato horeiso...
America is now wrestling with the country’s future, as are numerous other countries. The prophet Isaiah (2; 3) declares, that in the end of days...