Orot (Lights) From Rav Kook
Apropos of Hanukah, the Festival of Lights, let me share with you some of the light from Orot, the seminal work of the illustrious Rabbi...
Category : Judaism
Biblical Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human value. This value seems to have its home in liberal democracy. In fact, liberal democracy exalts freedom of...
Truth Versus Democracy
Although democracies are hospitable to philosophy, it does not follow that democracies are truth-oriented. To the contrary, the freedom of speech and press enjoyed in...
Kingship Under A Torah Government
As Israel approaches its next prime ministerial election, it is worthwhile reflecting on the subject of Kingship under a Torah government. “When you come to...
The Fate of the United States
Revisionist historians aside, or those who do not understand Lincoln’s statesmanship, the Civil War that broke out in America after the 1860 election was over...
Accountability
Accountability is a basic Jewish concept, awesome during Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. Whereas the Torah Jew knows he is accountable to G-d, the Government...
Beyond Idolatry
The goal of the Torah is to eliminate all forms of idolatry on the one hand, and to promote the universal recognition of ethical monotheism...
Without God Israel is Lost
Year after year I send this kind of message out. Now, with catastrophe approaching ever nearer, I urge all forthright Jewish organizations to to reiterate...
A Brief Political Glossary for Israelis and Immigrants
A. Democracy: Two Types “Normative” or classical democracy: based on the idea of man’s creation in the holy image of God. This provides democracy’s basic...
Must the State Perish for Israel to Survive?
In his “Epistle to Yemen,” Maimonides tells us how the nations have tried to destroy Israel. He explains: “[Because of Israel’s unique and divinely inspired...