Month: May 2017

• Our Relationship to the Land

  ‘Every Jew has a stake in the Land of Israel, and therefore what is done in Israel is the business of every Jew.’ – the Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1970 In the…

• Present in the Book

  “In the book,” he said, “writing means absence, and the empty page, presence. Thus God, who is absence, is present in the book.” – Edmond Jabes, ‘The Book of Questions’

• History as a trial

  ‘To present history as a trial in which man as advocate for mute nature makes a complaint against the nonappearance of the promised Messiah. The court, however, decides to hear…

• ‘Never Again’, Again

  “There is no question that Jews tried to enter into a dialogue with Germans, and from all possible perspectives and standpoints: now demanding, now pleading and imploring; now crawling on…