It is a moment of the highest drama. In Ki Tisa, the Israelites, forty days after the greatest revelation in history, have made an idol. G-d threatens to destroy them. Moshe, exemplifying the …
On March 27, 2012, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen, an ancient ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace. A number of institutions presented Loyal Addresses to the Queen, thanking her …
The Rabbis moralized the condition of tzara’at (often translated as leprosy), the subject that dominates both Tazria and Metzora. It was, they said, a punishment rather than a medical …
The following is an extract from the introduction to the Koren Sacks Pesach Machzor.
Pesach is the oldest and most transformative story of hope ever told. It tells of how an otherwise …
The Prime Minister drew a line in the sand this week 30/04/2021|3min
Sky News host Catherine McGregor says the past 24 hours may well set the tone for the remainder of the Scott Morrison Prime Ministership, stating the Prime Minister drew a line in the sand in the culture wars. Speaking at a dinner for the United Israel Appeal the Prime Minister made some heartfelt remarks about individual human dignity, she said. He repudiated identity politics as an anathema to the broad Judeo-Christian foundations of our nation and the broader Western project-invoking the late Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. Last night was clearly a clarion call to arms in the culture wars. The choice of audience was shrewd and built on the Prime Minister s speech earlier this week to a Christian audience on the Gold Coast.