JPost.com - David M. Weinberg Reporter

In tribute to Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:08:53 GMT

Celebrating complexity: Rabbi Lichtenstein has taught the highest-level Talmud, Halacha and philosophy to his tens of thousands of students.

Beware of Baba Arye

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:44:45 GMT

"Deri is one of the father figures of the haredi world of dependency, of living off the dole".

Time for new strategic thinking

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:39:00 GMT

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies has been consistently ahead of the curve; center's experts remain optimistic.

The Rabbinate race wreckage

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:40:15 GMT

Bayit Yehudi is making a mess of the Chief Rabbinate race by failing to back David Stav.

Who will give me a Sunday?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:49:15 GMT

A proposal for once-a-month long weekends in Israel.

Israel’s resurgence: A spiritual calculus

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:15:39 GMT

Those who consider history only in temporal terms underestimate and misjudge the Jewish state.

A kvitel connecting generations

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:23:42 GMT

The kvitel was a prayer for the health of an ill relative. Attached to it was a handwritten request: “Please deliver this kvitel to the grave of my grandfather.”

On becoming a real Israeli

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:03:49 GMT

Sending your son off to serve in a front-line IDF combat unit is a raw test of Zionist commitment.

First love, then war?

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:48:46 GMT

When Obama acts decisively against Isfahan and Fordow he’ll gain our trust. The president shouldn’t expect Israelis to become “pliant” because he gave a few good speeches.

Reclaiming the world of Torah

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:26:32 GMT

We religiously serious and seriously Zionist Jews want to see Israeli society infused with Torah values and traditional morals.

Healing haredi work ethics

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:08:32 GMT

Our new government must help haredim out of the hole they have dug for themselves by ending the all-encompassing government support system for those not even attempting to get a modern education or earn a living.

Elect Rabbi Stav to revamp Rabbinate

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:31:25 GMT

Bennett should re-assert the primacy of religious-secular unity a hallmark of his political campaign, and endorse Stav.

Uncertain world

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:44:13 GMT

This Purim, the capriciousness of life should teach us humility.

The solution to the haredi draft problem

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:37:57 GMT

Mainstream Israel can facilitate increased haredi participation in the army by adopting crafty and nonthreatening compromise solutions.

Lapid and Bennett: The dynamic duo

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:02:33 GMT

Both spoke about rebuilding Israeli society, which is doable and urgent, not about pie-in-the-sky peace with the Palestinians.

Making conservative choices

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:18:58 GMT

The Israeli public overwhelmingly does not buy the well-worn argument, advanced obstinately by the Left and the international community, that the peace process is stuck because of settlements or lack of Israeli diplomatic flexibility.

Predictions for 2013

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:53:11 GMT

Looking into my crystal ball for the year ahead, what I see is a new, broad Israeli government that doesn’t last long, another futile settlement freeze, exacerbated Peres-Netanyahu tensions, continued stalemate with Iran, trouble on the Golan, and despite it all – life in Israel will remain great.

The magical ‘Peres pill’

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:16:52 GMT

The ‘Peres pill’ is a powerful drug invented by this country’s elder statesman which induces hallucination and wishful thinking. It magically allows you to imagine a “New Middle East” and assert that peace with Abbas is possible.

Bennett’s benefit

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:40:58 GMT

The rise of Bayit Yehudi is not really about nationalist politics It is more a social-communal awakening, a re-emergence of the religious-Zionist tribe, with a younger, self-confident voice.

Bubbles bursting in air

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:46:38 GMT

Quite a few “bubbles” have been burst by the recent Israel-Hamas skirmish. Unfortunately, not all bubbles burst the same way.

R.I.P. Syria?

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:32:03 GMT

Experts at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies debate the implications of civil war on our border.

Biblical rhapsody and regret

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:17:38 GMT

Israeli journalists are embarrassed by the Bible’s popularity. They’re petrified that so many people feel that the Bible is relevant.

In defense of Plesner

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:13:42 GMT

Rest of haredi men – majority – will be drawn out of hiding in unexceptional yeshivot to working world.

Beefing up libel law

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:25:34 GMT

Time to chill the enthusiasm of media to print ‘juicy’ news without fact-checking.

The year ahead: Some predictions for 2012

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:32:06 GMT

The prime minister’s greatest challenge in the new year will come from haredi parties when it comes time for the 2013 budget.

Who’s destroying antiquities in Jerusalem?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:13:42 GMT

There is little doubt that Palestinian authorities are conducting this assault on the Temple Mount so as to erase any vestige of archeological evidence for Jewish (and Christian) history.

A special prayer for Yom Kippur

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:29:35 GMT

“That this be a year in which You will carry us up to the Land of Israel, in joy, settling in forever.”

A salute to Uzi Arad

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:09:21 GMT

The outgoing National Security Council chairman is a short-tempered man who holds a steady, long-term view of things.

It’s Iran, not Israel, stupid!

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:48:15 GMT

Israel cannot allow Western leaders or pundits to propagate new myths that make Israel fall guy for Western fears of crumbling Mideast.

Woe will be a divided Jerusalem

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:51:36 GMT

Splitting the city will not lead to prosperity and peace.

The low sofa affair

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:48:22 GMT

Erdogan accused us of war crimes, walked out on our president, and backed our sworn enemies. So we hazed his ambassador a bit with a cheap seat. Shocking!