Month: 9 Iyyar 5784 (May 2024)

God’s Conscious Concern for the Land by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki

God’s promises of reward or punishment are not simply rules that are then unconsciously activated by our actions. God is always watching, always concerned, always involved.

It’s almost unimaginable to see recent Biden Administration moves going from bad to worse, so much so that these defer any prospect for any real peace or an end to the war against Hamas (and Iran and its proxies).

“The president’s threat to veto this legislation and Schumer’s refusal to bring it to a vote in the Senate are acts of betrayal to our closest ally in the region,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

The Israel Summit organized by the Proclaiming Justice to the Nations organization was relocated due to threats by Hamas supporters but has been successfully rescheduled.

“What Israel has done is take the effort to minimize civilian casualties as no other army has done,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli defense minister’s disgraceful display was—in the words of the late baseball great Yogi Berra—“like déjà vu all over again.”