by Ram ben Ze'ev Supporting Torah at the Dawn of a New Year As Rosh HaShanah approaches, our hearts and minds turn inward—to prayer, reflection, and the solemn awareness that we stand before the King of Kings. These Days of Awe are a time of teshuvah (return), tefillah (prayer), and tzedakah (charity), the very three pillars that our sages teach can annul harsh decrees. There is perhaps no greater merit than to link one’s tzedakah with the eternal voice of Torah study. In Yer

The joy of friendships that enable a person to achieve their best in serving Hashem and contributing to the Community From HaGaon Rav...

by Ram ben Ze’ev Sanctifying Idolatry: The Praise of Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk, a young Evangelical firebrand, was assassinated in Utah. His death has triggered an extraordinary wave of sanctification, with media outlets elevating him almost overnight to the level of a saint. What is most troubling, however, is not the idolatrous exaltation of the nations, but the eagerness of Jews—including Jews in Israel—to join in this chorus of praise. By applauding Kirk, they are not hon

by Ram ben Ze’ev It Is Time to Confront the Enemy Within Today in Jerusalem, six Jews were murdered and many others injured at the hands of Arab terrorists who turned a bus stop into a blood-soaked battlefield. The attackers, armed and prepared, were neutralised by quick action, but not before lives were taken and families shattered. This tragedy, one of far too many, is not an isolated event. It is part of a consistent pattern — the enemy within Israel continues to declare,

by Ram ben Ze’ev No Treaty, No Compromise: The Torah’s Eternal Warning “You shall not make a treaty with them” — דברים (Devarim) 7:2. The Torah could not be clearer. The Jewish people are not permitted to make treaties with those who hate us, nor are we permitted to allow them to dwell peacefully in our midst, unless they renounce עבודה זרה (Avodah Zarah — idolatry) and accept the sovereignty of ה׳. This is not an obscure command, nor one confined to the seven nations of כנען

For a person to be better than a donkey it is not enough just to avoid doing bad, they must do good too From HaGaon Rav Yaakov Sasson...

Sanctioning Foreign NGOs Directly Engaged in ICC’s Illegitimate Targeting of Israel Today, I am designating three foreign NGOs—Al Haq, Al...

by Ram ben Ze’ev The Bitter Reality: Nearly Two Years On From 7 October Nearly two years on from the atrocities of 7 October 2023, Israel is being forced to confront a grim and painful truth. Our countrymen and women who were seized that day were not hostages in the sense of being bargaining pawns alive and awaiting release. Many were murdered outright, their bodies taken into Gaza to be exploited for propaganda and political extortion. The case of Ilan Weiss—murdered defendi

by Ram ben Ze’ev When a Shield Is Reduced to a Star: B’nai Brith Canada’s Leadership Crisis A father publicly boasts that his daughter told him not to wear a Star of David necklace, and instead of correcting her, instead of teaching her that it is not a star but מגן דוד (Magen David – the Shield of David), he broadcasts it to the world as if it were some profound moment of wisdom. This is not wisdom. This is failure — as a parent, as a Jew, and as someone entrusted to repres