Miriam Peretz lost two sons battling terrorism in Israel. That’s how she sees it anyway. Others will merely argue they should never have been in Gaza or Lebanon. In other words, one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. One man’s definition of murder is another man’s definition of martyrdom. How ironic was it therefore[…]
The Midrash relates the following episode: In the days of the Roman Empire, in the city of Tzipori, a town just west of Tiberius lived a simple man named Yusta. He served as the local tailor, sitting and sewing all day at his spot along the main street of the town. During a visit to Rome,[…]
How many Jews in the UK? Somewhere between three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand? How many of those are kosher observant? As a most optimistic guess perhaps fifty percent? So we are looking at best at 175,000 kosher observant Jews in the UK. How many kashrut authorities? Certainly four main ones in London, another[…]
Dear Rabbi Is it acceptable for Israeli soldiers to shoot to kill would-be terrorists, especially when they could just maim them? Matthew Dear Matthew We abhor murder in the Jewish faith under all and any circumstances. So if you first maim the terrorist, then to walk up to him and terminate him in order to[…]