MOSHE TARAGIN

The very different circumstances under which two Israeli soldiers were returned puts things in perspective and echoes Jewish values.

The worst fires in modern Israeli history erupted just as our people sought to celebrate our hard-won independence.

We are sailing together on the same ship of history, and without shared purpose and collective effort we will struggle to move forward.

In both 1940 and in 2023, antisemitism revealed the moral decay in societies that appeared to have achieved lofty moral goals.

Faith isn’t about finding all the answers – it’s about having shoulders wide enough, and spirits deep enough, to carry the weight of the questions. 

If we are a nation that sees itself as a family, let us remember those families that have carried such a heavy burden throughout this war.

Guilt is indispensable for moral growth and self-improvement. It serves as the quiet but insistent voice of a healthy conscience, guiding us toward accountability, repentance, and transformation.

We know who we are. They cannot fathom it. Our tireless efforts to explain may fall on deaf ears – but we hear, and we know.

We offer the world hope that it can withstand this tidal wave of hatred and escape the abyss of confusion. We have endured. So can you. We will show you the way.  

The clouds of confusion will clear, sanity will replace lunacy. The hypnotic spell of postmodern confusion will be broken. What has happened before will happen again. Just read the story of Esther.