Remembering the Druze, Muslims, and Christians Who Gave Their Lives for the Jewish State
“To attain a strong, independent state, you must sacrifice. And if I have to, I’ll sacrifice another son.”
April 25, 2023
The Conservative Rabbi Who Kept God—by Another Name—in Israel’s Founding Document
Harry Zvi Davidowitz and the Rock of Israel.
When the London-educated lawyer Mordechai Beham was tasked in 1948 with drafting a declaration of independence for the nascent Jewish state, he decided to consult with Harry Zvi Davidowitz, an American rabbi who lived nearby. It was most likely Davidowitz who thought of putting the biblical epithet Tsur Yisra’el (Rock of Israel) into the text, a formula that mollified both secularist and religious signatories. Yizhar Hess provides some biographical details:
April 25, 2023
A British Parliamentarian Argues That Jews Have Suffered Prejudice, but Never Racism
“In pre-civil rights America, . . . Jewish people were not required to sit at the back of the bus.”
The Conservative Rabbi Who Kept God—by Another Name—in Israel’s Founding Document
Harry Zvi Davidowitz and the Rock of Israel.
How Jewish Mystics Drew Maps of the Divine
The kabbalistic tree.
A Mysterious Jerusalem Inscription Might Be Connected to the Kingdom of Sheba
Could the ancient South Arabian alphabet be the key to evidence of the queen’s visit to Solomon?