by Ayal Beer Today I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts on women, the Book of Esther and activism. This week we will celebrate Purim. Unlike other holidays, in which we have detailed descriptions of prayers...
Binymin Glicksman, Hannaton Mechina Graduate, Class of 2013 Following my experience as a participant of the Hannaton Mechina and while in active army service, I missed the meaningful experiences of my mechina days. After completing my army service in...
Halleli Bosri, a participant in the Hannaton Mechina this year, wrote the following reflections, after participating in a seminar on social activism: “One whose wisdom exceeds his deeds, to what is he like? To a tree whose branches are...
Graduates of the Hannaton Mechina in Emek Yizrael took to the streets last night demanding that representatives of Kahana be prohibited from serving in the Knesset. The central protest, initiated by the Head of the Hannaton Mechina, Rabbi Yoav...
Amitan Leitner, Hannaton Mechina, Class of 2019 We were in Hebron for a long time. For most of us, it was our first time in this holy and complicated city. For the entire week, the primary message of our...
by Rabbi Yoav Ende In his essay, “Tidings of Spring in Deepest Winter”, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch wrote the following: “The heart and mind of the Jew needs clear thoughts of spring, filled with its light. spring, with its...
by Binyamin Glicksman While these memories of my experiences in Myanmar are from a few months back, they still resonate with me. Burma (or by its official name, Myanmar), is a poor country in the Far East, between...
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מְפַחֵד תָּמִיד וּמַקְשֶׁה לִבּוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה. משלי כח יד Happy is the man that fears always; but he who hardens his heart shall fall into evil. (Proverbs 28, 14) It is just days before Tisha b’Av and...
by Gabe Ende Tisha b’Av—the ninth day of Av, the day of fast proclaimed as the annual memorial day for the destruction of the two Temples—very naturally brings to mind the prophet Jeremiah, the Prophet of Destruction who lived...
by Elad Arnon Tisha b’Av is a national day of mourning, which sometimes appears to be a day for religiously observant Jews only. As a secular Jew, I know this day primarily as a figure of speech. As a...