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Shavuot
An Irrefutable Proof | | Hamodia | | May 22, 2007 |
| Celebrating Shavuos Alone | | Mishpacha | | May 31, 2006 |
Shavuos is only about the acceptance of Torah. For those Israeli Jews for whom Torah has long since ceased to be relevant, the holiday offers nothing. |
| Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness? | | Jerusalem Post | | June 5, 2003 |
Were Sharon's vision of a million non-Jewish immigrants to be realized, Israel would become a land of strangers, sharing no common history, to Diaspora Jews. |
| Jewish pagans | | Baltimore Jewish Times | | May 31, 2002 |
The syncretic spirituality of New Age celebrations has nothing to do with Shavuot |
| Celebrating Shavuot Alone | | Hamodia | | May 17, 2002 |
Secular Israelis have no connection to Shavuot because they have little connection to Torah. |
| Celebrating Shavuot Alone | | Jerusalem Post | | May 16, 2002 |
The Israelis situation has improved since Pesach, but without the strength that can only come from a connection to Torah, future prospects remain bleak. |
Whose Torah and why it matters | | Baltimore Jewish Times | | June 15, 2001 |
| Shavuot and the limits of self | | Jerusalem Post | | May 29, 2001 |
Nullification of one's ego is the pre-requisite for accepting Torah |
| God didn't say 'Thou might want to...' | | Jerusalem Post | | May 24, 2001 |
By denying a revelation, the Conservative movement removes the need to keep any halacha |
Too many mitzvot? | | Jerusalem Post | | June 8, 2000 |
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