Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor | Rage, Fury and Helplessness
It’s Monday September 2, Day 332, and this level of unbridled rage, anger and frustration in the air hasn’t been felt for months. The decibel level outside is reminiscent of the anti-judicial reform protests and the night in late-March 2023 when thousands spontaneously thronged the streets to protest the government.
Meet the Oleh rabbi making a difference for families in Tel Aviv
The London-born Rabbi Joe Wolfson has a reputation for quickly becoming an active and important force in whichever city in the world he chooses to call home.
In Tel Aviv, displaced families bring Israeli flavor to American-style Thanksgiving
Local Orthodox Union-affiliated group matches Gaza-area evacuee families with English-speaking immigrants for the festival of gratitude. ToI joined the Weinsteins and Dahans
Rabbi Joe and Corinne: The Importance of Welcoming Guests (and the story of their volunteer army).
Meet Rabbi Joe and Corinne, parents to three young children and religious community leaders for JLIC Tel Aviv, who have created a safe and welcoming environment for not only their largely Olim (new immigrant to Israel) community, but for the tens of thousands of evacuees who have temporarily been calling Tel Aviv home.
Extraordinary times call for… ordinary measures?
If we hadn’t already developed our collective reflex of kindness, we wouldn’t have been able to spring into action when we did
A Letter From Rabbi Joe For Tisha B’Av 5784
Last year and this year. Last Tisha B’Av we were in the midst of what felt like an existential crisis
about the future of the state of Israel. This year we confront Tisha B’Av with the same dread
about our future but a different crisis. Not judicial reform bur Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran
