Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published October 2, 2015 · Last modified September 23, 2015
Why are the generations of descendants of Esau merely listed in these 43 verses with no stories told about any of them? In contrast, in the next parasha, we are introduced to an in-depth...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published September 29, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2019
True to tradition, many leftist Jews in Israel and outside keep clamouring for far-reaching and potentially dangerous Israeli concessions to a so-called Palestinian people whose leaders do not seem genuinely amenable to a peaceful...
1 November 2014. I am writing now from Freetown, Sierra Leone, and in two days I will get off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport. Have you bought into the Ebola hysteria? Will you...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published September 29, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2019
In order for you to understand my answer to this question, I need to share a little background. I first went to Israel in 1976. The previous year, I had met a young Israeli...
From the article: Allegations of rape seem to bring out all the arm-chair “experts” who talk as if they know the truth about what “really” happened and are not meek about sharing their “expertise”...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published September 24, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2019
When the dust settles and a recently invented Palestinian people will have their own state (or not – but we will assume for the moment that such a state will arise), how will they...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published September 23, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2019
Ha’azinu has put the term, “Chosen People” into a new perspective for me. And I can’t say that I like it. In my previous post, I wrote about the power of choice and the...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published September 22, 2015 · Last modified September 23, 2015
After having escaped from Egypt, we Jews faced a number of critical points at which our collective decisionmaking skills were challenged. Perhaps the most dramatic example was at Mount Sinai when the persistence of...
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