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Anti-Zionism Does Not Equal Anti-Semitism
The presence of Anti-Semitism on college campuses was vehemently debated at a congressional hearing last week to examine the viability of the proposed “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” – conceived to formally identify the language used in such an act, and to aid in the investigating of alleged civil rights violations. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte…
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Truth and Peace, by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld
After the disorders in Eretz Yisroel in 1929, the Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish Community, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt”l, issued a touching appeal to the Arab population to live in peace with the Jewish community, and assuring them that the Jewish people have no designs on the Temple Mount nor Arab properties. This…
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WHY JEWS ARE FORBIDDEN TO ENTER THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Recently, as settler groups visited the Temple Mount, we reiterated the fact that Jewish law forbids these visits. Some have asked why. The Torah says, “Anyone who touches a dead human body and does not purify himself with the Red Heifer, has defiled the Temple of G-d, and his soul will be cut off from…
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Statement by the Central Rabbinical Congress on Anti-Semitism and Free Speech
In response to the current public dispute between the ADL and Elon Musk, we would like to publicize the clear stance of the Torah. 1. The Torah is the Jewish people’s sole authority, and therefore the ADL and such organizations do not speak for the Jewish people. They do what is beneficial for their agenda…