Last Friday, Rabbi Dov Lior, the former chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba (the settlement next to Hebron), issued a halachic ruling, meaning a ruling on Jewish religious law, that Jews are allowed to...
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What is Actually Going on in Qusra?
It’s the end of August. Chofesh hagadol is over, thank God, and tomorrow morning the kids go back to school. In Jerusalem that means moving season is at its peak, because nobody switches...
Settler Vigilantism Isn’t Jewish Law. It Endangers… Everyone.
Jewish law does not bless settler vigilantism, not loosely, not by analogy, not through Pinchas, not through anyone. This isn’t a technicality for people who enjoy Talmud on the side. Vigilante...