Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics:
Why does the world not demand that Hamas surrender?
What does this week’s Torah portion and time period teach us today?
- Lessons from Adar
- Lessons from Purim Katan
- Parshas Tetzaveh
- Parshas Terumah
- Parshas Mishpatim
- Can you distinguish between supporting the State of Israel as a secular governing body and recognizing it as a divinely sanctioned state?
- What are the different opinions about the “three oaths” which include forbidding Jews from forcefully reclaiming Israel?
- How can we support the government of Israel if the Rebbe Rashab strongly opposed modern Zionism?
- How do we respond to the question whether we are Zionists?
- Should we allow displays of the Israeli flag and the singing of its anthem in our institutions?
- How much should we fight about these issues, if at all?
- How do we focus on proliferating the positive meaning of Israel and Zionism, instead of addressing the negative?