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October 10, 2023

Finding Meaning in War, Crisis, and Defeat

A rabbi’s reflections on the Yom Kippur War may bear some relevance today.

The suddenness of the most recent assault on the Jewish state, as well as its date, has prompted numerous comparisons to the Yom Kippur War. That conflict brough about much political and strategic reconsideration among Israelis. For Religious Zionists, still filled with the messianic hopes inspired by the Six-Day War, it also raised some serious theological questions.

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October 10, 2023

  1. Why Wasn’t Israel Prepared for Hamas’s Assault?

    The IDF has become much smaller, less disciplined, less well trained, and much too reliant on airstrikes.

  2. Why Hamas Misunderstands Israel

    And an answer to the moral preening of those who condemn the Jewish state.

  3. Israel Is at War. How Can America Help?

    A new approach to Hamas and Qatar.

  4. A Father’s Story of a Family Taken Hostage

    “I’m in a different world than the one I was in yesterday.”

  5. Finding Meaning in War, Crisis, and Defeat

    A rabbi’s reflections on the Yom Kippur War may bear some relevance today.