Rav Hayim Leiter
Evil This Way Comes
As much as we’d like to compare the two, Gaza is not Nazi Germany — it’s markedly worse. The inculcation and dissemination of Jew hatred in
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 291 min read
Our Security Comes First
Everyone has an opinion on the war in Gaza and how to handle the Arab Israeli conflict. And it’s not just that people hold these opinions,
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 191 min read
The Threat to Jews is Real and it's Time to Face it
Many who attend the rallies and cry for justice have no sense of the actual situation on the ground in Israel.
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 101 min read
The World Can Say What it Will
This past week was marked by an unofficial policy change in Israel. It feels as if the government is saying, “We do not care what the world
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Jun 71 min read
Objectives of This War
President Joe Biden is pressuring Israel once again. The latest ploy is a three-tiered ceasefire plan to end the conflict, while seemingly
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 291 min read
Fire From Above
“CRITICAL- Rocket and missile fire”
Suddenly, a Homefront Command notification appeared on my phone. This meant I had less than a minute to
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 221 min read
What We Know For Sure
As much as there was a lull in rocket fire before we entered Rafah, the subsequent return has been all the more intense.
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 141 min read
Get Off Our Backs
Growing up, I was not one of the cool kids and was bullied a fair amount. In middle school, one such bully used to incessantly pick on me.
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 61 min read
I Was a Campus Activist
During my senior year of college, the university attempted to fire the sitting president. One of my close friends organized a defensive
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Rav Hayim Leiter
May 61 min read
Cry Me a River
“The Bris is going to be on Yom HaZikron,” the mother told me when we initially spoke a month ago. Some families are in touch when the baby
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 301 min read
Becoming Your Worst Enemy
The latest blood libel has arrived. It was reported on April 21, 2024, that some 200 bodies were found in a mass grave outside a hospital in
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 251 min read
A House on Fire
When we first made the arrangements for the Bris, traveling to Europe from Israel didn’t seem so crazy. But in between booking the flights
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 161 min read
War Begins... Again
The news broke after Shabbat: “Iran has fired 300 drones at Israel and they could arrive in nine hours.” It seemed almost surreal. Iran had
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 111 min read
Why is The World Morally Blind to Israel
Can you see the hypocrisy? I see it every day — all day. It’s hard to live in Israel, no matter how you feel about the war, and not see it.
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Apr 91 min read
It's Like Losing a Friend
The news felt like a blow to the gut. “I’m not ready for this,” I thought. It seemed like just yesterday he had been released from his first
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Mar 281 min read
Abandoning The Hostages
Purim was different this year: something primal came out of us when we drowned out the name of Haman. In previous years,
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Mar 221 min read
Is it Time to Leave the Diaspora?
Since the war began, there’s been incessant criticism of Israel in the media. As difficult as this has been, some of the most challenging
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Mar 181 min read
But Where Will You Go?
HaRav Yitzhak Yosef, the Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel, recently threatened a mass exodus of the ultra-Orthodox community
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Rav Hayim Leiter
Mar 101 min read
Hope is Mandatory
“Is Bulgaria safe?” my daughter asked just before I left for the airport. Our children have reached the age of understanding that the world
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