http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:15:09 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6374 We have far more that unites us than separates us. If we focus on this, there is no force either within or without our society that can defeat us. On balance, Israeli society is extremely healthy. Unemployment is at record lows. At a time of global recession, the Israeli economy is growing steadily. Israeli Jewish women have the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/04/is-israeli-society-unraveling-by-caroline-b-glick/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/chanukah-from-zion-shall-go-forth-the-torah/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/chanukah-from-zion-shall-go-forth-the-torah/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:44:57 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6253 Written by Tzvi Fishman: Many people think that in lighting giant Hanukah menorahs in places like Manhattan, Paris, Melbourne, and Berlin, we are “a light to the nations.” However pretty and moving this may be, the light of these solitary and scattered menorahs gets swallowed up by the deep surrounding darkness. It’s a little like lighting [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/chanukah-from-zion-shall-go-forth-the-torah/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:24:56 +0000 developer http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6178 My name is Aron Adler.   I am 25 years old, was born in Brooklyn NY, and raised in Efrat Israel. Though very busy, I don’t view my life as unusual. Most of the time, I am just another Israeli citizen. During the day I work as a paramedic in Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS service. At night, I’m [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/11/23/a-letter-from-israel%e2%80%99s-border-with-egypt/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/10/paul-johnson%e2%80%99s-essay-in-honor-of-israel%e2%80%99s-50th-birthday/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/10/paul-johnson%e2%80%99s-essay-in-honor-of-israel%e2%80%99s-50th-birthday/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 14:38:47 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5311 In May 1998, the eminent British historian Paul Johnson published an essay in Commentary to mark Israel’s 50th birthday; marking its 63rd, we re-publish the essay here.—The Editors The state of Israel is the product of more than 4,000 years of Jewish history. “If you want to understand our country, read this!” said David Ben-Gurion [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/10/paul-johnson%e2%80%99s-essay-in-honor-of-israel%e2%80%99s-50th-birthday/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 17:33:08 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5286 What is the point of this story What information pertains The thought that life could be better Is woven indelibly Into our hearts And our brains Paul Simon: Train in the Distance The point of the story of the State of Israel, as is that of the story of the Jewish people, is that we live with the conviction that life [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/05/05/train-in-the-distance/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/17/kinah-36-a-poets-response/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/17/kinah-36-a-poets-response/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:20:06 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2633 Dedicated To Meir & Jenny Solomon: “Heading east” was the deed he chose to clothe himself in. Friends sought to dissuade Rabbi Yehuda Halevi. He argued with them. To one, he wrote an angry poem. “Your words were salved with smoothest myrhh,” it began with a touch of sarcasm, which quickly changed to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/17/kinah-36-a-poets-response/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/myths-of-the-flotilla-fiasco-maritime-martyrs/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/myths-of-the-flotilla-fiasco-maritime-martyrs/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:03:19 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2519 Finally! Since the beginning of this fiasco, where the international community has lined up against Israel for legally enforcing its blockade on the genocidal Islamists in Gaza, CJHS has been waiting for someone to put together a fully documented expose on the lies and fabrications being thrown around in the media. That video has [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/myths-of-the-flotilla-fiasco-maritime-martyrs/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/israels-peculiar-position-by-eric-hoffer-1968/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/israels-peculiar-position-by-eric-hoffer-1968/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:58:03 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2516 You probably don’t remember the  name Eric Hoffer.  
He was a longshoreman who turned  into a philosopher, wrote columns for newspapers and some books. 
He was a non-Jewish American social  philosopher. 
He was born in 1902 and died in 1983, after writing nine books and winning the Presidential Medal  of Freedom. 
His first book, The True Believer, published [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/16/israels-peculiar-position-by-eric-hoffer-1968/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/09/06/the-other-israel/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/09/06/the-other-israel/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:15:27 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/09/06/the-other-israel/ ‘War-torn’ land is in fact economic, scientific, cultural powerhouse Yoram Ettinger 1. Bankruptcy rate in Israel is one of the lowest in the world (19% increase during the first half of 2009), compared with the US – 45% increase, Spain – 58%, Spain – 75% and Switzerland – 15% (Yedioth Ahronoth, July 27, 2009). 2. The Tel Aviv [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/09/06/the-other-israel/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/10/victory-of-life/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/10/victory-of-life/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:38:57 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/10/victory-of-life/ The Ta Phrom Buddhist temple in Angkor Wat stands out from all other structures because the government has chosen to leave the entire site in its overgrown, dilapidated, original state of discovery. The temple is crumbling and being absorbed back into tthe jungle in a manner that is both beautiful and frightening. The giant banyan [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/10/victory-of-life/feed/ 2