Voices of Faith: Memories of 1948 from Rabbi Berel Wein, zt”l
“I’m fortunate to have witnessed many things no one thought could ever happen.”
“I’m fortunate to have witnessed many things no one thought could ever happen.”
How Jerusalem was destroyed because of the actions of two men
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan briefly served as editor of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action, in 1974. During his tenure, he wrote the following editor’s note, which was published amid the Watergate scandal and the Arab oil embargo.
In the summer of 2005, the Israeli government evicted close to 10,000 Israelis from their homes in Gush Katif, and some former residents are still mourning their loss.