Raison D’etre as a Nation

Our tradition teaches that every human being is created in G-d’s image (Genesis 1:27), and is required to behave morally (by keeping the Noahide laws, as in Tosefta Avoda Zara 9:4). G-d’s decision to give Torah to the Israelites was in no way intended to exempt the rest of humanity from moral behavior. Rather, Israel was given Torah in order to facilitate the morality of all

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Prayers

Prayers, Tears and Feelings can have considerable cosmic influence

  • If Noah had asked G-d for mercy, there would have been no flood (Kedushat Levi : Noach, first article)
  • On three occasions G-d accedes to Moses’ requests not to destroy Israel  (Exodus 32, Numbers 14, Numbers 16)
  • Jeremiah tells the exiles: If you had cried even once in Zion, you would
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Board of Directors

Rabbi Sefi Choter, Karmiel
Klara Erekhimovich, Haifa
Rabbi Dr. Avi Kadish, Oranim College
Rabbi Avi Keller, Jerusalem
Reuven Resnick, Modiin
Tsafi Simons, Karmiel
Rabbi Eli Talberg, Kehilat Nitzotz Machanaim, Karmiel

Advisory Board

Anna Antopolsky, Co-Director of "The Meeting Place"
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Chief Rabbi of Ramat-Gan
Yehezkel Armon, CEO of IsraelN.com
Dr. Chagi Ben-Artzi, Lifshitz College
Lior Ben-Chaim, Etz Achim
Serah Beizer, Educator
Rabbi Gal Ben-Meir, Raanana
Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Brandes, President of Herzog College
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo, The David Cardozo Academy
Rabbi Don Channen, Author and Educator
Rabbi Dr. Adiel Cohen, Jerusalem
Eitan Divinsky, Writer
Gideon Eleazar, Haifa University and Herzog College
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Safed
Dr. Yoshi Farjun, Herzog College
Rabbi Moti Frumer, Maalot
Margalit Frydman, Licensed Tour Guide
Rabbi Baruch Gigi, Co-Rosh Yeshivat Har Etziyon
Rabbi Binyamin Kelmanson, Co-Rosh Yeshivat Otniel
Tsila Lavi, Tekoa
Rabbi Dov Lipman, Former MK 
Rabbi Ronen Lovich, Rabbi of Moshav Nir Etzion
Dr. Zohar Maor, Herzog College
Rada"sh Eliyahu McLean, Jerusalem Peacemakers
Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, Yeshivat Otniel
Nachum Pachenik, Founder and Director of Eretz Shalom
Rabbi Pinchas Polonsky, Ariel University 
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat
Prof. Yaakov Ro'i, Tel Aviv University
Sofia Ron-Moria, Journalist
Rabbi David Segal, Ezer Modiin
Rabbi Avraham Shmulevich, Chairman of "B'ad Artseynu"
Rabbi Shlomo Sobol, Congregation Shaare Yonah Menachem, Modiin
Rabbi Yossi Sofer, Modiin
Rabbi Moshe Shpeter, Rabbi of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi
Rabbi David Stav, Chief Rabbi of Shoham
Dr. Yehudah Stolov, Director of the Interfaith Encounter Association
Rabbi Stewart Weiss, Jewish Outreach Center in Raanana
Dr. Gili Zivan, Herzog College

Talk to us about volunteering opportunities

There’s a lot to be done in many different areas. We’d be very happy to see what might work for you. Please contact Reuven at 054-2228690 (from out of Israel 972-54-2228690) or write to

Give good advice

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