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Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement.

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Into the fray: How Bibi ruined Israel {not} by Dr. Martin Sherman

The impressive post-October 7th achievements of the current government are often overlooked and undervalued.

Flawed but successful

Of course, none of this is to suggest that Netanyahu is above all reproach. Indeed, for all his manifest merits, he is a leader with undeniable faults, who has not done many things that he should have, and done many things that he shouldn’t have.

However, whatever those undeniable shortcomings are, they are apparently far fewer than any of his even remotely relevant rivals.

Accordingly, when coming to decide on how to cast one’s ballot in the upcoming elections, it would seem prudent to heed the well-known dictum: If it works, don’t fix it.

Into the fray: How Bibi ruined Israel | Israel National News

The Three Musketeers at the Kotel

The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember.

The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave.

Erased from an Island: The Tragedy of Rhodes Jewry and the Imperative of Memory Fern Sidman

.Rhodes Island Jews: A History of Resilience | The Jewish Voice

There are moments in history so devastating, so irretrievably catastrophic, that they demand not only remembrance but moral reckoning. The commemoration of July 20, 1944—the day the Jews of Rhodes were summoned under false pretenses and subsequently condemned to annihilation—stands as one such moment. It is a date that must echo through the corridors of time with an unrelenting urgency, a reminder that an entire civilization, cultivated over more than two millennia, was extinguished in a matter of days.

For 2,300 years, Jewish life flourished on the Greek island of Rhodes, a jewel in the Aegean Sea whose cultural vibrancy bore the indelible imprint of its Jewish inhabitants. From the ancient period through the arrival of Sephardic exiles in the 16th century—those who had been driven from Spain and Portugal in the aftermath of the 1492 expulsions—the Jewish community of Rhodes became a repository of tradition, scholarship, and enduring faith. It was not merely a place where Jews lived; it was a living testament to resilience, continuity, and spiritual devotion.

History of the Jews of Rhodes from 300 BCE to 1938. Francos, Alhadeffs, Israels, and more

The Longest Journey: The Jews of Rhodes Trailer

The universe is 93 billion light-years across. The farthest any human has ever physically traveled is the Moon, about 1.3 light-seconds away. Sit with the gap between those two numbers, because it is almost incomprehensible.Light-seconds versus light-years. A light-second is the distance light travels in one second, about 300,000 kilometers. A light-year is the distance light covers in a full year, roughly 9.5 trillion kilometers. The Moon, our greatest journey, is a mere 1.3 light-seconds out. The observable universe is 93 billion light-years wide. To put our achievement in perspective, if the entire observable universe were shrunk down to the size of Earth, the distance humans have traveled from home would be smaller than a single atom.And here is the part that stretches the mind further. That 93 billion light-year width seems impossible, because the universe is only about 13.8 billion years old. How can it be wider than light could have traveled in that time? The answer is that space itself has been expanding, and still is, stretching the distances between galaxies faster than the light could cross them. The most distant galaxies we see are now far more remote than they were when their light first set out toward us.There is also a humbling limit hidden in that word observable. The 93 billion light-years is only the part we can see, the bubble of space from which light has had time to reach us. The universe beyond that boundary could be vastly larger, possibly infinite. We are looking out from inside a small lit clearing, with no idea how deep the forest goes.Yet do not let it make you feel small in a hopeless way. Consider the other direction. We are tiny, slow, and bound to a single rock near one ordinary star. And still, from that rock, we have measured the size of the entire cosmos, mapped its expansion, weighed its galaxies, and traced its history back nearly to the beginning of time.We have barely left home. But with our minds, we have touched the edge of everything.Does that gap make you feel humbled by how far we have to go, or proud of how far we can see? See less

Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone

Astronomers have discovered the first known atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone.

Date:July 21, 2026Source:Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & SmithsonianSummary:Astronomers have found the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone. The planet, LHS 1140 b, revealed its atmosphere through helium slowly leaking into space. Located 48 light-years away, the world may have preserved its atmosphere for billions of years, making it a promising target in the search for potentially habitable planets.

In this artist’s concept, the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is shown in the foreground, surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere. Another nearby rocky planet orbits the same cool red dwarf star in the distance. A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that LHS 1140 b has retained an atmosphere, representing a milestone step toward the discovery of Earth-like rocky planets beyond our solar system. Credit: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet located in another star's habitable zone.

The discovery offers the strongest evidence so far that planets with broadly Earth-like temperatures and rocky compositions may exist beyond our solar system while also retaining conditions that could potentially support life.