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OPINION & COMMENT

The Unique Claim of Yated

We have often observed that all the strengths and the weaknesses of Yated Ne'eman are the result of one simple fact: it is a publication whose top management is rabbonim.

It Was Meant to Be . . . Or Was It? A Middos Workshop
Based on the shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

Part II

The first part noted the basic question: As believing Jews, we know that everything which happens to us is min haShomayim -- Divine Providence straight from Hashem. At the same time, we are held accountable for our actions. How do we accept responsibility for the decisions we make, while forfeiting control over the paths that our lives take?

Internal Aliyah
by Dr. E. Shussheim

At a recent conference in Herzliya, Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about the demographic threat to the State of Israel and its future existence as a Jewish state, based on the gap between the birthrate among Israeli Arabs and the birthrate among Israeli Jews. I would like to present what I believe is the only existing solution to this existential problem.

The Metahistorical Basis of the Jewish People
by Yisroel Spiegel

The whole unique Jewish weltanschauung is epitomized in the commandment, "This month shall be unto you the head of months, the first shall it be for all the months of the year" (Bo 12:1). We are charged with this commandment even before the beginning of the exodus from Egypt, before the liberation from bondage to freedom.

Politica: A Nation in Waiting
by E. Rauchberger

When an indictment was filed against David Appel recently Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continued to act perfectly nonchalant, seemingly oblivious to the fact it mentions him by name, saying attempts were made to bribe him and that he knew his son Gilad stood to gain a large amount of money. But despite appearances, Sharon knows he cannot afford to be at ease and is well aware he may soon have to leave the post that is so dear to him.


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