On Monday of this week members of Seek Peace Jerusalem joined a demonstration against the injustice faced by Palestinian families in...

An important perspective on this year's Jerusalem Day by Sha'alu Sh'lom Yerushalayim activist Diana Lipton. It’s been tense here in...

Download the Psalms for the Families below. This mini prayer book has been arranged in support of hundreds of Palestinian families in...

אפשר להוריד עותק של קובץ התהילים והתפילה למטה תפילה זו נערכה למען מאות משפחות פלסטיניות שעומדות בפני פינוי בלתי צודק מבתיהן במזרח...

English follows Hebrew שלום שואל\ות שלום ירושלים! היום התכנסנו ליד הכותל לזעוק זעקה למען משפחת סומרין. להלן המסר שביקשנו להעביר: מטרים...

by Diana Lipton American Bird Grasshopper (Wikipedia) This post presents a new – please correct me if I’m wrong – reading of what the...

Last Friday, we celebrated Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of the day in 1967 when the Jewish people regained access to our holy sites in...

ביום ירושלים חברתנו מרב מזא"ה הובילה אותנו לתוך ניתוח מעמיק של המושג "ישראל" לאור הרגע שבו ניתן שם זה ליעקב בספר בראשית. השיעור התקיים...

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) and the eve of the Shabbat preceding the Shavuot holiday.  Two thoughts come to mind. On Yom...

In this essay about Jerusalem Day and Jerusalem, Diana Lipton focuses our attention not only on spiritual and philosophic aspects of the...

There are many ways to tell the story of the Sumarin family. The complex legal details span decades of court decisions. But the bottom...

In the sixth and final chapter in her series on family evictions in light of Torah teaching, Sha'alu Sh'lom Yerushalayim member Diana...

In his commentary on this week's Torah portion, Sha'alu Sh'lom Yerushalayim member Rabbi Moshe Silver dives into the deep meaning of...

Following years of dedicated work, the Israel Land Fund succeeded in evicting a three-generation Palestinian family from its East...

Following years of dedicated work, the Israel Land Fund, succeeded in evicting a three-generation Palestinian family from its East...

Almost exactly a month ago, following years of dedicated work by the Israel Land Fund, a three-generation Palestinian family was evicted...

Two brothers of the Sabbagh family outside their former home in Yaffo. They now face eviction for the second time.

Some texts serve as keys to unlock other texts. The Song of Songs can be read as a key that unlocks the Torah’s hidden, mystical dimension.

The Torah, especially the sections we’re reading now, shows deep awareness of precisely this problem – law’s potential to aid and abet injus

Originally published by Shaiya Rothberg, April 5th 2019, in Times of Israel: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-must-not-evict-the-sabbag...