My Jewish Learning: Articles By Rabbi Ed Snitkoff

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Rabbi Ed Snitkoff is the Director of the Ramah Israel Seminar and lives in Jerusalem.

Praying for the Welfare of the State of Israel

While following a tradition of praying for the government, this prayer has some significant differences.
Secular Zionism

From religious idea to secular ideology.
The Jewish Connection to Jerusalem

Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.
Gush Emunim

Settling all the land.
The Religious Status of Yom Ha'atzmaut

Within Israel and in the greater Jewish world there are differing views as to whether there is a religious nature to Israel's Independence Day.
Israel in Rabbinic Literature

In rabbinic literature, the Land was of primary importance--even as the Diaspora grew.