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Ben LazarusThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
On Mourning, Dancing, and the Jewish Refusal to Choose Between Them Many have written about us. Twain. Churchill. Lincoln. Hitler. Each found us worth...
Israel at 78 — I must start with a declaration. I make no apology for loving this country. On Shabbat, I read an interview with a widow. Her husband...
Listening and being comfortable with silence have never been my strongest skills. They may need to be. I move fast. I speak quickly. I say what I...
Until I became the patient, I never truly understood the Mitzvah of Bikkur Cholim – visiting the sick. I had always thought of it as clearly a very...
This is not a funny time. People have been injured. People have been killed. We are at war. And yet somehow there is a strange humor, a strange...
In the spirit of Pesach — a night shaped by the number four: four questions, four children, four cups — this piece offers one question and four...
I’ve just published my fourth book in four months. This one is different, because it didn’t begin as a book at all. It grew here on the Times of...
I will not equivocate: I prefer a strong Israel to a weak one. Millions of lives depend on it, and in our neighbourhood, it is a matter of life and...
Pesach is usually about what we clean, prepare, and eat. This year, for me, it begins with something simpler: gratitude to G-d, for being alive, for...
I have many friends who are Kohanim, and if you ask them, they will tell you that it is not a role that comes with many obvious benefits today, living...
There is a great deal to unpack in the book of Vayikra, with its focus on sacrifices. It is not always an easy topic to relate to, and for many of us...
Faith and integrity are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are deeply connected. The rituals we keep and the ethics we uphold form a single fabric...
I am not ready for this in the wake of the tragedy that has befallen us the last three years and the murderous rocket attack in Bet Shemesh which...
As I write this on February 26, 2026, many of us in Israel are carrying the same unspoken weight: will a larger war engulf us in the coming days. We...
I’ve been listening to an audiobook called The Man Who Stopped the Sultan, a vivid chronicle of the 15th‑century struggles within the various...
When Hashem instructs Moshe to build the Sanctuary in which His Shekhina (Divine Presence) will dwell, the Torah describes many components that are...
Have you ever been on a Zoom call where the screen freezes. Well yesterday the person on the call with me thought the screen had frozen but in fact it...
Adar is meant to be a month of joy for the Jewish people — a time to dress up, to celebrate, and to remember how we were saved from a threat that...
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