Rav kook

The best place to examine Jewish holiness would be to look at the path blazed by Avraham, the first Jew and founding father of the Jewish people.

We who believe in Jewish unity have to be the strong ones who take the first step with our brothers and sisters, some of whom might not understand our position. 

When so many attack ideological opponents, the text frames more nuanced critiques

The ornately carved chair that Samuel presented to Kook on behalf of King George V remains in its place of honor on the synagogue’s eastern wall next to the aron hakodesh (Torah ark).

Scrutinizing two major Religious Zionist thinkers and their current relevance.

Intellectual Rabbi Oury Cherki speaks about universal – not cosmopolitan – Judaism, and ‘Holiness and Nature,’ his book now available in English.

What intellectual, historical, personal developments led to modern religious Zionism’s founder?

Jewish thinkers and commentators weigh in on textual sources about compassion and cruelty regarding animal slaughter.

Why can’t we create a Yom Yerushalayim ritual that contrasts the suffering and the redemption, the dream and the fulfillment?

Let’s imagine a conversation between Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hacohen Kook, religious Zionism’s greatest thinker, and the four Yamina Party leaders.