Loving the Stranger (Mishpatim 5779)
There are commands that leap off the page by their sheer moral power. So it is in the case of … Read more
Tag: xenophobia
Love Is Not Enough (Acharei-Mot Kedoshim 5778)
The opening chapter of Kedoshim contains two of the most powerful of all commands: to love your neighbour and to … Read more
Two Types of Hate (Ki Teitse 5777)
It is by any standards a strange, almost incomprehensible law. Here it is in the form it appears in this … Read more
There can be no place in the immigration debate for xenophobia and the appeal to fear
As a Jew, I am always deeply grateful that when fleeing antisemitism in Poland my late father found refuge in … Read more
Ki Tetse (5771) – Two Types of Hate
It is by any standards a strange, almost incomprehensible law. Here it is in the form it appears in this … Read more
Princes prove they understand the real meaning of beauty
Here’s a delightful story. At the recent wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, the bride’s cousins, Princes William and … Read more