Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, came back to the Western Wall, or Kotel, late Thursday night — not as part of an arranged event, but just to pray.
Prayers led to tears, which led to embraces, which led to singing, which led to dancing. It was a great celebration of life and a common link to God.
Milei is reminding Israel that she still has friends. He is also reminding freedom-lovers that freedom depends on faith. He is affirming what I value most.
This has been a trip of many tears. Yet on this trip, at least, most of the tears have been tears of joy. Good luck to Milei, and thank you to Argentina.
This week, we'll honor the mothers among us -- and talk about the challenges of parenthood in general. We'll also talk about the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, and the way that the Biden Administration is undermining Israel.
We'll touch on the Trump trial in Manhattan, and the legal fight going ahead. What are the prospects of any kind of conviction, and what would it mean for Trump's electoral challenges? There will be a bit of Little League baseball as well!
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Lee Smith - author, on Biden's attempt to sabotage Israel's war against Hamas
Alan Dershowitz - lawyer and scholar, on the Trump trial and Israel policy
Tim Carney - author, "Family Unfriendly," on parenting in American culture
Emma-Jo Morris - Breitbart News political editor, on expectant mothers
Sue Burstein-Kahn - Michigan political activist, on local antisemitism
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This week's portion is one in which God lays out a list of laws, overlapping with but expanding upon the Ten Commandments, necessary for the Israelites to be a "holy" nation. These include moral conventions and sexual prohibitions.
In Leviticus 18:32, we are told: "You shall rise before a venerable person and you shall respect the elderly, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord." Standing up to respect someone honorable, or giving up a seat to the elderly, seems to be ordinary manners and common sense. But not everyone does that today.
Notably, the passage connects respecting the venerable, and the elderly, to respecting God. By respecting each other, we show our faith in God, and for the spark of godliness that exists in every human being created in God's image.