Hosting the Israel National Defense College

June 18, 2021

Welcoming officers from the Israel National Defense College for a special Kabbalat Shabbat, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch spoke about the miracle of Israel’s existence. “Zionism is about empowerment: to rewrite the Jewish story in the annals of history — not as a victim, but as a proactive agent of progress and social repair. Wielding power is fraught with the potential for abuse, but Jewish history proves emphatically that it is far better to have power and struggle with the moral dilemmas of wielding it, than to be powerless.”