Update from Rav Yair Rosenthal, Educational Director of the Bet El IDF Prep Academy
Our monthly theme for this past month of Heshvan was "Taking Responsibility," and many of our activities – in addition to the usual many daily classes, prayers, and Torah study – centered around it. The cadets took part in a variety of experiences featuring volunteer work and education empowerment.
by Hillel Fendel, based on articles originally published in Besheva
We had hoped that the new nationalist government would be formed quickly and easily. We wanted to see the outgoing government become a historical footnote as soon as possible – the government of which the 30 terrorism victims of 2022 - the most since 2015 - were just one of the many damages of its failed policies.
We also thought that a year and a half of successful cooperation in the opposition by the parties of the future government would continue when they finally reached their mutual goal. But it seems that not. Netanyahu is not succeeding in respecting his partners' needs, and in particular, as is his custom, he wishes to minimize the role of the religious-Zionist public in his government.