Here is what the Iranian regime officially believes: • A large stone found in Saudi Arabia was built by the mythical Abraham from the Torah stories. • Muhammad moved from Mecca to Jerusalem in one single night. • Muhammad rode a special horse to heaven. • All the dead will be resurrected. And that’s just […]

In Hebrew, as in other languages, there is a widespread use of “acronyms”. One of the most common acronyms in the news in Israel these days is hidden in the term ‘LIBA studies’. LIBA is the Hebrew acronym for something like “Basic Studies in State Education”. As it happens, “LIBA” in Hebrew also means “core”. […]

The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth and final book of the Torah (the Pentateuch), allegedly written by God and delivered to Moses on Mt. Sinai. As such, it is supposed to be sacred and prescribe great truth. The “Song of Moses” (known in Hebrew as the Song of “Ha’azinu” – Hebrew for “listen”) constitutes […]

A letter sent to “Daat Emet“ The original letter (in Hebrew) I was born in Jerusalem, Israel. And guess where? in the ultra-Orthodox religious ‘Mea Shearim’ neighborhood. As a child, I used to throw stones at passing cars on the Sabbath. I have lived in the US for over 25 years. I was the best […]

“We hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel…” — From Israel’s Declaration of Independence, 1948 A ‘state’ is (as we all know) an entity which by itself has no genetic flavor or religious belief. What then is a “Jewish state”? Without any intention of presenting one political opinion or […]

The following story and research were received from Jacob (pseudonym). A little about myself: My name is Jacob, I’m 21 years old, gay in the closet, originally from a Jewish ultra-Orthodox (“Haredi”) family. I’m a “science believer” (in my opinion, a “science believer” is someone who believes in science and nothing else, a total atheist). […]

One of the arguments made by religious believers against evolution has to do with our will to survive and exist. Among other things, the argument discusses the fact of the existence of people who committed suicide and of others who indicate their desire to die, supposedly in contradiction to the theory of evolution, according to […]

Written by Ehud Amir (Hebrew version HERE) Secular people have a smart mobile phone that has everything in it, and they have the responsibility of following their moral code while using it, both with time and content. Religious people in general – and ultra-Orthodox Jewish people (“Haredim”) in particular – do not trust the education […]

“The seeker after the truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but rather the one who suspends his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration, and not to the sayings […]

Much has been said about the “logic” found in Talmudic treatises and among the Sages. Persistent rumors have mentioned the teaching of the Hebrew Talmud in Korea, due to its alleged contribution to the development of logical thinking. Young “Yeshiva” students, lacking real education, are brought up to believe that their studies are equivalent to […]