Rabbi Uri Pilichowski Archives

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski is a senior educator at numerous educational institutions. The author of three books, he teaches Torah, Zionism and Israel studies around the world.

Anti-Israel protesters in London on Oct. 14, 2023. Credit: Koca Vehbi/Shutterstock.

Antisemitism’s mask

The current rise in antisemitism is not about the war, it’s about the Jewish insistence on being different.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

November 28, 2023

Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion at a public appearance in Tiberias. Photo: Naftali Oppenheim/Wikimedia

We’ve forgotten what ‘enemy’ means

While sympathy is normally an admirable trait, it is concerning when it manifests itself in sympathy for “the other team.”

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

November 21, 2023

The world must re-evaluate its values

Sometimes, the “strong” are right and the “weak” are wrong.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

November 7, 2023

Supporters seen outside a meeting between relatives of people abducted by the terrorist organization Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Oct. 22, 2023. Photo: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

The Israeli people are determined to win

The outpouring of unity and resolution has been astounding.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

October 23, 2023

A convoy of military vehicles seen near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Zionism’s goal of a moral state

There is an evil in our midst never imagined before in Israel’s history.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

October 17, 2023

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit buildings and cars in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

Invincibility shattered

The scars will remain, but the Jewish people and their state will rise once again in glory.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

October 9, 2023

Crowds of Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Four arguments for Zionism

The Jewish people have historical, religious, legal and moral rights to a state of their own.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

October 4, 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (left) meets with members of the Haredi Neturei Karta faction in New York, Sept. 20, 2023. Source: X/Twitter.

How should Zionists relate to anti-Zionist Jews?

Jewish anti-Zionism is a failed movement and ought to be treated as such.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

September 27, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog reenacting a famous photograph of Theodor Herzl. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO

Zionism has very few sacred cows

It is disturbing to hear the country's small elite decry any modification of Israel’s policies as a betrayal of Zionism and Israel that threatens the existence of the state itself.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

September 11, 2023

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