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Reuven Rivlin

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks during a press conference on Feb. 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

The chance to head a nation like no other

A letter to Israel’s incoming president, Isaac Herzog.

July 7, 2021

The Israeli city of Lod, where synagogues and cars were torched, and shops damaged, by Arab rioters, May 11, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

‘We must remember that we are one country‘

Differences in opinion must remain in the realm of debate. If we engage in internal strife, we risk losing the country we so struggled to create.

May 13, 2021

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin casts his ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset elections, March 23, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

The people’s choice

This is the time to effect change. Whatever your political beliefs may be, you have the power to shape the nature of the country in which you want to live.

March 23, 2021

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Wed. Sept. 16, 2020. Photo: Mark Neyman/GPO.

Rosh Hashanah 5781: Only together

The text of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s address to the nation on Sept. 16/27 Elul, ahead of the nationwide lockdown that will come into effect on Friday, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.

September 17, 2020

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a press conference at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Israel, on February 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

United under curfew: A special Passover message

Just because we are physically separated does not mean we are apart.

April 8, 2020

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at a memorial ceremony for the late Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Sept. 19, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

A society is measured by its capacity for forgiveness

In effect, forgiveness and clemency are two sides of the same coin, and the very essence of humanity.

October 8, 2019

A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Wayne McLean via Wikimedia Commons.

The secret of Jerusalem’s magic

As a people, Jerusalem is our capital, but at the same time, each and every one of us also has our own private Jerusalem. It seems that herein lies the magical secret of this city.

June 2, 2019