Rabbi Daniel Landes

Rabbi Daniel Landes is the Director of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. The views expressed here are his own.

Abu Tor is usually described as a calm, mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood southeast of the Jerusalem city center. But it's not so calm these days.

Rabbi Daniel Landes

Rabbi Daniel Landes woke from a Saturday nap to find Arab youths smashing the windows of 'Zionist' cars in his neighborhood of Abu Tur, Jerusalem.

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Rabbi Daniel Landes explains what he found most powerful about Obama's speech to young Israelis.

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Rabbi Daniel Landes on what it means to properly celebrate Purim.

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Rabbi Daniel Landes on why Israel's Religious Zionist and hareidi populations are heading for a major divide.

Rabbi Daniel Landes