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June 1, 2026 / 16 Sivan 5786
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A man reads from the Torah at the Western Wall (Teo K, Shutterstock.com)
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Shalom Supporter of Israel, Please enjoy today's Daily Inspiration from Israel.
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and appear before the levitical priests, or the magistrate in charge at the time, and present your problem. When they have announced to you the verdict in the case,
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וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְאֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְהִגִּידוּ לְךָ אֵת דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט
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u-va-TA el ha-ko-ha-NEEM hal-vi-YEEM v'-el ha-sho-FAYT a-SHER yih-YEH ba-ya-MEEM ha-HAYM v'-da-RASH-ta v'-hi-GEE-du l'-KHA AYT d'-var ha-mish-PAT
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You Haven't Earned That Opinion
By Rabbi Elie Mischel
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A few months ago, I came across a tweet by journalist Joel Berry: "If an 18-year-old kid has extremely strong opinions on Israel and foreign policy, something's wrong there. That's not an opinion earned through years of learning and life experience. It's the result of a kid spending hours on his phone, being conditioned by an algorithm."
Six million people saw that tweet. And judging by their reactions, it struck a nerve — because everyone recognized the person Berry was describing. Maybe you have a nephew like this. Maybe you've met him at a dinner table, or in a church hallway, or in a comment thread under a news story about Israel. He is eighteen, or twenty-two, or twenty-five. He has never visited the Middle East, never opened a history book about Israel, and never spent an hour with anyone who could challenge what he thinks he knows. But he has a phone, and the phone feeds him Tucker Carlson calling Christian Zionism a "brain virus" and "Christian heresy" — and just like that, without a moment's hesitation, he dismisses an entire theological tradition that millions of serious believers have held for generations. Or he watches Carlson sit across from Nick Fuentes, who declares that "the Zionist Jews — like Dave Rubin, like Ben Shapiro, like Dennis Prager — are really controlling the media apparatus" and are "the biggest impediment" to saving America. The kid nods along. He's been on his phone for four hours. He now has opinions.
Young people have always had foolish opinions, and strong ones. That is not new. But Berry's tweet forces a question that our culture has completely lost the ability to answer: who actually gets to have an opinion? Not legally — obviously anyone can say whatever they want. But is there such a thing as an opinion that hasn't been earned? And if so, what does earning one actually require?
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Open Every Book of the Hebrew Bible
Join the Bible Month Challenge and watch 24 FREE videos, one for each book of the Hebrew Bible. Discover the original language, the story of Israel, and the life-changing ideas woven through Scripture from Genesis to Chronicles.
Button: Watch today’s Bible Study Here
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The Countdown Has Begun: A Conversation With Rabbi Elie Mischel, Part 2
In Part 1 of this conversation, Rabbi Elie Mischel, author of the newly published Countdown: American Jews and God’s Plan for Redemption, explained why he believes God is using today’s antisemites as unwitting messengers to force American Jews to confront a question they have spent two centuries avoiding: who are they, really – a religion or a nation? In Part 2, we turn to the Book of Esther, the crisis within American Jewry, the tragedy of intermarriage, and what Rabbi Mischel is ultimately asking American Jews, and their Christian friends, to do.
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Hezbollah’s War Against Shabbat: Rockets Fall on Northern Israel
Over the holy Shabbat of May 2026, the residents of Kiryat Shmona, Safed, Karmiel, Nahariya, and dozens of communities across the north spent much of the Jewish day of rest sprinting to shelters.
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Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order to Fight Antisemitism and Protect Jewish Students
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed a landmark executive order on Friday to bolster protections against antisemitism at the state’s public schools.
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Live Like David: Daily Devotional Journal
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Looking for daily strength and connection? Live Like David helps you walk with Israel’s greatest poet-warrior through the Psalms — one day at a time. With Hebrew, transliteration, reflection, and journal prompts, you’ll dig into God’s heart, process your emotions, and grow in faith — just like David did.
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Blessings from the land of Israel,
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