From Jerusalem

Reflections for our time

The main fields of work of Beith David, developed progressively through articles, videos, teachings and public positions.

Diagnosis Series

Diagnosis of Israel

Understanding Israel’s inner fractures, the challenges of our generation and the conditions for its recovery.

  • After the war, the vocation of Israel

  • Israel: a strong but fragmented nation

  • Israel has never lacked sages, but it lacks a shared wisdom

  • The fractures between Israel’s currents

  • The crisis of meaning in Israeli society

  • Is national unity still possible?

Jerusalem Series

Jerusalem, wisdom and justice

Reflecting on the profound role of Jerusalem as a source of wisdom, justice and responsibility for Israel.

  • Jerusalem: political or spiritual capital?

  • Why Israel needs a shared wisdom

  • Why wisdom should precede the Temple

  • Jerusalem as a source of justice for Israel

  • Why Jerusalem transcends divisions

  • Jerusalem and the future of Israel

Great Sanhedrin Series

The Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem

Clarifying the role of the Great Sanhedrin according to the sources of Israel and its place in Israel’s vocation.

  • The Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem according to our sages: a necessity

  • What the Great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem is not

  • Attempts at restoration throughout history

  • Must the Sanhedrin wait for the coming of Mashiach?

  • The role of the Sanhedrin in Israel’s vocation

  • The Sanhedrin and collective responsibility

Torah Series

Torah and contemporary challenges

How Torah illuminates the great contemporary challenges without being reduced to a religious practice.

  • Torah and democracy

  • Torah and science

  • Torah and artificial intelligence

  • Torah and the environment

  • Torah and public ethics

  • Torah and economics

Israel and the Nations Series

Israel facing the world

Understanding why Israel remains at the center of the nations’ attention, and how its vocation can become legible again.

  • Why does the world keep talking about Israel?

  • Israel and the nations: truth and responsibility

  • A light unto the nations: what meaning today?

  • Dialogue with the nations

  • Israel and its vocation among the peoples

  • Justice, truth and peace

Institutions Series

Institutions and governance

Reflecting on the functioning of Israel’s institutions, governance and the recovery of Israeli society in the light of Torah.

  • Justice and public responsibility

  • Economy and dignity

  • Governing with wisdom

  • The role of institutions in a just society

  • The recovery of Israeli society

  • Why justice always precedes power