Hourly Roundup 05:00 Israel · 21 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Looking for the man without feet as Jews gather again at SinaiWhen I stood at Sinai, I was afraid. We were told to assemble at the foot of the mountain, but it was wrapped in opaque mist, encircled by smoke, and we could see nothing. There…
- Rep. Dan Goldman urges ‘no’ vote on proposed Brooklyn Israel boycott, warning of antisemitismRep. Dan Goldman of New York and his primary challenger Brad Lander are wading into the contentious debate over a proposed boycott of Israeli products at a Brooklyn cooperative grocery store ahead of an expected…
- The UK Ministry of Defense has announced and published footage of an interception last month of a British RC-135W “Rivet Joint” Signals Intelligence Aircraft in international ai…The UK Ministry of Defense has announced and published footage of an interception last month of a British RC-135W “Rivet Joint” Signals Intelligence Aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea by a Su-35 and…
- Francesca Albanese at it again…Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, is at it again… she responded to an antisemitic message on X that accused Jews of cannibalism, claiming they would be capable of eating human…
- Australia: Man charged for stealing camera from victim of Bondi massacreMan charged in Australia for stealing and pawning a camera from a victim of the Bondi Hanukkah attack
- Man arrested for allegedly breaking into the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office in Arizona and sexually abusing four corpses.The suspect, identified as Lu Fenris, faces charges including burglary, four counts of sexual conduct with a dead body, criminal damage, escape,
A man without feet stands taller than anyone else at Sinai. This is the paradox the Torah presents: that what we lack is precisely the vessel for what we can become. The feet connect a person to the ground, to the mundane, to what is below. To stand without them is to be lifted entirely by something higher. Rabbi Liraz Zeira, who lost both legs in combat, is described as "more complete" because of his loss. This is the secret of receiving Torah: not coming whole, but coming willing. The foundational word for the Jewish people at Sinai was "Na'aseh" - we will do - spoken before understanding, before knowing how we would manage, before having the feet to stand on. The man without feet reminds us that the first step toward Sinai is taken with the soul, not the soles.