Welcome to this forum where Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu shares her vast knowledge and unique insights into the Torah. The articles published on this site represent her perspective on a wide range of topics from modern midrashim on the weekly Torah parashot to her analysis of contemporary events, new, and popular culture.
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu Biography
MALCHAH NETANYAHU is a past Dean of the Israelite Academy and past Director of Curricula.She is an accomplished scholar of Torah and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Culture. She holds advanced degrees from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Colgate Rochester Bexley Hall, Crozer Theological Seminary. A gifted author, lecturer and teacher, Rabbi Malchah has presented workshops, keynote addresses and seminars throughout the United States and is the recipient of several scholarly awards and honors. She is the author of articles on Judaica, the Israelite experience, Hebrew Bible and Africana history. Chronicling the Africana experience, the Afro-Judaic perspective and the Africana perspective is one of her budding interests. Rabbi Malchah is the co-author of a trilogy on the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and the history of race relations in the United States.
Email: rabbimalchah@blackjews.org
Listen to the Silence
Our lives are punctuated by one simple thing, noise. Life begins with the clattering noise of monitors and talking in the delivery room. Life ends with the abrasive, resounding, definitive…
The Perfection of Beauty
There are many things and people that one may consider beautiful. Some people would say that the Somali model Iman, actor Haile Berry or the sight of an African bride…
Abraham Rose Early in the Morning
How does your day begin? Do you hit the alarm snooze button or roll over one more time? The important codification of law, (רוּךָע ןָח ְלׁ ֻש (the Shulchan Aruch,…
A Memorial and A Name
Isaiah chapters 40-66 is concerned with the return to Israel after the Babylonian captivity. Some of exiled Israelites were reluctant to return because they had obtained a level of prosperity…
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There is No Law Against It
We have heard and perhaps even spoken a permutation of the phrase "there's no law against it." This phrase usually informs one who is critical of your actions that you…
Sheshbazzar Laid the Foundation
I have discovered from conversations with friends, colleagues and acquaintances who relate that they are tired, stressed, burnt out and overwhelmed, is that they all share one common denominator. The…
In Every Generation
In classic rabbinic exegesis every word, phrase and letter in the Tanak (Bible) has significance and can be the subject of exposition. Bereshit (Genesis) 6:9 demonstrates this principal during an…
True and Certain
ב אמת" true and certain" is a prayer recited in the liturgy of יתִ רֲחַ ש) the morning service). This prayer extols the many virtues of God and among the…
I Will Show Kindness
David dispatches envoys to console and comfort Hanun, however the princes in Hanun's inner circle convince him that David's men are spies on a reconnaissance mission. The envoys are abused…
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