Darche Noam Looks at the Security Situation, 5761-5762
(8 articles, 5 audios)

On formulating a Torah response to the events:
Darche Noam was fortunate to host Rabbi Zev Leff shlita at this year's annual Melave Malka. You can either listen to "Finding Meaning in the Madness: A Torah Approach To our Troubling Times," or read the summary/adaptation of the talk. Darche Noam Institutions dean Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky's, "The Situation in Israel; How can we know what G-d wants from us?" grapples with thoughts inspired by the security crisis on the challenges of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel in the modern period.
In The Struggle Over the Land of Israel: Risks and Rewards he focuses more on the inner themes behind the conflict. You can also listen to the talk on realaudio.

On the World Trade Center bombings of September 11, 2001:
Many Darche Noam alumni live in the New York and Washington areas. Read selections of their letters in Terrorist Attacks in the US: Alumni Response to Rav Shaya's Letter, "Let us know you are doing ok,". Several days after the bombing, Rav Shaya Karlinsky spoke in the Beit Midrash about the tragedy. He wrote an expanded version of that talk called, Food for Thought: Thoughts in the Wake of the WTC Bombings.

On the feeling in Israel and how the Diaspora community relates to it:
Rebbetzin Esther Shurin (Midreshet Rachel V'Chaya staff member), in Akeida: Business as Usual, writes from the perspective of the community in Israel, and Andrew White (alumnus, Yeshivat Darche Noam/Shapell's), London, in Solidarity with Israel (May, 2001), shares advice on how the Diaspora community can connect up, help out, and respond. In A Letter from an Alumnus, Daniel Green, who recently made aliya with his wife Lauren (MR alumna) from Canada, shares his impressions of one of Israel's more difficult days.