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Interview by Yoram Getzler with Tour guide Shmuel Browns. Herodium is the name of King Herod’s palace/fortress just 12 km. south of Jerusalem. We know about Herodium from the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus who tells us that Herod was buried there. It took archaeologist Ehud Netzer 35 years to find Herod’s tomb.
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Dr. Zohar Raviv. The making of the Prophetic experience in the Jewish foundational writings. We have the incredible good fortune to once again listen to Dr. Zohar Raviv in this new five part series: The Prophets of Israel Part III. We discuss Ezekiel,Hosea. Amos and Isaiah.
By Luisa Strasburger thanks to nocamels.com for the repost. Tel Aviv – Israel’s bustling hub of modernity – is widely known for its unconventional and kooky trends. There are not many other places in the world where the popular gay beach has been placed right next to an ultra-religious one, or where you can find a restaurant that serves, well, air.
By Mel Alexenberg. Moshe Dror was my hevrutah (study partner) since we first began studying together 38 years ago. Moshe’s passing is my great loss. I have never known another person with whom I could share in creatively exploring the dynamic interface between Jewish thought, art, media ecology, futurism, new technologies and human consciousness. Moshe’s interdisciplinary imagination and analytic brilliance always made my studying with him intellectually stimulating and a joyous romp through multiple worlds. His cognitive powers were enriched by his kindness, sensitivity and sense of humor.
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By Dr. Boaz Ganor World War III is occurring right now. It is not only a war of ideas, it is a religious war – not between Islam and the rest of the world, but first and foremost a war within the religion of Islam. It is a war of the culture of Islamic radicalism against the rest of the world, which includes the majority of Muslims worldwide. Continue Reading »
