All posts tagged "Jews"
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Blogs
RE-EMERGING: The Jews of Nigeria
By Jeff Lieberman THE IGBO: JEWS OF NIGERIA? Several years ago, the Internet was...
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Blogs
City of David marks 13th annual archaeological conference
by Gil Zohar. The City of David marked its 13th annual archaeological conference last week (Sept. 6). The site, the most...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Who creates, sustains and affectionately empowers all that exists
The Torah begins with the dawn of Creation. To fully appreciate this narrative, one must recognize history to be more than...
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
In The Beginning – “What is man that You are mindful of him?”
Rabbi Isaac said: The Torah should have begun with the verse (Ex. 12: 1): “This month shall be to you...
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Blogs
Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time
Israeli college students (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90) The Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time – a great academy filled with...
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Steve
Point-Counter-Point with Yossi Klein Halevi
Point-Counter-Point is a threaded discussion on major issues among leading thinkers in the Jewish world in Israel and North America. On a...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Learn from Moshe that all of Am Yisrael is holy and deserving of our patience, understanding and love.
by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum PARSHAT VEZOT HABRACHA (by Yehuda HaKohen) “Fortunate are you, O Israel: who is like you! O people...
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Steve
Sukkot – Hu Yivarech – A Song for the IDF Soldiers
Hu Yivarech – A Song for the IDF Soldiers, By DOV. As they defend the rights of the Jewish people within...
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Steve
A Tribute to the Golden City and Shuly Nathan – Jerusalem
Dedicated to the Golden City of Jerusalem, and to the wonderful Shuly Nathan. httpv://youtu.be/5NyqXB6b4c8 I have many versions of Yerushalayim...
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Steve
Can Israel’s ultra-conservative communities join modern society?
An ultra-Orthodox family enjoys a rare Jerusalem snowfall. General education in Orthodox schools is “below Third World” by Gershom Gorenberg. “The...
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Blogs
From buttered croissants to military rations
Captain Michael Levi gave up a good physician’s life in France and followed his Jewish roots to the Holy Land.Photo credit:...
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Weekly Torah Reading
There is no more potent symbol of Jewish history than the sukkah
Sukkot, or Tabernacles, is the most joyous of all the festivals. We call it the ‘season of our rejoicing’. And like Pesach...
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Steve's Blog:It's Personal
How is it possible – Here I am
By Steve Ornstein. I have thought numerous times about what to say about the New Year. Truth be told it has been...
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Blogs
The Peace Process – Redesigned
Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photos Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons) Ignoring cultural difference and overestimating politics has left us without a resolution....
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Blogs
One day of doubt – One Day of Forgiveness
On Yom Kippur God reminds us that most atrocities are committed in the name of ‘justice’ By Yair Lapid. Yair Lapid...
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Steve
Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre and Who by Fire
Enjoy these two videos. May your New Year be filled with Health, Peace and Love. httpv://youtu.be/T2RrErhVxks http://rebshlomocarlebach.blogspot.com/ Reb Shlomo Carlebach -Yom Kippur...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Moshe went and spoke these words to all of Israel
PARSHAT VAYEILECH by Yehuda HaKohen. This is another point of view on this portion of the Torah for the Shabbat before Yom...
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Guest Contributors
The prayers of the High Holidays rest on personal responsibility—the basis of self-government
The Whispers of Democracy in Ancient Judaism. By ERIC ROSENBERG . Jews are in the midst of a period known as the...
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Yoram Getzler z"l
Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon – Prepare
By Yoram Getzler. I was pleasantly surprised by two ideas that Tzachi Hanegbi shared in his interview with Arie Shaviet in the...
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Steve
Dip Your Apple – Fountainheads Rosh Hashanah
A Rosh Hashanah musical parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads from the Ein Prat Academy, httpv://youtu.be/FlcxEDy-lr0 Based on Shakira’s “Waka...
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