All posts tagged "Judaism"

• Steve

  The Story of the Jews – Episode 2 – Among Believers

    The Story of the Jews. This epic five-part series presented by historian Simon Schama explores the story of the Jewish experience...

• Steve

  The Story of the Jews – Episode 1 – In the Beginning

      The Story of the Jews. This epic five-part series presented by historian Simon Schama explores the story of the Jewish experience...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Leading a Nation of Individuals – Bamidbar

      Nation of Individuals. By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The book of Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why...

• Blogs

  Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond

       Religious liberty’s under threat : By Daniel Treiman Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond. “Today,...

• Steve

  As we count the עומר some words about counting from Ha Rav Kook

      Ha Rav Kook: What value is there to our lives, which “stream by like a dream“?     Thanks to Rabbi Lee...

• Blogs

  Always Reaching Higher – Ari and the Ladder of Faith

      Always Reaching Higher  Rabbi Lee Diamond,  is based in Israel and began his unique rabbinate as an Israel Educator for the Diaspora....

• Guest Contributors

  Shavei Israel: Aviona Hakarmi-Weinberg – Teaching Judaism and Hebrew in China

  By Brian Blum. Shavei Israel Profile :Aviona Hakarmi-Weinberg is sitting on a wide couch wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt, her dirty blond...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Think Long – Behar – Jonathan Sacks

    By Jonathan Sacks Please take the time and read this weeks commentary. His insights transcend  personal religious  identity.   Jonathan Sacks:...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Be Not Afraid of Greatness – Israel – Jonathan Sacks

                   Be Not Afraid of Greatness: By Rav Jonathan Sacks.  Embedded in this week’s parsha are two of the most fundamental commands...

• Blogs

  Israeli negotiators green light on borders, settlements concessions before Palestinians Deal

    Israeli negotiators. A report aired Friday on Israel’s Channel 10 revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had given the green...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Followership – Kedoshim – the Great “holiness code”

   Followership By Rav. Jonathan Sacks. There is a fascinating sequence of commands in the great “holiness code” with which our parsha begins,...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Seasons of Love – Three biblical books about love

  Seasons of Love:Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes     By Rav. Jonathan Sacks   Seasons of Love   Shir HaShirim...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Passover-How It Tells its Story, The Unasked Question, and The Jewish Task

        All three taken from the Jonathan Sacks Haggada. As Passover ( Pesach) approaches I thought it would nice to...

• Blogs

  Metamorphosis: A Hungarian Extremist Explores His Jewish Roots

            A Hungarian Extremist Explores His Jewish Roots. Csanád Szegedi was a prominent right-wing extremist in Hungary until he discovered his own...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  How To Praise – subject of lashon hara, evil speech – Metsorah

                By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. How To Praise. The sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, evil speech, the sin...

• Zohar Raviv

  Dr Zohar Raviv – Key Paradigms of Jewish Thought and Life – Four Part Series

      In this period after Purim  and with Passover just around the corner  we thought it appropriate to share this four...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XLIII) Isaiah

    By Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . Messianic Consciousness by Ariel Ben Avraham. We must understand Jewish prophecy...

• Blogs

  Purim, the most boisterous and exuberant of all Jewish festivals.

  “If you’re driving through a Jewish area this Saturday night or Sunday, don’t be surprised if you see lots of children in...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The great leaders know their own limits – Tzav

                  By  Rav. Jonathan Sacks. The great leaders know their own limits. They do not try to do it all themselves. They...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Celebrate – Pekudei dvar Torah – Covenant and Conversation

       “If leaders are to bring out the best in those they lead, they must give them the chance to show they...