All posts tagged "Judaism"
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Blogs
A Critical Appraisal – The State of the Jews
Reviewed by Asaf Romirowsky by Edward Alexander Transaction Publishers, 2012. $35 pp. 264. As anti-Zionism/anti-Semitism have become more acceptable as “genuine” criticism...
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Steve
“The dominant culture in Israel has always directed its eyes towards the West.”
Sami Michael at the 2012 ACUM Awards ceremony Photo by Daniel Tchetchik. This is a translation of a speech delivered by...
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Blogs
How Individual Philosophy and World View Affect Halakhic Decisions
Rabbi Kook Rabbi Uziel. Rabbi Kook and Rabbi Uziel studied the same talmudic and rabbinic sources. That their rulings were diametrically...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Ki Tetse – To be free, you have to let go of hate.
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Shoftim: The Justice of God’s Love
Ariel Ben Avraham . The Torah commands us that “Judges and officers you shall place at all your city-gates” (Deuteronomy16:18), the Prophet...
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Steve
Israel – Birth of a Nation – Sir Martin Gilbert
Fair Use as per US Copyright Law. The legends of the stolen land and “ethnic cleansing” are hard if not impossible to...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Separated from the mind, the heart became numb and developed into a “Heart of Stone”
PARSHAT R’EH. by Yehuda HaKohen “Then it shall be that the place where HaShem, your G-D, will choose to rest His...
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Steve
Somebody out there wants to kill me
By Yair Lapid. The recent terror attempt at Sinai, which was miraculously thwarted at the last minute, reminded me of a very...
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Weekly Torah Reading
As Israel returns to independence in our land…
PARSHAT EKEV by Yehuda HaKohen. Another point of view. EKEV opens and closes with challenging ideas meant to condition the...
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Weekly Torah Reading
HaShem is not some giant invisible tyrant but rather the timeless ultimate Reality
PARSHAT VA’ETCHANAN (by Yehuda HaKohen) “I implored HaShem at that time, saying, `My L-rd, HaShem, You have begun to show Your servant...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Va’etchanan: The Lord is our God, the Lord is One
By Ariel Ben Avraham. We must conceive our connection and relationship with God as part of Him. This is the main lesson...
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Yitzhaq Hayut-man
A LOVE For The WORLD
Rav Kook; transl. Rabbi B.Z. Bokser. “Great souls cannot dissociate themselves from the most universal concerns…The whole cannot achieve its highest fulfillment...
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Steve
Liberty Patriarchs and Pioneers – The Search for Freedom and Individual Responsiblity
“Go ye!” – Patriarchs and Pioneers by Kenneth Hanson .“Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the...
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Algemeiner News Service
Why Are We Afraid to Speak the Real Truth About Israel?
The famous Israeli flag above the Choshen building in East Jerusalem signifies Jewish presence. Photo: JewishPress.com. By Yosef Y. Jacobson. This...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Devarim: Facing the Material World
by Ariel Ben Avraham. “The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb [Sinai], [and] said: ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and journey forth (…)’” (Deuteronomy 1:6-7)...
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Algemeiner News Service
The Prophetic Voice
Art By Phillip Ratner By Jonathan Sacks During the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha b’Av, as...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Matot-Massei: Enforcing our Connection with God’s Love
By Ariel Ben Avraham . We mentioned in previous commentaries that the war against the potential negative trends in our consciousness must...
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Steve
Friday Evening Bet Tfila at the Port in Tel Aviv
By Steve Ornstein. July 13th 2012 Friday Night Kabbalah Shabbat Evening Service with videos. httpv://youtu.be/rpA7u0EtuCE httpv://youtu.be/a5CKSwrTRHc httpv://youtu.be/IoKAnbp2ZWE
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Weekly Torah Reading
Pinchas: Priesthood as the Highest Level of Consciousness
By Ariel Ben Avraham Consciousness is a multidimensional space that encompasses all aspects, traits and qualities that shape human identity. These dimensions...
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Steve
Europe’s New Anti-Semitism – Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. In May 2007 a small group of religious leaders met in the E.U. headquarters in Brussels with...
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