All posts tagged "Judaism"

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Steve

  Livin’ in a Booth – The Fountainheads

    A musical parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads from the Ein Prat Academy, Israel http://foheads.com.   httpv://youtu.be/oXx5Wp3GcSE A parody of Bruno Mars...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Powerful Pre-Rosh Hashanah address by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of England

            This is a wonderfully inspirational address for  Jew and non-Jew alike . Have you ever wondered what Professor Ludwig Guttmann (the...

• Steve

  Call Me Maybe-Chana Tova

  Chana Tova et Hag Sameach!   httpv://youtu.be/2gj8nUAdgMw www.agencejuive.org Facebook/agencejuive Chana Tova et Hag Sameach! Merci a tous ceux qui ont participe au...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Judaism’s greatest leap of faith: the belief that the world is ruled by justice.

  By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Nitzavim – Why Be Jewish?

  By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  In the last days of his life Moses renews the covenant between God and Israel. The entire...

• Steve

  A Rosh HaShana Song From Latma

    My co-host Yoram suggested that I refrain from putting this video  up on Israelseen for fear of encouraging this kind of...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Day Forgiveness Was Born

  Art by Phillip Ratner. This is a very timely commentary for this time of year. By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of Britain....

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Ki Tavo: Claiming our Inheritance of God’s Love – the One who gave us life, freedom, the Torah, identity, and Land.

  By Ariel Ben Avraham  We have said in previous commentaries on this portion of the Torah that the Promised Land, the Land...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Covenant & Conversation 5772: Ki Tavo – Listening and Law

  By International Artist Phillip Ratner.  Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks of England. It would be reasonable to assume that a language...

• 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...