All posts tagged "Judaism"
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Weekly Torah Reading
Bechukotai: Our Relationship with the Creator
By Ariel Ben Avraham. In previous commentaries in our blog about this portion (Parshat Bechukotai: “Following Love’s Ways” on May 2, 2010...
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Blogs
Israel – Index of Economic Freedom 2012
Overall score 67.8. World Rank 48 Quick Facts Population: 7.4 million GDP (PPP): $219.4 billion 4.6% growth 4.1% 5-year compound annual growth...
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Steve
Look Mom, No Hand! The Memoirs of a One-Armed Combat Soldier
Izzy Ezagui is congratulated by Israel’s President Shimon Peres. Photo: Izzy Ezagui. By Dovid Efune. I am not going to praise...
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Weekly Torah Reading
“If your brother becomes impoverished and his means falter in your proximity, you shall strengthen him – proselyte or resident”
PARSHAT BEHAR. Commentary by Yehuda HaKohen. While the Torah instructs the Hebrew Nation to establish a holy kingdom over the entire Land...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Behar: Serving the Love of God
The Torah defines the Jewish identity as the people who are destined to serve the Creator. The entire Torah is about our...
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David Hazony
Israel Catches a “Flytilla” with (Serious) Satire
By David Hazony. First off, let me be clear that I do not condone Israel’s official use of sarcasm, wit or anything...
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Blogs
Israel Inside – The Redefining of Israel
This is an inspiring film that clearly articulates the uniqueness of Israel.
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Cyber Or
Cyber Or-10 Inner Light- Universal
By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror. In the religious iconography of the world light has been used as The designation of the...
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Weekly Torah Reading
EMOR:It is our responsibility to actively sanctify – and guard against desecrating – G-D’s Name through our personal behavior.
PARSHAT EMOR.by Yehuda HaKohen. “You shall not desecrate My holy Name, rather I should be sanctified among the Children of Israel; I...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Emor: Consecrating God in who we are
By Ariel Ben Avraham. The sanctity demanded by the Creator from the children of Israel includes their priests as well, and this...
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Cyber Or
Cyber Or 9 The Aesthetics of Light- Gothic World
Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror. The association of light with the Divine is an ancient tradition. It is perhaps the most universal metaphor...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Acharei-Kedoshim: The Holiness of God’s Love
By Ariel Ben Avraham . The description of purity and impurity continues in Acharei-Kedoshim because it is relevant in the Torah to...
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Blogs
Israel’s Ethiopian-born champion of higher education
By Abigail Klein Leichman . Pnina Gaday Agenyahu is the world’s only Ethiopian-born Hillel director. She survived a tough journey to Israel...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Tazria-Metzora: Cleaning our Consciousness with God’s Love
By Ariel Ben Avraham. Haifa, Southern Galilee, Israel Sometimes Pesach falls between parshat Shemini and parshat Tazria-Metzora and their contents are related...
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Blogs
Jewish – Holocaust Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day
Yom Hashoah – Thursday, April 19, 2012 Yad Vashem – Jerusalem Yad Vashem YouTube Channel A Teacher’s Guide to the...
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Cyber Or
Cyber Or-5 The Age of Light
And the journey continues once again . Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. Sculpture by...
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Cyber Or
CyberOr 4 The Globalized Day
And the journey continues. Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. Ask yourself what does the...
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Cyber Or
CyberOr 3 Sand and Light
The correlation of Abraham’s journey with our cyber journey goes much further and deeper. In the narrative of the Binding of...
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Weekly Torah Reading
Beyond our own national culture and identity, Israel brings a special sanctity to Creation
PARSHAT SHEMINI by Yehuda HaKohen. “For I am HaShem your G-D – you are to sanctify yourselves and you shall be Kedoshim,...
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Blogs
CyberOr II The Boundary Crossing
This is a series by Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror. He was a futurist, lecturer and teacher. In this series he explored the...
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