All posts tagged "Torah"

• 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

  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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  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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  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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Undoing the knots we tie ourselves into

  Kol nidrei. Was there ever a stranger prayer to capture the imagination of serious minds. It isn’t poetry but prose. It isn’t...

• 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...

• 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

  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...

• IDF

  Soldiers Swearing in to the Israel Defense Forces Ceremony

  We are so proud of Yael, that she has finished her basic training and no preparing for her two year assignment in...

• 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...