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Friday, September 22nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Herman Kieval Commentary Magazine, October 1968   “The psychoanalyst Theodor Reik contends that even Jews totally removed from any formal ties with Judaism are susceptible to Kol Nidre which, he believes, speaks to the collective Jewish unconscious of its deepest tribal memories.” All vows, renunciations, promises, obligations, oaths, taken from this Day of Atonement till […]

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Friday, September 22nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Mosaic Magazine, Sept. 21, 2023 “There is no lack of “Yom Kippur Jews” for whom the day means, if anything at all, going through the motions of soul-searching perfunctorily. If the God of Israel chooses to punish them for their unrepented sins in the year that follows, will they not also have had a yom kippur […]

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Friday, September 22nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Ruth R. Wisse WSJ, Sept. 21, 2023 “The Peretz-like skeptic who discredits supernatural belief is won over by the act of human kindness performed anonymously and in secret—by Judaism’s humanistic, humanitarian ethic.”   In the Hebrew calendar, the 10-day period beginning with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and ending with Yom Kippur, the year’s holiest […]

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Thursday, September 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Jacob Sivak Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2023 “The layout can be described as a spiral, or a calligraphic solar system, with “idea units circulating like moons around a major planet.””   This year marks the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the worldwide Daf Yomi (“a page a day”) study of the Talmud, as well as the […]

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Thursday, September 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

William Kremer BBC World Service, Nov. 8, 2013 “… with each daf yomi cycle, the Talmud gets more accessible.”   Step into the last carriage of the 07:53 train from Inwood to Penn Station in New York and you may be in for a surprise. The commuters here are not looking at their phones or […]

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Thursday, September 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Atar Hadari Mosaic Magazine, Mar. 25, 2020 “Even in the throes of revolutionary uprising, these rebels are aware of the social consequences of overturning the existing order.”   On January 5, the seven-year cycle of Talmud study known as the daf yomi (“daily page”) began once more. Two months later, it still seems an apt moment to […]

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Thursday, September 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Tevi Troy and Noam Wasserman First Things, Sept. 14, 2023   “Rabbi Shapiro had a bold vision for maintaining an ancient tradition and furthering Jewish unity at a time of international upheaval.” This Friday, September 15, marks Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This year, however, Rosh Hashanah also marks the 100th anniversary of the […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, September 20th 2023

                WEEKLY QUOTES   Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara sees the Basic Law amendment: The Government as “an extreme case of abuse of the constituent authority, where the amendment to the Basic Law of the Government before us was made for a distinct personal purpose, with the aim of influencing a […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

CYNICISM ABIDES Recalling ‘Cruelty’ Of Former Homeland, Some Libyan Jews Cast Wary Eye on Contacts:  Gianluca Pacchiani, Times of Israel, Aug. 29, 2023 — From his home in the coastal Israeli city of Bat Yam, Pedatzur Ben-Attiya recalled a time when he used to recruit “spies” to send into Libya. ________________________________________________________ Peace with Libya is […]

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Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Gregory Aftandilian Arab Center Washington, DC, Sept. 13, 2023  “Thousands of Libyan youths closed down highways and burned tires and Israeli flags.”   The controversy and severe public backlash surrounding news of a late-August meeting between the Libyan and Israeli foreign ministers in Rome is symptomatic of the fact that Libya’s political class is entirely […]

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Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Elis Gjevori Middle East Eye, Aug. 29, 2023 ‘I wouldn’t say Israel has gone to great lengths to go up to and beg these actors, it was more the other way around.’   Israeli ties with Libyan political actors are not a secret, in fact they go back at least a decade. But the public and official disclosure […]

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Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Gianluca Pacchiani Times of Israel, Aug. 28, 2023 “One of the ambitions of today’s leaders is to gain access to Israel’s scientific advances and world-renowned technology for irrigation and agriculture, in the way Morocco did.”   On Sunday, Israel announced that Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his Libyan counterpart, Najla Mangoush, last week in […]