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Wednesday, October 23rd 2024
Shlomo M. Brody Tablet, Oct. 15, 2014 “Another distinctive element of Simhat Torah is that in addition to reading the day’s Torah portion and its maftir, we take out a third Torah scroll to begin the reading of Genesis.” Simchat Torah is an anomaly on the Jewish calendar. The festival, which celebrates the completion […]
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Tuesday, June 11th 2024
WHO WE REALLY ARE Why This Year’s Shavuot Is One of the Most Important Ever: Moshe Hauer, Algemeiner, June 10, 2024 — Beginning Tuesday evening, June 11, Jews all over the world celebrate Shavuot and commemorate the day they received the Torah and its commandments at Sinai. Land or Torah: What Binds Israel as a Nation?: Dr. […]
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The Book of Books, June 3, 2024 “… she addresses the theological implications of October 7th for a person of faith: “a great miracle did not occur, we did not find the jar of oil.” Instead of discovering a miracle from above, ben Yosef sings, “we discovered ourselves.”” The upcoming holiday of Shavuot evokes the […]
Monday, April 22nd 2024
NATION BUILDING AND PEOPLEHOOD The People-Forming Passover: Leon R. Kass, Mosaic Magazine, Apr. 6, 2020 — The essay below is adapted from Founding God’s Nation: Reading Exodus by Leon R. Kass, forthcoming from Yale University Press in January 2021. _________________________________________________________________ That Pain You’re Feeling Is Peoplehood: Mijal Bitton, Sapir Journal, October 2023 – February 2024 The Undying People: Meir Y. […]
Stuart Halpern Tablet, Apr. 19, 2024 “Having suffered persecution for centuries, the Jewish people steadfastly adhered to their ancient faith—the faith which gave them courage and fortitude to withstand man’s inhumanity to man. Furthermore, the Jews were frequently in the vanguard of the fight to aid other oppressed minorities.” With Hamas still holding Israeli hostages and […]
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