For the first time in two years, we Israelis are finally starting to talk about the future of Gaza and its relationship with Israel. This future depends crucially on the beliefs and ideologies held by the two million people of Gaza….
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What Do You Really Know About Gazans?
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The Ideal Jewish Wife
It was Eliezer’s task to find a suitable wife for Yitzchak. Avraham was not prepared to allow his son to marry a woman from Canaan, and Yitzchak was too holy to be allowed to leave Eretz Yisrael. The task was given to the faithful servant,…
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The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #195, Crystal Haggadah, 6
In this episode, sorrows in Kotsk and repairing an old haggada in The Eretz. The Eternal Jew’s Tale A Pesakh Montage, The Crystal Haggadah Seders in Kotsk and Kibbutz Na’an Khassidic Seder, Kotsk, 1838 CE Where is the joy in our season of…
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Democracy Is Fragile. American Jewish Women Founders are Holding the Line.
Their activism, scholarship, and moral clarity have carried the nation through upheaval before. They are doing it again now. American democracy is fragile. Jewish women founders show us the work every generation must take on to keep it alive….
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Exploring Love – ahavah, r’chim, chibah, and agav (Part 1 of 2)
The verb for “loving” appears in the Bible for the first time when Hashem commands Abraham to offer up his son “that he loves” (Gen. 22:2) — Isaac. Afterwards, Isaac himself becomes the subject of ahavah, as the Bible reports that…
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The Powerful Legacy of Jewish Women
The Israeli women who suffered on October 7 endured unspeakable terror at the hands of terrorists—they were degraded, raped, murdered, mutilated, and then, tragically, disbelieved by many. Unlike Sarah, our biblical foremother whose son Isaac…
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Ox-ford University — Studying the Mind of a Beast and More Zevachim 69-71
69 The Universe is a Giant Kal V’chomer Our Gemara on Amud Beis discusses the source for the famous rule of dayo by Kal V’chomer. A Kal V’chomer is the first of the thirteen rules used to derive halachos from the Torah, as per the…
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The Matriots of the Patriots
Two Mothers and the Covenant Two women stand behind the tent curtains — not out of curiosity, but because they hear words that will shape the covenant’s future. One hears, at ninety, the promise of a son. The other hears her husband preparing…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part V
From Plessy to Palestine: Separate but Equal Revisited Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how questions of law, belonging, and justice define everyday life between the river and the sea. Written from…
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Inviting G-d To Dinner
Rebecca’s painful pregnancy led her to consult a prophet, who revealed she carried twin ‘giants’ (ge’im) as the Torah describes them. From these two, the sages prophesied, would emerge two brilliant gems: Rebbe and Antoninus (Talmud, Avodah…
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