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ECHOES OF SEPHARAD

Late 15th Century
Rabbi Eliezer Between Híjar and Lisbon:
Reopening the Case of a Renaissance Hebrew Printer

Between 1489 and 1492, Lisbon briefly hosted one of Europe’s most sophisticated Hebrew presses, run by the…

It was negative 20 degrees outside in Minneapolis last week—so cold my eyelashes were frozen—but the temperature did not stop me and thousands of people from being out in the streets. I flew to Minneapolis to participate in a massive day…

Israel and the World’s Unhealthy Fixation

Israel is one of the smallest countries on earth. Roughly the size of New Jersey. Fewer than ten million citizens. No oil wealth, no imperial ambitions, no desire to rule others. And yet no other…

In a few days we will be celebrating Tu Be’Shvat – one of the minor holidays on the Jewish calendar. In Israel, though, it has lately taken on special resonance for a couple of reasons that indicate important, related trends in Israeli…

Let’s start this week’s Table Talk with a trivia-istic question for the table:

What did the Quakers call the names of the week and why?

The answer: “First Day,” “Second Day,” and so on.

But why?

Before we answer, here’s a…

Carrying through on regime change in Iran is the key to success for the Trump foreign policy worldwide. He can’t afford to fall short this time,

Carrying through in Iran would deprive Hamas and Hezbollah of the only power that gives them…

While we are still digging out from a snowy Canadian winter,  Tu Bi’Shevat (15 Shevat), The New Year of The Trees and the start of Spring in Israel is coming up February 2nd.  Please join me and my fellow Canadians in supporting Friends…

At a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred across our nation, this is a critical moment to support leaders who stand with our community and champion our values. The February 5^th special primary election in New Jersey’s…

The proliferation of geopolitical risk indices over the past decade reflects a growing appetite among investors, policymakers, and corporate strategists for quantifiable measures of political uncertainty. From the Caldara-Iacoviello…

The perpetual existence of empathy as a good in theology and wider thought is hardly novel. Christianity, however, never considered it as the one virtue to rule them all: compassion in the Bible is always linked to truth, repentance, and/or…