Category: Other
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Stabbed in the Back | Jerry Klinger
Historical Documentary by Peter Rosenbluth and Peter Banyavari. “We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it’s everyone’s responsibility… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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A Toast to Gov. Shapiro from “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty” | Michael Zoosman
Shalom Aleichem Governor Josh Shapiro! We, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty” offer this toast to you for your moral and ethical leadership on one of the most fundamental and – quite literally – vital – issues of our time in this nation:… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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No Vision, no Future | Emanuel Shahaf
Looking at recent Israeli history, it’s difficult to claim that the country has a clear vision of where it should be heading. While a general call to continue on a zionist path can be discerned, it’s not at all clear what that exactly means under the circumstances, not under the… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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Abortion Doesn’t Belong on the Bimah | Jennifer Moses
I’m neither a rabbi nor a scholar, but from what I’ve gleaned, the traditional Jewish sources have little to say about abortion. Nothing in the Bible; a bissel in Talmud; a few lines in Rashi and a few more from Maimonides. In Talmud Yevamot, a fetus is considered “mere fluid” for the… Continue Reading News…
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What’s behind the war over judicial reform? | Lisa Liel
I’ve heard people presenting arguments on both sides of the judicial reform issue, and to hear them talk, this is about principles. Fun fact: it’s not. It is, plain and simple, a culture clash. The State of Israel was founded by socialist leftists with social left ideas (whether they… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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Purim Lessons That Can Help Save Our Imperiled Planet | Richard H. Schwartz
Megillat Esther, which is read twice on Purim, tells how the Jews of ancient Persia were threatened with extinction and how they were miraculously saved. Today it is the entire world that is threatened by climate change and we have to find a way to avert an unprecedented catastrophe. In… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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A palace in flames | Michael Rainsbury
This horrific, unthinkable image of Jews inflicting a pogrom, murdering a Palestinian, and then davening Ma’ariv – conducting evening prayers – kindled within me another image, described by the Midrash centuries ago. It is an image of a palace in flames. A traveling man saw it and… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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The Last Terror Attack | Liron Kopinsky
One day, there will be a terror attack. We’ll cry. Sob. Scream. We’ll say, “So and so was killed in the last terror attack. And so and so was killed in the attack before.” But this time, it won’t be “the last terror attack.” It will be *The LAST* terror attack. We won’t… Continue Reading…
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Creations Praise the Artist | David Walk
One of my favorite Jewish rituals is Kiddush Levana, the blessing or sanctifying of the newly visible moon. This is just such a friendly prayer. Everyone wishes one another SHALOM ALEICHEM and gets the response ALEICHEM SHALOM. On another occasion, we’ll more deeply explore that… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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Ukraine and Russia: the War | Arnold Flick
This war shares “ugly” with all wars but neither of the combatants is my friend. My parents said they were born in Russia; they spoke Russian. Years later I learned that Kiev and Oddessa were in the Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have an intertwined history going back 500 years; Ukraine’s… Continue Reading News Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com