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Ysoscher Katz
Tel Aviv won’t change nor should it
Israelis are being pulled in two dramatically different directions, one devoutly Orthodox and the other passionately secular
Erica Brown
The Book of Kohelet and a cup of joy
Sure, Ecclesiastes pitches existential dread, but its clusters of optimism remind us that there’s a time for everything, even coffee
Mali Brofsky
Strong back, soft heart: Yom Kippur 5784
No matter how you feel, disrupting prayer services is not OK, nor is attacking property or antagonizing people to tears
Efraim Zuroff
Daring Dani Dayan and the complicity of Lithuanians in the Holocaust
The locals may never own what they did, but Yad Vashem’s chairman spoke truth to power, calling out their role in eliminating a vibrant Jewish world
Matt Futterman
We need more Azoulays
There’s a surprising resource that can help alleviate the kind of clashes we saw on Yom Kippur: Halacha – Jewish law
Avidan Freedman
This kosher certificate for Azerbaijan is treif
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Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz
Tel Aviv’s Yom Kippur struggle could have been avoided
Instead, it highlighted the harm this government is wreaking, not just on Israel’s democracy, but on its Jewish character
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Zelda Harris
Sep 30, 2023, 3:56 PM
Forgetting instead of remembering?
I really do not know which is worse? There are no remedies! As my granddaughter Ella the paramedic who lives in England, would say "It is what it is!" The Yom Kippur War. Why is this war different from...
Fred Shahrabani
Sep 30, 2023, 3:51 PM
The Battle for Judaism’s Soul on Tel Aviv Streets
I grew up in a traditional household in Tehran, Iran, where my parents frequented the Orthodox Iraqi Jewish synagogue, Ettefagh, in the Laleh Park district of Tehran. Men occupied the main floor for prayers, while women sat in the...
Caroline G. Harris
Sep 30, 2023, 3:33 PM
Cease Fire! A Memory of the Yom Kippur War
The prosthetics ward of Tel HaShomer Hospital was in a lightweight Quonset hut. During the cease fire, twenty beds lined the walls, each filled with a young man who had lost a limb during the Yom Kippur War. My kibbutznik...
Frederick L. Klein
Sep 30, 2023, 12:51 AM
Sukkot: Opening our Eyes to Blessing and Responding in Joy
One of my favorite Chasidic folk tales is the story of the house that is too small. A tiny room, the parents can no longer stand the six children running around making a ruckus. Sleepless and exhausted, they are...
Carolyn Glazier Litwin
Sep 30, 2023, 12:51 AM
Apron
for Etta Abrams Glazier (1902-1991) Apron—I can hear your voice written in your penciled script on the envelope I saved for many years, tucked under lace-edged handkerchiefs in my dresser drawer. Apron—a single word —told me I would find folded-tissue patterns for the florals, prints, and plaids, fashion-fresh...
Lyn Julius
Sep 29, 2023, 6:28 PM
How a Jew shot to posthumous fame in Tunisia
He lived in an obscure suburb of the French town of Besançon, spending his meager busker's earnings on food for his pet cats and dogs. Since he died in 2013, no one has combed through the shambles he left...
Orna Raz
Sep 29, 2023, 6:17 PM
The Public Prayer At Habima Square
Last Saturday, the day before Yom Kippur eve, I attended the demonstration in Jerusalem in front of the President’s Residence. It was a respectful and welcoming demonstration of pluralism, with participants including both religious and non-religious individuals from various...
Simcha Feuerman
Sep 29, 2023, 6:16 PM
Spiritual Food and Marrying Up Kiddushin 47-49
47 Spiritual Food This daf continues the halakhic discussion of betrothal using money forgiven from a loan. As we explained on Daf 46, a woman cannot be betrothed by allowing her to keep money she had previously borrowed. This is because...
William Hamilton
Sep 29, 2023, 6:07 PM
Emotion and Motion
Let’s say you come to two different lines in the Post Office. One is moving quickly but is longer. The other is shorter but moving a lot slower. They will both take the exact same time for you to...
Sheldon Kirshner
Sep 29, 2023, 6:05 PM
Ordinary German Men Murdered Jews During Holocaust
Four million Jews were murdered in German extermination camps or succumbed to hunger and disease in Nazi ghettos during the Holocaust. A further two million Jews were killed by German firing squads, mainly in the Soviet Union and Poland. The...
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