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Jul 1, 2026, 8:21 PM

A power shirt and a smile

You can't get far these days on goodwill but it goes a long way in the oncology ward of our Jerusalem hospital. Our patient has moved into what they generously call a 'suite', and is basically a bubble-boy for...

Jun 30, 2026, 7:38 PM

Breaking: Major Update on Red Heifer Program and National Training Push

A red heifer calf born last month in the hills of the Galilee has drawn renewed attention to a coordinated national effort to restore ritual purity after two thousand years. Discovered by a team member of the National Red...

Jun 16, 2026, 6:46 PM

A friend stands with you during your battles in life

You are not fighting your battles in life alone. Many people carry heavy burdens including: Stress, Fear, Pressures, Loneliness, Disappointment. You begin to feel that you are carrying the weight of the entire world by yourself. But Torah teaches you something different. You are never alone. Hashem is not distant from...

Bruce D. Forman

Jun 14, 2026, 9:36 PM

Would It Frighten You? What Spielberg’s New Alien Film Gets Backwards

Steven Spielberg's new film, Disclosure Day, opened this past weekend, and every trailer for it circles back to the same question: if proof arrived tomorrow that humanity is not alone in the universe, would it terrify you? It's a good...

Jun 14, 2026, 5:36 PM

Killing in the Name of God

The science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke suggested that killing in the name of God might be a fairly good definition of insanity. Sounds reasonable. If God created the world, then we are all His creations. And the idea that God...

Jun 13, 2026, 12:50 AM

Reading Materials Reflect My Soul and Its Journey

Fern unfolding (author's pic)

These are the books I’m reading and listening to: Anatomy of Exile, by Zeeva Bukai Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege, by Melanie Phillips Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict,...

Eliezer Avraham

Jun 5, 2026, 7:39 PM

Beha’alotecha and the Journey of a Father’s Heart

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When love is misunderstood, when distance grows, and when hope refuses to die Beha’alotecha: When the Heart Carries More Than It Can Hold In Parashat Beha’alotecha, Moses reaches a breaking point. The people misunderstand him, reject the manna he believed would...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jun 5, 2026, 7:46 AM

Wider Lessons of Gay Pride Month: MEeting the “Enemy”

Israel started its Gay Pride Month celebrations yesterday with Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade. Tel Aviv's march – the largest in the Middle East – will take place next Friday (June 12). Whether we "agree" or not with homosexuality, there’s...

Jun 2, 2026, 5:57 PM

You Do Not Pass Through Life Alone

"Even though I walk through the valley of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me." — Psalm 23: 4 You may be walking through life feeling you are carrying every burden by yourself. You feel you are carrying the...

Yoseph Janowski

Jun 1, 2026, 7:04 PM

The world is vast and beautiful

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The world is vast and beautiful Birds fly Fish swim People walk The world is vast and beautiful Taste it Try it Absorb it Transform it The world is vast and beautiful Breathe it in And watch it Evolve out This pure beauty For all to see **** The Almighty gives us the world, to...

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