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Tuvia Book
Jul 9, 2025, 9:55 AM
The uneven burden of Military service in Israel
There are those that do and give, and those that don't and take. My name is Tuvia Book. I am a reservist in a combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) on the Gaza front. I've served now hundreds of days of...
Reuven Chaim Klein
Jun 22, 2025, 11:07 AM
The Unbelievers – minnim, apikorsim, & kofrim
The Hebrew language has no shortage of colorful insults and epithets that can be hurled at Jewish heretics and other disbelievers. In this essay, we explore some of those words used in reference to such people — like min, apikores,...
Natan Huberman
Jun 5, 2025, 7:34 PM
On Shavuot the Temple Service was Renewed
Unbeknownst to the general public and 'just-like-that' Temple sacrificial service was just started this holiday of Shavuot 2025. The Torah commands people of Israel to offer many types of sacrifices - and a good portion of them are vegetarian....
Shilo Sapir
Jun 5, 2025, 12:25 PM
Parashat Naso: Soldiers, Levites, and the Ark of Responsibility
In Parashat Naso, the sons of Kehat from the tribe of Levi are specifically commanded to carry the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders, as it is written: "But to the sons of Kehat he gave none , because...
David Matlow
Jun 4, 2025, 7:44 AM
Forty Years After His Day Off, the Jewish Values of Ferris Bueller
Ferris Bueller’s actual day off was 40 years ago, on June 5, 1985, the day the Chicago Cubs hosted the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field, a scene depicted in the movie. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was a teen comedy released...
Ben Lazarus
Jun 2, 2025, 11:25 PM
‘You Can’t Handle the Truth’
“I want the truth!” Lt. Daniel Kaffee demands in A Few Good Men. Col. Nathan Jessup fires back, “You can’t handle the truth.” Truth these days is lacking, and it caused me to reflect on a Jewish blessing, Baruch...
Ben Lazarus
Jun 1, 2025, 11:05 AM
A Terminal Disease and Spiritual Reflection
It shouldn’t be this way, but it is where I am. I am a religious person who truly believes in G-d and has strived to live a life keeping Mitzvot, setting a good example in family, community, and business....
Wendy Kalman
May 29, 2025, 4:50 PM
As I stand at Mount Sinai, I know – ‘My Judaism defines me’
The approaching holiday, Shavuot, marks G-D giving the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. Tradition says all Jews – past, present, and future – were present at Sinai for this momentous event. It was in this spirit...
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
May 28, 2025, 9:32 PM
Tales from the Land of Milk and Misery
Tel Aviv has been fortunate to have two visionary doers, Shlomo Lahat and Ron Huldai. They incredibly developed the city, constantly building and improving. Tel Aviv is such a lovely city. In each visit, I find new things to...
David Kalb
May 25, 2025, 11:47 PM
Shavuot and conversion, post-October 7
This Shavuot when we recite Yizkor (the memorial service), it will be over a year and half since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023; the taking of the hostages; and the beginning of the still-ongoing...
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