A Troubled Exodus
April 6, 2007
With two miles of bare footprints behind them, Ahmed and Fatima and their three children approached the border with Israel in the middle of a cold winter night. Snow was falling in the Sinai.
Yosef Israel Abramowitz
Israel Policy of Imprisoning Refugees Being Challenged
April 6, 2007
Israeli activists and lawmakers are challenging in court the current policy of incarcerating Sudanese refugees who illegally enter the country under a law dealing with \”enemy nationals\” that allows them to be detained indefinitely.
Madonna, Motherhood and Judaism
November 20, 1997
Dear Madonna:
Is it possible that I saw you at Sinai? The Jewish mysticaltradition, which you have been exploring, teaches that the souls ofall Jews for all generations — including converts to Judaism –stood at Mount Sinai when our covenant with God was affirmed. Couldthe Jewish soul of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone be trapped in thebody of a rebellious Catholic?
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