The Silver Platter: Sacrifice, Bereavement, Remembrance, and the Israeli Nation State
Jeremy Elster
June 11, 2014
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June 11, 2014
Letters to the editor: Climate change, veterans, SJP and more
Jewish Journal
June 11, 2014
It is essential that the Jewish community play a leading role in efforts to avert a climate catastrophe (“Judaism in the Time of Climate change,” June 6).
Obituaries: Rabbi Meir Abehsera, Chasidic Leader, 80
Jewish Journal
June 11, 2014
Rabbi Meir Abehsera passed away in Jerusalem on June 6. Abehsera was a pioneer of the modern-day ba’al teshuvah movement, a member of the Sefardi kabbalists and a Chasid of the late Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Calendar June 14-20
Laura Donney
June 11, 2014
There’s really no one way to capture what life in Israel is like. This exhibit, which debuted in New York, features artists who use photography, video, sculpture and work on paper as a way to tap into the complexities and multiplicities of Israeli identity.
Special dads
Michelle K. Wolf
June 11, 2014
Parenting a child doesn’t just change the way a dad thinks, it literally changes his brain.
Is kosher ethical?
Dennis Prager
June 11, 2014
Almost 40 years ago I spoke about “The Case for Judaism” to members of the tiny Jewish community of Moncton, in New Brunswick, Canada.
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