Love In the Time of Elul
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
August 13, 2021
Elul is a month of preparation leading up to the Ten Days of Repentance.
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August 13, 2021
Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish? Let’s Weigh the Evidence
Shmuel Rosner
August 13, 2021
Porwancher does not say Hamilton was Jewish. He says Hamilton was probably Jewish.
Israeli UN Ambassador Calls for UN to Cease Funding UNRWA Over Hamas Terror Tunnels
Aaron Bandler
August 13, 2021
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan urged the U.N. to temporarily cease funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) over the recent discovery of two terror tunnels underneath two of their schools.
The Lonely American Refusenik
Maxim D. Shrayer
August 13, 2021
Which brings me back to “the new refuseniks” and the prospects for Jewish life in America. What were these young American Jews refused, and, by the same token, what have they refused?
Former Lone Soldier From Los Angeles Publishes Memoir About IDF Experience
Ryan Torok
August 13, 2021
Levin’s military service and his injury had a transformative impact on him and opened his eyes to the challenges Israeli soldiers face after they are discharged.
The Never-Ending Pandemic is Messing with Our Personalities
David Suissa
August 13, 2021
We are so attached to our personalities that we will seek out whatever reinforces them, whether through our choice of friends or activities.
The Revolutionary Idea of Humility
Chaim Steinmetz
August 13, 2021
This is the ideology of humility; it matters not what humans think of you, only what God expects of you. And if you succeed in fulfilling your mission, you may have justified your place on earth.
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