Israel began the hard work of providing water for its residents in the 1930s, a decade before the state was established. The work has been so successful that most Israelis don’t suffer from lack of water, and cannot remember water restrictions.
Seven weeks after Pesach, when we celebrated the barley harvest, we now celebrate the wheat harvest.
The illustrious world of Kabbalah and Mysticism as we know it was born on Shavuot in Salonika in 1533, courtesy of two outstanding Sephardic scholars.
The very foundation of Jewish history is redemption; it is the story of a people who, despite having every reason to be bitter and cynical, continued to rebuild and repair.
“My family fled antisemitism during the revolution in Iran and they went to the two places that were supposed to be safe: Israel and the United States,” she said. “It was supposed to be different here but unfortunately as a senior whose college experience consisted of constantly combating antisemitism, it does not feel different. The department’s statement made my identity feel insignificant.”
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