Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | Defending Jerusalem: Rabbi Uziel, 1948
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
August 8, 2024
The return of my column, “Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land.”
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August 8, 2024
New Book ‘The October 7 War’ Is a Must-Read
Alan Zeitlin
August 8, 2024
“A country that went to sleep on Oct. 6 concerned with domestic controversies woke up the next day to an unprecedented war.”
Los Angeles to Tzur Hadassah and Beyond– Just the Beginning
Daphne Orenshein
August 8, 2024
The war has brought a whole new set of challenges to the teachers and the children of Israel.
Akiva Gersh Opens Online Vegan Shul
Debra L. Eckerling
August 8, 2024
On Aug. 1, Akiva Gersh, who has been known as the “vegan rabbi” on social media since 2020, opened the Vegan Shul.
The Third Hand: Finding Spiritual Comfort in Empty Nesting
Lane Igoudin
August 8, 2024
So much of my identity in the last two decades revolved about being a parent.
A Lovely Lentil Soup
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
August 8, 2024
For Sephardic Jews, it is customary to eat lentils during the nine days before Tisha B’Av as lentils are a mourner’s food.
Titus’ Tiny Tormentor
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
August 8, 2024
Rereading the Talmud’s description of the Roman destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem this year for Tisha B’Av amidst the still-simmering ashes of Hamas’ October 7th devastation, one is struck by the slaughters’ similarities.
On Mikvah, Poetry, Mental Health and Theater
Toby Klein Greenwald
August 8, 2024
This is a story of how my friendship with the poet Hava Pinhas-Cohen, some of whose poetry I have translated for this paper, intersected with my theater work.
Take a Deep Breath
Morton Schapiro
August 8, 2024
Lose your temper, and you might sacrifice your dreams.
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