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Mar 7, 2023, 12:10 PM

The Universe of Jewish Events in London

Son of a dad from Hackney, London and a mum from Hollywood LA, I am an Israeli, I was born in Israel and lived in Israel until I was 18 years old. I am a kibbutznik. Having lived in NYC...

Mar 7, 2023, 12:05 PM

Bypassing the Rabbinate’s Monopoly on Marriage in Israel

Yoni, a former colleague with whom I speak from time to time, called me a few days ago with the news that his son will soon be getting married to a wonderful young girl from the northern part of...

Yoseph Janowski

Mar 7, 2023, 11:56 AM

Mediterranean Miracles

The previous posts (regarding how G-d protects us from Iran and other enemies, and how Israeli innovations are creating and strengthening relations with numerous countries) portray just some of the many miracles that the Almighty does for us. Here's...

Mar 7, 2023, 6:35 AM

Accepting the Torah Out of Love

The Gemara in Masechet Shabbat gives vivid details of the awesome scene that took place on Mount Sinai when the Torah was given. There was thunder and lightning, and the continuous sound of the Shofar. The mountain shook and the...

Mar 7, 2023, 3:30 AM

Purim Is Not A Historic Event, It Is A Very Present Reality

In the Mishnah, we learn that one who reads the Megillah backwards on Purim has not fulfilled his/her obligation (Megillah 17a:9). While the simple understanding of this mishnah is that one must read the scriptural text from beginning to...

Mariano Caucino

Mar 7, 2023, 3:28 AM

40 Years of Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire Speech

Air Force One landed smoothly at the Orlando Airport (Florida) and Ronald Reagan sped to the National Association of Evangelicals Annual Convention to deliver a speech. Just another routine event in the President's schedule. But on March 8, 1983, Reagan...

Mar 7, 2023, 3:26 AM

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the Pendulum Metaphor

Much of the public uproar in Israel over the new government’s policy changes relates to planned transformation of the legal system. However, there are also no less significant disquieting changes vis-à-vis the government’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Mar 7, 2023, 3:19 AM

Jews wholeheartedly celebrate the wrong date

Sometimes, a different date is the best we can do The Fast of Esther Queen Esther proclaimed a three-day-fast with repentance to help us warrant to escape Haman's genocidal plans with us unscratched. The dates? The Thirteenth until the Fifteenth of...

Lawrence Goodman

Mar 7, 2023, 12:08 AM

The Jewish Courts that Judged Jews Accused of Nazi Collaboration

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Shepsl Rotholc was a famous champion Jewish boxer in Poland in the 1930s. When the Nazis rose to power in neighboring Germany, he beat their fighters in bout after bout. "Rotholc Triumphs over the Swastika," ran one headline. In 1941, two...

Mar 7, 2023, 12:06 AM

Israel’s Civil Society – Beyond Democratic Crisis

Israel’s innovative and largely democratically and progressively-leaning civil society – non-government organizations and philanthropy – has played a historical role in driving Israel’s rocky but significant society-building progress over recent decades. Precisely the kind of progress which has contributed...

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