Michael Kagan takes us on a journey in time for the Jewish New Year, 5769 Rosh HaShannah.
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Frank Romano’s story of his adventure in a Moroccan mosque from where he was prevented from leavening.
An American teaching at the University of Paris, Frank was on his way to “Israel/Palestine” by way of Casablanca. He stopped at the mosque to learn more about Islam, and then unexpectedly found himself a captive within its walls.
Frank [...]

 

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The real challenge for Jewry in the 21st century is to develop concepts of “multi-dimensional” and “multi-purpose” giving. To leverage philanthropic dollars to generate multiple effects- much as smart investors leverage investment dollars to generate multiple effects.
We must replace the either/or decision making of how to divide the Jewish philanthropic dollar with “national/universal projects” that [...]

Gila was born in Brooklyn and raised in Chicago.  She earned her BSc in Ann Arbor and continued in Assyriology first in Chicago and after making aliya in 1968, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
She “fell” into archaeology while still a student, drawing pottery and artifacts for Israel Museum archaeologists and curators Ruth Amiran and [...]

 

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Chosen for privilege or commitment and responsibility
Are being a/the chosen people an entitlement & privilege or a commitment and responsibility?
I am beginning to understand that this is the most crucial issues corrupting and distorting the experience by many Jewish civilians and especially their children living east of the 1949 armistice [...]

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There is word circulating here in the neighborhood that Israel is considering withdrawing from the Sheba Farms/Ghajar Village ares along the Northern border.
The area, very strategic the way it sits, overlooking all of the Galilee “panhandle”, was occupied by Israel as a result of the 1967 war with Syria.
Hizbullah [...]