Category: Judaism
Tisha B’Av 2024: A day of mourning transformed by the tragedy of October 7th
Jerusalem Post This year’s Tisha B’Av takes on deeper meaning as new kinot, including the “Kinah of Beeri,” reflect the sorrow and resilience after the October 7th tragedy. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-814322
Read MoreAt 91, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg writes the ‘big book’ his admirers had been waiting for
Jerusalem Post As a Modern Orthodox philosopher, Greenberg wrote about a Jewish world shattered by the Holocaust and forced to create a new, life-affirming reality in what he called the “Third Great Era” in Jewish https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-814261
Read MoreIs Jewish law more important than everything?
Jerusalem Post A 1907 collection of hassidic tales by Rabbi Yisrael Berger https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-813893
Read MoreThe Rabanit who fills halls: Only in unity will we win. There are no true differences between us
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-814243
Read MoreThe Halacha of sex and gender: The Jewish view on the Imane Khelif ‘controversy’
Jerusalem Post How Jewish law views sex and gender and tackles intersex, chromosomal, and hormonal issues. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-813833
Read MoreParashat Devarim: Allowing the mistake
Jerusalem Post God was not pleased with the people’s request to send spies to the land of Canaan, yet He consented to it. What can we learn from this? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-813892
Read MoreShabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-814033
Read MoreRabbi Benjamin Segal on the ‘Book of Lamentations’
Jerusalem Post There are always those who believe that they can explain tragedy and encompass it in some positive overview. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-813849
Read MoreOct. 7, antisemitism, and Tisha B’Av
Jerusalem Post We now see, dramatically, that antisemitism was underground, waiting to erupt. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-813841
Read MoreDeuteronomy’s power to save us From all suffering
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-813843
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