Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

‘Sleeping as Fast as I Can’: Jewish spiritual humor – review

Jerusalem Post Richard Michelson has a profound grasp of Jewish history, of antisemitism and pogroms, of moral teachings and midrash, of sinners and prophets. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781834

Israel is God’s greatest gift to the Jews since the Torah itself – opinion

Jerusalem Post The war that is raging now isn’t limited to the brutal and vicious October 7 attack by Hamas on innocent Israelis. It is about the very right of the Jewish people to be in this land. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781848

Parashat Va’era: The power of a mission

Jerusalem Post Setting a goal, fulfilling a mission, and having a purpose is the secret to facing challenges and achieving success https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-781844

Parashat Va’era: The power of a mission

Jerusalem Post Setting a goal, fulfilling a mission, and having a purpose is the secret to facing challenges and achieving success https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-781844

Parashat Va’era: Water, blood, frogs, and a hardened heart

Jerusalem Post Many commentators see a relation between the 10 plagues of Egypt and the “10 utterances” with which the world was created in the first chapter of Genesis https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-781851

Parashat Va’era: Water, blood, frogs, and a hardened heart

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781911

Was the frog in Egypt a miraculous creation or not?

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781730

Jewish entertainers to the Academy: ‘Include Jews in diversity standards’

Jerusalem Post Jewish entertainers sent an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, criticizing it for failing to include Jews as an “underrepresented” group in its diversity standards. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781679

Breathless burdens: Coping with pain

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-781595