Prologue Journal

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

Sukkot: Joy in permanence and transience

Jerusalem Post When we enter the sukkah, we are called upon to remember that our well-being – health, relationships, sustenance – is a gift from God. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760944

Rabbi Pinto: “Ascent to the Temple Mount – Forbidden for Jews”

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-761304

Sukkah etiquette: Respecting the Mitzvah space

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-761286

Are battles between secular and religious Israelis the new normal?

Jerusalem Post RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Many Israeli governments have collapsed because of issues of religion and state. Can Israel’s most religious government to date survive? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760891

Sukkot is a holiday of homecoming and homelessness

Jerusalem Post What does it mean, for a person or a people or a species, to lose home or to come home? What exactly is lost when you lose home and what is gained when you recover it? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-761055

Can giving Israel Sundays off heal the religious divide?

Jerusalem Post Rabbi Warren Goldstein: “Introducing Sunday as an additional weekend day would mitigate the tensions and divisions within Israeli society concerning Shabbat.” https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760868

‘Mimini Mikhael’: Yom Kippur must be transformative – review

Jerusalem Post Rabbi Michael Rosensweig frames Jewish practice as the source for insight, repentance https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760942

The quest for the perfect Etrog: Inside the high-stakes world of Sukkot citrus

Jerusalem Post A deep dive into why the etrog, a symbolic fruit used in the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, can fetch thousands of dollars. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760987

Shabbat, Sukkot candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat and Sukkot times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760982

Sukkot: One small step for unity – opinion

Jerusalem Post The “natural” symbolism of the Four Species illustrates that natural human goodness is an expression of the divine, even when it isn’t accompanied by full religious commitment. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760935