Prologue Journal

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

Poverty is often followed with blessing and wealth

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774777

Hypocrisy and two-faced on the international stage:Examining selective outrage in political stances

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774740

How to know when to disconnect from people who are detrimental for you

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774405

Conservative Judaism’s flagship in mourning after death of 3 influential scholars

Jerusalem Post “Together, these three individuals reflect the breadth and depth of a JTS education,” Shuly Rubin Schwartz, the chancellor of JTS, said in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774292

Hate successful people? This is the real reason why

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774039

Twice in two months: Pro-Palestinians set fire to Jewish center in Yerevan, Armenia

Jerusalem Post Rabbi Zamir Isayev of the Georgian Sephardic community in Azerbaijan: “I am sorry to see the warnings materialize with a hate discourse ending in setting fire to the sanctuary”. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-774037

Scooter Braun: I light Shabbat candles for the children of Israel and of Gaza

Jerusalem Post Music executive urges people to stop tearing down posters about hostages https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-773981

Parashat Toldot: Uncovering water

Jerusalem Post In this time, confronted by evil, may we find the strength to keep digging deeper and deeper into the wellsprings of our faith. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-773628

Parashat Toldot: Step by step

Jerusalem Post As Jews of faith, we believe with certainty that history has a direction, and we exist within a long process whose end is the complete redemption of all humanity. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-773624

Shabbat and Hanukkah: The power of lighting candles

Jerusalem Post This week we celebrated Rosh Hodesh Kislev, a month that is a harbinger of Hanukkah, the holiday symbolizing light in the darkness and divine protection against a mighty enemy. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-773605