Prologue Journal

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

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-758168

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech: Finite, yet far-reaching

Jerusalem Post Like Doctor Who, who travels in the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) machine, we go back and forth in our history. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-758089

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech: What lies beneath the surface?

Jerusalem Post The search for the “good point” within ourselves is not just a technique of positive psychology aimed at nurturing the existing good. It is a deep belief in every person. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-758088

50,000 Jewish worshipers gather for Selichot prayers at Western Wall

Jerusalem Post The Western Wall Heritage Foundation called on worshippers to come early in order to spread out the crowds for safety and welfare purposes. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-758154

Special: A Shabbat that can rectify the whole year

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757983

High Holiday services are set to return to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson

Jerusalem Post In Nov. 2021, then-18-year-old Franklin Barrett Sechriest was arrested on local and federal arson charges for setting fire to the synagogue, a Reform congregation. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757925

Rabbi Pinto: What is the secret of the month of Elul?

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757615

‘Babylon’: A biblical fiction on Jewish captivity – review

Jerusalem Post Babylon traces the story of a Jewish family, violently wrested from its land in Judea after the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, through the family’s years of exile in Babylon. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757068

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757141

Parashat Ki Tavo: A verse flowing with many meanings

Jerusalem Post It appears six times in this final book of the Torah, four times in Exodus, four times in Numbers, once in Leviticus, and seven other times in the books of the Bible, but what does it mean? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-757073