Prologue Journal

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

The art of rebellion

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-747215

Try it! It works: The indomitable power of Torah study

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-747207

A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them

Jerusalem Post In her new book “Jewish Sunday Schools,” Laura Yares backdates the story of Jewish education by over a century. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746758

Live broadcast in Ashdod: Rabbi Pinto to speak after arriving in Israel today

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746700

Prof. Ed Greenstein: Helping better understand the Bible

Jerusalem Post Greenstein has given humanity a great gift, the translation of the Book of Job in a manner in which we can better understand this important book of the Bible. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746403

National Library of Israel ventures into a new realm of Jewish creativity

Jerusalem Post RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s National Library debuts the largest collection of Kabbalah ‘trees,’ expected to form the cornerstone of one of the most important collections of Judaica. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746504

We have seen the Jewish future, and it is all about choice

Jerusalem Post Choosing to be Jewish is at the center of Jewish life in America, how are the different streams of Judaism adapting? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746606

Parashat Korah: To serve with integrity

Jerusalem Post Korah seeks to seemingly democratize the nation by decrying Moses’s elitism and creates division by offering egalitarianism, but Moses sees what he’s really after: Unbridled power. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-746451

Parashat Korah: Empty words, empty minds

Jerusalem Post Korah and his co-insurrectionists were expert orators who built their popularity by whipping up populist hysteria, exploiting national anxieties, and manipulating the angry mob. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-746452

‘Values in Halakhah’: Lichtenstein’s views on humanism in Jewish law – review

Jerusalem Post The central thesis of the book – supported by careful text analysis – is that Halacha itself reflects and promotes many humanistic values. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-746454