• 02/05/2025

What Rambam can teach us about the draft law crisis

Jerusalem Post Threats from the Chief Rabbinate that the hundreds of thousands of Torah mediocrities will leave Israel rather than be drafted are an abomination, especially during this war for Israel’s existence. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794425

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1/4 of Americans now eschew religious affiliation; 1/3 of those raised Catholic no longer identity

Jerusalem Post A new study shows 26% increase in religiously unaffiliated Americans. Growing divide with politicians embracing Christian nationalism. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-794462

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Pope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession

Jerusalem Post In previous years, Francis would start it prostrating himself on the marble floor of the basilica, but his physical condition no longer allows him to do so. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-794374

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Women of the Wall’s Anat Hoffman, wired to fight pluralism

Jerusalem Post WoW board chairwoman Anat Hoffman has battled for 35 years for women’s right to pray and read the Torah at the Western Wall. At 70, she carries on the fight from her less stressful Haifa community. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794175

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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794331

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Parashat Tzav: Thank you, thank you, and again, thank you

Jerusalem Post We live life in haste, in a hurry, chasing after money and dreaming that it will make us happy, and meanwhile, we miss out on the wonderful beauty that lies before our eyes in every corner. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-794327

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It belongs in a museum: During a weapons search police discovered unregistered antiquities

Jerusalem Post “It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another,” Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim said. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-794311

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau calls for slain Palestinian convert to be buried in Jewish grave

Jerusalem Post David Ben-Avraham (born Saamach Zeitoun) underwent a non-rabbinate conversion in Bnei Brak in 2019 and was mistakenly killed by IDF troops in March. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794087

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Student discovers a unique 1,600-year-old oil lamp used by Roman soldiers

Jerusalem Post The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-793943

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