Prologue Journal

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

New 3D computer generated a facial approximation of Tutankhamun – study

Jerusalem Post The new approximation showed his brain to be much larger than the average person’s due to his elongated skull. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-745819

Pastor who defined American Jews’ dilemma with evangelicals dies at 93

Jerusalem Post Robertson, famous for blaming Ariel Sharon’s stroke on withdrawing from Gaza, was a controversial figure. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-745812

Pope ‘progressively improving’ after surgery

Jerusalem Post Francis, 86, underwent a three-hour operation on Wednesday to repair an abdominal hernia https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-745774

Parashat Shelah: Perception vs reality through the story of 12 spies

Jerusalem Post Just as the perception created by the promoter in Herzl’s story defeated the reality of a mediocre singer, so did the perception created by the 10 spies defeat reality. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-745677

Parashat Shelah: The age of pessimism

Jerusalem Post Our descent into gloomy pessimism was caused by loss of faith – both in God and in ourselves. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-745679

Parashat Shelah: The many braids of challah

Jerusalem Post Just as the history of hafrashat (taking) challah has had different chapters in its long existence, we find the same with challah, the bread served on Shabbat. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-745685

Parashat Shelah: Appreciation with discretion

Jerusalem Post Sages are capable of making mistakes – and that is what this parasha deals with. This fact does not diminish the value of the wise, who are, after all, human beings. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-745684

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-745765

‘Succession,’ ‘Barry’ and the very Jewish nature of unresolved endings

Jerusalem Post Today, TV fans have come to expect unsettling, unresolved and even unhinged endings to their favorite shows. I am here to say that such conclusions are quintessentially Jewish. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-745749

CPR: Child parent relationship

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-745627