Category: Religion
‘It was all eternally heavenly’: Seeing ‘The Szyk Haggadah’ at the Vatican Library
Jerusalem Post Eight years before, the limited premier edition of The Szyk Haggadah I created (2006-08) had been donated to the Vatican Library. I now had an opportunity to see it housed at the Vatican. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-836458
Read MoreVatican announces new guidelines allowing gay men to become priests in Italy under vow of celibacy
Jerusalem Post A 68-page document referred to people with homosexual tendencies studying in seminaries or disclosing this orientation and advised candidates not to openly demonstrate their sexuality. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-837257
Read MoreSkull once believed to belong to Cleopatra’s sister identified as male
Jerusalem Post By the 1990s, researchers proposed that the unusual burial might have belonged to Cleopatra’s half-sister, who some believed was executed in Ephesus in 41 BCE at the demand of Mark Antony. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-837256
Read MoreA display of holiness in Hebron: Thousands strengthened with Rabbi Pinto
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-837245
Read More‘Contemporary Humanistic Judaism’: The contemporary movement of the Jewish world
Jerusalem Post Our Judaism is broadly defined as the collective historical experience of the Jewish people – a widely and wildly diverse experience that has helped foster our extraordinary resilience. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-836634
Read MoreParashat Vayehi: A nation of grandparents
Jerusalem Post By citing Jacob’s blessing, we recreate that fleeting moment of multi-generational peace and shared destiny. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-836803
Read MoreThe Finger of Og or Herod’s Pillar? A Jerusalem archaeological mystery
Jerusalem Post The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-836832
Read MoreParashat Vayehi: The blessing of connection
Jerusalem Post The act of giving blessing creates connection. Hopefully, we do not wait until the end of our lives to create or facilitate this connection with our loved ones as Jacob did. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-836783
Read MoreShabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-836940
Read MoreParashat Vayehi: The traits of a leader
Jerusalem Post While everyone makes mistakes, a leader whose decisions stem from rashness and haste can spell disaster for his people – and potentially for humanity as a whole. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-836777
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