• 02/12/2025

‘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

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Vatican 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

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Skull 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

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‘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

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Parashat 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

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The 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

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Parashat 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

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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-836940

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Parashat 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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