Prologue Journal

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

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

Ancient Israeli coins recovered from Jerusalem archaeology thief

Jerusalem Post The coin comes from the reign of the Hasmonean King Antigonus II Mattathias, who ruled from 40 BCE to 37 BCE. He was the last Jewish king, his death marking the end of Jewish sovereignty until 1948. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-745520

Prologue Journal

Category: Religion