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This Yom Haatzmaut, we have to ask: Can Israel endure on human effort alone?
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (728+ words) A Jerusalem rabbi reflects on 78 years of Israel and centuries of Jewish thought. Psalm 127 begins this way: "A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless God builds the house, those who build it labor in vain." It's an idea that has…...
What has Israel accomplished in 78 years?
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (1282+ words) According to the Jewish calendar, today is Israel's 78th birthday, the miraculous rebirth of a nation which had been in exile for 2, 000 years but literally emerged from the ashes of the Holocaust, the one last final attempt to wipe the Jewish…...
The Native American Medicine Wheel: Lessons on Mindfulness
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (566+ words) April 22, 2026 Brionna Mc Donald Features 0 On Monday, April 13 at 5 p. m. , Holistic Hawks met in Old Main 215 for a student program titled "The Native American Medicine Wheel: Entering Sacred Space." This hour-long session was organized by Chris Whitaker, co-chair of Mindful Campus…...
Mitzvah-Dense Sedras and Double-Sided Mitzvot
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1069+ words) Even though by the time you are reading these words, the celebration of the establishment of the State of Israel will be over, I would like to begin this week's column with a few words about Yom Ha Atzma'ut. Last…...
The Church's influence on the Chumash
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (695+ words) The chapter divisions in the Tanach we now take for granted came from outside the Jewish tradition Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain We mention biblical chapters and verses all the time in sermons, books and conversations, but they are not in…...
The Word Was Made Flesh - The Cleansing of the Temple and the Meeting with Nicodemus
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (73+ words) Fr. Apostoli lends insight into the pivotal public event of Christ cleansing the Temple, which would cause all Jewish people to be polarized, either for or against him. In contrast to this censure for blindness, unbelief or unawareness of the…...
Jewish return to the Promised Land'and how Israel's Independence Day tells a bigger story
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (917+ words) This week, Jewish people in Israel and around the world celebrate Yom Ha Atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day), the national holiday commemorating the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel. It's one of their most significant national holidays." However, alongside Israel's celebration…...
D'var Torah: Won't You Be My Neighbor: The Golden Rule in a Complicated World
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (806+ words) By Rabbi Lance Sussman This week's Torah portion is Acharei Mot'Kedoshim: Leviticus 16: 1 " 20: 27 This week's double Torah portion, Acharei Mot'Kedoshim, includes the Golden Rule, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19: 18). The Golden Rule is widely viewed as foundational to all human…...
An Iranian yeshiva bought a major Reform temple. It could be a blessing.
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (768+ words) (RNS) " How do you get to Great Neck, New York? You can take the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road, or you can drive out on the Long Island Expressway to Exit 33. And you can work hard,…...
Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem "(4/22/26)[Prayer]
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (134+ words) A New Study For A New Year: Personalities Exodus 33: 11-23 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun,…...