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…week’s Torah portion, Chukat | חֻקַּ֣ת, which contains one of the more familiar stories of the Exodus. The people are complaining again, and for a third time since leaving Egypt,…
…S. Truman. A lesser-known book, “Brave Companions: Portraits in History,” is a collection of mini biographies published in 1991, which profiled, among others, Alexander von Humboldt, Harry Caudill, and Harriet…
…properties.) He paused, his face softening ever more, his smile even wider, and answered: “This one.” He’d come home. It was a day likely to be long remembered…
…in the leadership of the IOC, the answers were the same. “It’s too political.” “The Arab countries would object.” “It’s not the right time.” At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games…
…regrets.” Twenty-five-year-old Yosef Giteratz, an armored fighter, was killed in Gaza on Monday. A talented scientist in the fields of medicine and computer science, he wrote a “sealed letter” to…
…Jewish culture, literature, spirituality, learning, film, food, education, wellness, and so many more. But right now, I’m asking you to make all that other work secondary and to make Israel…
…actions—or minimally offered a reason for the malicious massacre—by saying, “Hamas attacks did not occur in a vacuum.”? What an outrageous statement, and more so, coming from the U.N. By…
…15); a father and his two children (11 and 16); Carmela Dan, an 80-year-old grandmother and her 12-year-old granddaughter, Noya, who has autism and is hypersensitive to bright lights, loud…
…melodies. We wait, in eager anticipation, for that moment when the rabbi’s quiet call begins… “Tekiyah…” And then we hear it: The ancient sound of the ram’s horn, renewing our…
…one just begun. As for my grandson, David Krakow: יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ: פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ: יָאֵ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה שָׁלֽוֹם יִשָּׂ֨א יְהֹוָ֤ה פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ May God bless you and guard…
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