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To Be Human
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (321+ words) Constellation of creativity Still ablaze from its Coriole Music Festival premiere in May, Belinda Gehlert’s shimmering quartet Stellar traces the life-cycle of a star as a mirror for the phases of human existence. To Be Human, a seven-part song-cycle for…...
In Israel, military service debate spotlights ultra-Orthodox Jews and their growing clout
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (1112+ words) JERUSALEM — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families are an unmissable facet of Israeli life. Immediately recognizable, the men dress in black suits and hats, the women in modest long sleeves and skirts with wigs, turbans or scarves covering their hair, and numerous children…...
I’m not jumping for ‘Jewish joy.’ Here’s why.
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (291+ words) As a concept and as an experience, Jewish joy is valuable. However, in too many instances, Jewish joy has become both the dominant goal and tool through which we build Jewish life. This unintentionally narrows what Judaism is, who it…...
Menadue on Israel and Jewry: when criticism becomes an editorial campaign
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (1289+ words) John Menadue has earned an important place in Australian public life. His career has encompassed government, diplomacy, business and public administration. That record makes his increasingly antagonistic commentary about Israel, Zionism and mainstream Australian Jewry not less troubling, but more…...
The Blogs: What Are They Thinking??
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (1213+ words) Howard Rosen worked in the fields of international and labor economics for more than 4 decades. He helped establish the Peterson Institute for International Economics and held several positions there. He also served as the Executive Director of the US Competitiveness…...
Israel Ultra Orthodox
5+ hour, 16+ min ago (53+ words) Idaho State Journal South Korea says the South Korean and U.S. militaries have a… Shares are sharply lower in Asia after Wall Street pulled fu… An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries his son, who is covered in a prayer shawl, through the…...
ELUL is the Hebrew month of reflection before the High Holy Days
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (399+ words) The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences....
The Double Standard: Silence for One, Criticism for the Other
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (1163+ words) The Question That Stayed With Me Several years ago, I attended a dinner party, shrimp cocktail, chicken Kiev, and carrot cake, if memory serves. While chatting with the guests about this and that, I was asked by a particularly distinguished-looking…...
The Blogs: The Church, the Jews, and the Struggle for Authority
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (557+ words) This is the third essay in my series on contemporary antisemitism. This essay traces one of the historical roots of contemporary antisemitism. When societies struggle over authority, Jews are repeatedly imagined as the hidden possessors of that authority. There was…...
The Blogs: It’s 1982 All Over Again
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (642+ words) Dr. Robin Bailey-Chen is a mission driven leader in higher education. She served as a higher education administrator for most of her career and an adjunct faculty member in the M.A. in Social Entrepreneurship and Change program at Pepperdine University for…...