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The Blogs: “A New King Who Did Not Know Joseph”: Exodus 1 as the First Antisemitism
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (616+ words) Exodus starts with a disturbingly familiar story. Before any plagues or miracles happen, and before Moshe even appears, the Torah depicts a powerful society that turns on a small Jewish minority within its midst. The pattern described in Exodus 1:710 closely…...
WOW: Special in Uniform, Special in Values
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1102+ words) There are moments when a single word is enough. Not a slogan, not a political statement, not a defense but a reaction from the heart. For me, that word is WOW. Not because Israel is perfect, not because the IDF…...
Shemot and the Universal Art of Leadership
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (859+ words) As significant as the Jewish people's journey from slavery to freedom is the timeless leadership motifs and lessons that repeatedly emerge throughout the story. As we reflect and learn from the leadership exemplified in the book of Shemot, which we…...
Australia must answer this question before it investigates Bondi
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (702+ words) The Australian Government has just announced it will hold a Royal Commission in response to the Bondi terrorist attack. Jewish Australians are being encouraged to see this as a serious step. Before anything moves forward, before terms of reference are…...
Family history, forgetting, and the American Dream
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (358+ words) On April 23, 1908, my great-great-grandfather Meyer Glassenberg jumped out of his fourth-story window at 88 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. According to contemporary newspaper accounts, his death was witnessed by commuters crossing the Williamsburg Bridge on their way to work…...
Historiographical Archetypes and the Jews of Morocco
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (845+ words) Yigal Bin-Nun is a Historian and Researcher at Tel Aviv University at the Cohen Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. He holds two doctorates obtained with honors from Paris VIII and EPHE. One on the historiography…...
The time factor is essential for understanding Free Will and the Hebrew Bible
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (410+ words) No greater enemy than an idea whose time has come It doesn't get much more fundamentally macroscopic than this. The Hebrew Bible's first word concerns time. That's why the Rabbis teach us that G^d didn't only create space and…...
Jews and Arabs in Israel: Partnership Under Pressure
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (301+ words) Takadum" is the name of Israel Government Decision 550, a five-year economic development plan for Arab society in Israel, approved in November 2021. The meaning of the name is progress" or advancement," and it is the second multibillion-shekel plan, following Government Decision…...
One Debate Exposed a Generation of Jewish Failure
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (771+ words) One Debate Exposed a Generation of Jewish Failure'The Times of Israel - Follow You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences…...
The Last Lecture
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (218+ words) Edited by Rabbi Neil Fleischmann Dr. P. also shares this story to express gratitude for his beloved wife. "If it wasn't for her," he said sincerely, I never would have gone back to school, and I'd never have become a psychologist....