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Shabtai Zvi: How a false Messiah captivated the Jewish world
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (1525+ words) Call it escapism, clutching at straws in times of need, or a genuine belief in better things to come, but the idea of the Messiah has been a central concept not only of Judaism, but also Christianity and Islam, for…...
The Chabad encounter that led an Arizona student to aliyah
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1114+ words) Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona – having been born in Safed but leaving as a baby – Yosef Turtora knew he was Jewish but little more. Occasionally, his parents lit the menorah on Hanukkah, though they never considered Hebrew school and rarely…...
Israel must reclaim Judaism from the religious establishment claiming to own it
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (474+ words) The upcoming elections will determine not only who sits in the next government but also what kind of country we want to be. Amid the debate over haredi (ultra-Orthodox) military enlistment, public funding, religious services, and Israel’s identity, a more…...
What 1,100 North Americans making aliyah can teach us about financial planning
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (659+ words) The Jerusalem Post...
Elul teaches us a Jewish lesson: The last siren has not sounded
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (939+ words) Last Sunday evening, I went with my son and grandsons to my first Australian Rules football match – the West Coast Eagles, the local side, against Hawthorn, the visitors from Melbourne. It rained most of the night, and 43,000 people appeared not…...
Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (8+ words) See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area....
Jonathan Spector puts Jewish history and memory on stage in???Birthright???
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (524+ words) In its first act, set in 2006, we join six friends just back from a Birthright Israel trip. Lev, the seeker of “meaning,” introduces “historiography.”...
A deeper look into Jewish heritage: History, geography, and antisemitism
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (793+ words) Over the past two years, I have been asked one difficult and uncomfortable question again and again: Will we forever live by the sword? It is a question that seems to demand a short, almost binary answer: yes or no....
Toronto protest speaker invokes antisemitic tropes about Zionists
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (667+ words) A protest speaker said that Zionists rape, kill, and eat children, and he invoked other conspiracy theories at a demonstration in the Jewish neighborhood of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West in Toronto yesterday. Video footage of the speech was…...
Reform synagogue vandalized in Ramat Hasharon amid rising religious tensions
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (28+ words) This comes one week after the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court deleted a petition seeking to force Ramat Hasharon to enforce its Shabbat business-closure bylaw at BIG Fashion Glilot....