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Imam Imad Al Masri: The Muslim community spreading peace in Israel and beyond
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (257+ words) Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host'diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. There is a…...
Mindfulness and matcha meet in new display at Haifa’s Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (661+ words) Curator Shir Meller-Yamaguchi lives in Kibbutz Ein Hod artists" village, but she is bringing her knowledge of Japanese life to her fellow war-weary Israelis in a new exhibit at Haifa"s Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, "From Dao to D…...
‘Everyone understands the pain’: Ex-hostages, Bondi Jews gather in NYC’s Times Square
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (725+ words) NEW YORK " Former Hamas hostage Segev Kalfon saw the terrorist group parade other captives in front of crowds in Gaza before releasing the Israelis last year. Kalfon, who kept his faith in Gaza's tunnels, vowed that if Hamas granted him…...
Forget the granny flat: Study of Israelite home shows elders ruled the Iron Age roost
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1142+ words) Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. The elderly patriarch and matriarch of a prominent Israelite family living in an imposing building in the Judean lowlands nearly 3,000 years ago appear to have enjoyed their own spacious…...
Letter by famed Jewish mystic sells for nearly $400,000 at auction
1+ week, 1+ day ago (636+ words) JTA " A decade ago, amid a financial crisis, the Jewish Theological Seminary turned to its assets, selling real estate as well as rare books from its world-renowned library. The book sales were private, and the institution has never detailed what…...
Defunct synagogue from once-proud community collapses in Pennsylvania coal region
1+ week, 1+ day ago (579+ words) Andrew Silow-Carroll is the editor-in-chief of JTA JTA " An abandoned synagogue in Pennsylvania's coal region, which until the early 2000s had served Jewish residents of Mahanoy City for more than 80 years, collapsed late Thursday night, officials and neighbors told the local…...
Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer of Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew studies, dies at 88
1+ week, 4+ day ago (717+ words) Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. Japanese pioneer Hebraist Takamitsu Muraoka died last week in Leiden, the Netherlands, at age 88, after suffering a stroke a few weeks earlier and never fully recovering. A specialist in…...
We backed Birthright. These are the next big ideas for the Jewish people
1+ week, 5+ day ago (507+ words) From the beginning, our work has been guided by a simple idea: "the unity of the Jewish people, whose soul is in Jerusalem." We have sought to cultivate a sense of Jewish Peoplehood " a global family bound not only by…...
Backers of proposed Oklahoma Jewish charter school say they’ll sue to overturn state ban
2+ week, 3+ day ago (796+ words) JTA " A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously rejected its proposal on Monday. The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board's decision blocked an application…...
Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in sweeping NYC retrospective
2+ week, 3+ day ago (337+ words) Andrew Silow-Carroll is the editor-in-chief of JTA Together, they offer a visual conversation between tradition and reinvention " a theme of Jewish diversity that animates his work. While the havurah might have its roots in the tie-dyed 1960s, Aron's work suggests that…...