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Launched between wars, Tel Aviv bookstore offers curated English selection amid sirens
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1032+ words) TEL AVIV " Bookstore owner Michal Goldschmidt conceived of her independent English-language bookstore during the last war with Iran, this past June. Nine months later, Goldschmidt is keeping her new shop, Bookhaus, open for two-to-three-hour stints between sprints to her building's…...
In memory of Zaki Djemal
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1501+ words) We learned last week that tragic "acts of God" occur even during wartime. With adrenaline pumping each time we leave our homes " skirting missile sirens just to buy milk at the corner store " the sudden, untimely death of a colleague,…...
Purim and Diaspora Power- with Barbara Spectre
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (140+ words) Purim and Diaspora Power- with Barbara Spectre'The Times of Israel Purim and Diaspora Power- with Barbara Spectre In the Megillah, Jewish safety depends on proximity to power " passing, hiding, and selectively revealing, and all the fraught calculations that come with…...
US right-wing schism over antisemitism puts ‘Christ is king’ at center of culture war
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1012+ words) AP " On its own, the phrase "Christ is king" sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, that Jesus is the divine ruler of the universe. Catholics and many Protestants celebrate a Christ the King Sunday each year. But…...
‘Spiritually isolated’: Jews in the US military fight for their religious rights
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1603+ words) The United States joined Israel in striking Iranian military and nuclear-linked targets this week, and thousands of Jewish American service members found themselves balancing their patriotic duties with religious obligations. For many, it wouldn't be the first time. As a…...
Jackson synagogue arson jolts, but doesn’t stop, a Jewish nonprofit serving the US South
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1636+ words) JTA " The arson in December at Beth Israel Congregation didn't just damage the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. It also threw into disarray the operations of a Jewish nonprofit that aims to serve the entire American South. The Goldring/Woldenberg…...
With Israelis under fire, a rabbi offers guidance where Jewish law meets mental health
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (969+ words) Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. A few weeks after the bloody Hamas-led invasion of October 7, 2023, an Israeli woman suffering from anxiety reached out to Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, an expert on the intersection between Jewish…...
Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (899+ words) JTA " Rabbi Andrea Weiss, a former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion who made history as the first woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement, has died. Weiss died on Tuesday surrounded by family at her home…...
A new war revives some old tropes about Jewish and Israeli influence
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (1165+ words) Andrew Silow-Carroll is the editor-in-chief of JTA JTA " As the United States and Israel engage in a joint assault on Iran, accusations that Israeli or Jewish influence drove America to war are resurfacing, reviving the uncomfortable narratives, conspiratorial rhetoric and…...
Her-storical documents: 2 Esther scrolls copied by female scribes celebrate Jewish resilience
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1560+ words) Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. On February 9, 1767, just a few weeks before the Jewish holiday of Purim, a Jewish teen in Rome celebrated her 14th birthday by putting the final touches on a parchment scroll....