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The Gun Gag Order: Banning Life Saving Advice
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Alliance, Resilience, and Repairing a Broken World: Lessons from a Jewish Sitcom Star
One person can change your life forever. For me, this person was Robert Clary, an entertainer and author who rose to fame starring as Corporal Louis LeBeau on the classic sitcom "Hogan’s Heroes."
Galilee Diary: The Neighbors
Whoever saves one life in Israel [i.e., of a Jew] is as if he had saved an entire world.
– Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5
Whoever saves one life is as if he had saved an entire world.
Sudan On The Verge Of War?
Laura Heaton is the writer/editor of the Enough Project Blog and is reporting from Abyei in Sudan.
This post originally appeared on the Enough Project Blog
Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior
Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a rich and varied collection of directives that serve as a partial blueprint for behaviors and norms to create the emerging covenantal culture. As Professor Adele Berlin notes, “Issues pertaining to women are prominent in this parashah. . . .
How Tikkun Olam and Pikuah Nefesh Will Help Me Prepare: A #BlogElul Post
Last week I had lunch with a rabbi friend who told me he’s in the midst of preparing four different sermons for the upcoming High Holidays.
Understanding the Significance of the Akeidah for Modern Jewish Thought
Aaron Koller is a professor of Near Eastern and Jewish studies at Yeshiva University and chair of the Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva College.
Tension on the Israeli-Syrian Border
Monday marked 44 years since the start of the Si
West Bank Mosque Vandalized
Tuesday this week saw an outrageous arson attack on a West
Who Cares About Israeli Democracy?
I agreed with my friend that democracy isn’t perfect. And I agreed that we must do everything to protect Israel as a majority Jewish State. I pushed back, though.