Scholars at Tel Aviv University are using digital technologies to piece together more than 350,000 fragments of the famous Cairo Geniza, a collection of ancient and medieval Jewish writings…
When did Standard Bank’s Internet Banking become so bloody useless? Just tried to log on and got the error message “Technical Error: Please try again later”. Fair enough. A split second later,…
Great. Now we just need a little more emphasis on getting Israelis out of their cars, and (back) onto busses, trains and light rail!
Israel’s ‘self-delegitimization,’ apartheid and the settlement building boom | The Jewish Week
Jeff termed actions like these “Israel’s self-delegitimization movement,” which is the inverse of…
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Bullshit. A person who converts and does not fulfil the mitzvot may be considered a bad Jew, but he or she is still a Jew.
Israel Eichler, a former Knesset member from the haredi…
As College Crisis Looms, Time To Rethink Goals | The Jewish Week What should Jews do about this? First, Jews and others should recognize the situation for what it is. Private colleges and…
I never thought I’d see the day when reports like this from Israel would become commonplace (from the latest Women of the Wall newsletter):“Along with commemorating the anniversary of the first…
You’re absolutely right when it comes to electrical appliances and electronic devices! I was thinking more of things like clothing, furniture, mechanical devices, etc. Also devices such as PCs with…
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The ultra-Orthodox community understands the political process and recognizes the need for compromise but…
Some people ask questions, not to be enlightened, but to give themselves a platform. I attended a Torah Breakfast at my synagogue on Saturday and a number of times had to combat the urge to ask “is…
